The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

Post by brourke228 »

Is your computer and DC on the same subnet?
I entered my external IP as my Primary DNS
You said you are using your external IP, but you should be using the internal IP address of the computer running Dr.DNS on your local network. Here is impulse's instructions on using dr.dns for connecting to PSO. The setup instructions are the same for Quake 3, I just added another line into the redirect.txt file to redirect the q3 master server to the one hosted on the dctalk game server. He did mention you need .NET framework installed and your computer should have a static IP address.

http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=274
For Dr.dns instructions please read on past v1.

1b. PSOv1 NTSC/U via BBA:
You will need the following tools before you begin:
PSOv1 NTSC/U.
PC with static IP address go here to find out how: http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm
Dr. DNS: http://dreamcast-talk.com/uploads/pso/drdns.rar

[Need one of these to configure DNS to connect. Easiest to obtain is the XDP web browser:
XDP Web Browser for DC: http://dreamcast-talk.com/uploads/pso/x ... dition.rar
Or
PSOv2 NTSC/U or J ]


Pre-Setup Clarification:
It is true that the BBA is not supported by PSOv1 natively, and if you try to use it, you will get BBA is unsupported and it will refuse to go online. This is, however, not actually the case. If you load USv2 and select the website option, you can configure your Dreamcast for static IP. Once you do this and click save, you can return to the title screen and power off and use USv1. Once the BBA has been configured with USv2, USv1 will support it. When you connect online with a BBA instead of a modem, all the text banners are missing and you see only the star screen until the game connects.


You must first set up your PC prior to attempting a connection. To start, you must load Dr. DNS and make sure the redirect.txt text file is set to DC-Talk's IP address (dctalk.ath.cx) like this:

*NOTE: You must have .NET framework installed on windows to run Dr.DNS:
Download here for 32 bit(x86)
Download here for 64 bit(x64)


dctalk.ath.cx dctalk.ath.cx
pso-dc.ath.cx dctalk.ath.cx
gsproduc.ath.cx dctalk.ath.cx
schthack.ath.cx dctalk.ath.cx
game01.st-pso.games.sega.net dctalk.ath.cx
pso.dream-key.com dctalk.ath.cx
pso01.dricas.ne.jp dctalk.ath.cx
game04.st-pso.games.sega.net dctalk.ath.cx
master.pso.dream-key.com dctalk.ath.cx

Once finished, make a shortcut on the desktop and rename it to PSO DC-Talk. Click on the shortcut to run Dr. DNS. When it is done loading, make sure the office is open (see example 1 below) is displayed. This means the PC phase is complete. Make sure your PC has a static IP address go here to learn how to do this: http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm. Choose your operating system from the bottom of that page. Also make sure that your Dreamcast is connected to the same router/switch/hub that your PC is.

EXAMPLE 1
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Now you need to find your IP address. For those who do not know how to do this, go to START, then select RUN. In the box, type cmd then click OK. Now type ipconfig then hit the Enter key. The IP address will appear. Write this down for use in the Dreamcast's bios flash of this setup.

Now, get out the Dreamcast and set up the BIOS. To do this, boot up with PSOv2 NTSC/U or J, XDP or PW 3.0. Go to website setup and enter the PC's IP address under the DNS section only (do not change any other settings). Make sure you save before powering down.
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

Post by Mateoman »

Appreciate the reply. I followed the instructions, set my IP to static (it's now 10.0.0.100), downloaded and burnt XDP to "set my Dreamcast BIOS" (went to XDP settings, set primary and secondary DNS to 10.0.0.100), saved it, and powered off. I went back to my PC, went to install the .NET Framework, but apparently I already have it, so the installer stopped me. (I verified that Win7 comes with .NET, which it always does) And finally, I opened Dr. DNS, booted Q3A, typed in 10.0.0.100 as my primary DNS, and connected... and STILL nothing. Dr. DNS isn't getting any response from the DC. What now?

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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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christ this doesn't sound good, can no one get Q3A to connect online anymore?
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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DCUltraPro, don't sweat it :). It does seem at the moment that EVERY Dreamcast Q3A server is currently down (including DC-Talk's), but that has nothing to do with not being able to connect. I still haven't entirely figured out DC-Talk's Master server, but even without it, I was still able to connect to individual servers.

You just have to enter "0.0.0.0" for all values (except username / password, which you leave blank), connect, press X to cancel Master Server connect (as by default it will fail), go to "More", and then manually enter the address of a server & select "Info" and then "Fight".

It does seem that there's no server online to connect to at the moment, but that shouldn't be the case for long. At the very least, the DC-Talk servers should be back up in a couple days.

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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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ok so then you just have to connect to each game manually?
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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That's right :) I usually use GameTracker to pick up the IP addresses of servers currently online:

http://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/?query=dc_map

However, it appears as if every server is down right now. A couple weeks ago, an OnlineConsoles user named TacT had a server up, as well as two by DCArena.de and two by DC-Talk. They all seem to be down at the moment, except I heard a rumor that TacT's server IP just changed dynamically, so it's still up somewhere.

Quote from everynewday84:

"I will try to make it on at that time. Not all servers are down, It looks like TacT is keeping us afloat with his server, *DC*_#FFA-CTF#. Its the only server currently operating. The IP is 72.211.158.34:27960


Thanks TacT"

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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

Post by everynewday84 »

Mateoman wrote:That's right :) I usually use GameTracker to pick up the IP addresses of servers currently online:

http://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/?query=dc_map
Use this link instead: http://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/?query=dc_

Fyi: When querying "dc_map" you may not actually see all the "servers currently online". There are other map names such as "dc_ss 407" which would not show up when querying "dc_map." This is why I query "dc_". If there's a server on a DC map, I'll know about it ;)
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

Post by Impulse »

Well you can now connect to our master list by downloading a patched version of Quake III Arena. It will automatically connect to our master list which currently shows the ffa and ctf servers. hopefully more server owners will decide to register on our master list. Thanks to greenman.

- http://www.mediafire.com/?chdfja8d8susjga
http://www.mediafire.com/?bjebbwe1c5n179l
http://www.mediafire.com/?g8f898qduaqv7ce
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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AWESOME thanks for that. Word of warning to anyone downloading the files, I got some dodgy porno pop ups so I wouldn't attempt it at work!!
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Re: The bittersweet end of QIIIDC Online?

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lol... I wouldn't have expected that from mediafire but sorry that's out of our control.
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