Hi, I recently installled the game and i was excited to try it until I joined a server and then the screen turned black and started dl-ing the map.(which is expected i believe) Then, it will say server timeout :version mismatch or map transfer fail.

I have removed my antivirus and firewall while running.
I also opened the port to something if that is needed.
Please help me!

Did you see the progress bar move at all during the download? If there's a long enough pause in downloading, it'll quit. Have you tried other servers? Also ping times are relative to Houston, TX I believe so don't always rely on those.

The progress bar moves at the most halfway through then the stupid error appears and im back to zero. I have seen no long pauses so i dont think that's the problem. I have tried other servers and it has the same problem. the servers i tried to join in are like 70-100 only.

BUMP

I also tried deleting my .CT file and im on .36 beta program

Please help

Download a program called cCleaner.

Run the registry cleaner.

Then reinstall the game.

Did exactly what you told me to, Jackster.

I had cc cleaner before, ran it, removed the game, installed it again.

Tried to join a server.

Same exact thing happened.

I think you might have severe packet loss issues. You see, if you're behind a lossy connection, the server sends packets and some just don't get to you.

Do a pingtest here http://www.pingtest.net/ and report the results. I'm expecting a fairly high packet loss percentage.

You could also try fiddling with your firewall, even turning it off temporary to see if it's the cause of the problem.

[URL=http://www.pingtest.net][IMG]http://www.pingtest.net/result/39767485.png[/IMG][/URL]

http://www.pingtest.net/result/39767485.png

packet loss:0%

ping: 20ms

jitter: 7 ms

I have the exact same problem, and I did that test:
Packet Loss: 0%
Ping: 20ms
Jitter: 1ms
the firewall is open, I dont even HAVE a antivirus to interfere with AOS, and I have tried reinstalling.

Run cCleaner and run the registry part of it.

Bump~

any fixes yet?

- What OS are you on?
- You have another PC/laptop on your network? If yes, try to play it there. If it works, then we can exclude the internet connection as the root to the problem.
- What's your system-specs?