Lord_Chris

A much better explanation :)

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Correct. There are no topics allowed in the forum "site links" and that is why that is protected, and the castle courthouse is a place for reporting issues such as spam, double posting.etc so you can only view your own threads in that forum (hence why it's protected) Hope that clears it up a bit. Create a test thread in there if you like & it helps to clarify a bit more, I won't warn you just this once ;)

Some good shields!

Last month, the winners were myself and Charles of Tours for our "Coat of Arms / Crest / or other decorative Heraldry" themed contest. We have deliberated upon the following theme: Stronghold Crusader or Stronghold Crusader 2 related We have chosen to clarify with the following: Oh, and if you are considering joining in, it wouldn't hurt to drop in a note so I hurry along those "last minute" sort of people! :) The contest will run until the 20th of August, and after this date the voting will begin. But do remember... the longer you have your signature posted, the more people will notice it! Basic Rules: http://forums.stronghold-nation.com/topic/94-announcing-signature-of-the-month/ ** Voting ** @Lord_Chris @EaglePrince

Nice crests - very good variety there, thanks for sharing. :)

Yeah, I have to say I agree with that - even though I do love those white witches - they are really powerful in number - too powerful... Added in main ^^

Oops. Completely forgot about that. :) It's in now. The difference between using it & not would be so negligible it would be insignificant - it would be their connection to blame (i.e. bandwidth limits for example) Link: http://members.stronghold-nation.com/team-speak

Good luck to anyone else who wants to enter! :)

If you could play within Steam, then it's one of two things: A.) Steam is allowed through the firewall, thus meaning SH2 is. B.) SH2 or another needed program has been disallowed through some firewall on your PC Do you have more than one firewall on your windows 8? Since Steam can connect, it rules out any router issues, firewall issues (on windows xp) leaving windows 8 to blame. Did you connect through the same router when trying from windows xp? Try what I do in this topic on the firewall, and see if it helps at all.

Hmm, I don't see anything unusual in that traceroute. All seems to be well. And since it's SH2 that you seem to be encountering issues with, it's obviously not related to GameRanger I would think. So if you host instead of joining, does it still occur? What is your username in Stronghold 2? Does it contain any alt codes (I.E. ?, ?, ?.etc)? One other question: Did you manually open stronghold 2 or did GameRanger open it? If GameRanger opened it then something is probably wrong with your internet connection (as it always goes straight into the lobby room on mine), you should contact your ISP and double check they allow you to play games online. I don't have SH2 with me now, but if someone else could open it and click the multiplayer option to see what message comes up that would be useful.

That's fine, certainly no need to apologise about it ;)

Actually, I meant cows being able to be thrown anywhere - I don't see what difference it makes for them to be thrown in castles and elsewhere on the map - unless you were referring to something else? This may be picky now, but I think it's getting too much - and at too many small things. I think catapults don't really make a difference - it's like limiting the amount of siege equipment or archers you can have - it all makes it so much harder to get anything done.

It shouldn't need to come to that. I have Windows 8, and all is well. Though I can only advise you, don't reinstall your operating system with the exception of fatal errors on your machine. Trust me, it can bring up all kinds of problems, and resetting permissions (as well as many other factors) on your PC. Could you maybe post a screenshot of what happens in this thread? (or better, a link to a video somewhere) I have searched issues similar and found this thread: http://forums.macnn.com/77/gaming/75254/gameranger-connection-problems/ This appears to suggest it's a ISP issue, so try making sure you have the latest DNS info available from your internet service provider. Here is an excellent guide for that: http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/how-to/flush-dns-cache-in-windows.html And seen as you do not seem to be able to connect, maybe a traceroute will help. Could you type "tracert gameranger.com" in command prompt then give me a screenshot of the result? You are welcome to PM them to me if you don't want to make it visible in the thread. EDIT: Just realised you can't post links or use the PM until you make 5 posts. I've promoted you, you can now use those features.

I like the all those rules, though I do think it would be better to not have a limit on the cows thrown by trebuchets.

And since only two votes have been submitted, the contest is a draw! But seen as there is only one signature badge and you've won last month, I'll keep that this time. I'll send you a PM with a theme in mind, and we can decide on one together.

Good luck you two, hope you have a great fight! :D

If it happens during both attempts, then it's likely game ranger related, or possibly (though I've never heard of it) could be an IP ban, or your IP could have accidently been blacklisted. You can find this at http://whatismyip.com, and you could ask game ranger support if they've blacklisted you here. I would recommend changing your IP before trying to use GameRanger again. To do this, do the following: Hold WINDOWS (Icon) + R -> Type "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" -> When it appears, type "ipconfig/release" (press enter) -> "ipconfig/renew" (press enter) You may temporarily lose your internet connection, but once you have entered the second command it should come straight back (it does for me). Also, your gameranger should have updated recently (about one or two weeks ago). If it hasn't updated on your machine then you can download the latest version (to reinstall it) from here The antivirus wouldn't flag gameranger, it's a trusted application and there is nothing suspicious about it really - he says his firewall is off in his last post. That firewall you've taken a picture of is only the simplified version, and doesn't always work. You should really use the advanced firewall in the Microsoft management console, as I did in this topic. But if it happens with more than one game, it's not a game related issue, likely either OS or application related. What is your operating system? We also fully respect the diversity of languages, and the fact that some users may not speak it very well or as their first language, however, not all members can speak a language other than English and we need to make sure these forums appear readable an in uniform. For that reason, we do ask that you post in English instead of Spanish. As stated in our TOS, you are welcome to include a foreign language in your signature (I.E. A quote) providing it is translated into English as well.

I'll add Skype in shortly, I'll edit this post once it's in.

Knight Errant is higher than Knight Banneret. It was originally going to be you're right, but when adding them I researched it and found this:

It is, but I don't really think it's that necessary really. Skype, possibly, I'll see but I don't know anything about it as I've never used it - what would a user enter?

I've just remembered we're going on holiday tomorrow so I wouldn't be able to play today anyway - sorry.

Welcome to the forums! :) **** Thread Split **** @jsgg25: It's easier to create a new thread on specific problems :) Beat me to it... Maybe it could be just temporary maintenance, have you been able to reliability repeat it or does it only happen occasionally?

That's against the terms of use of the game. You aren't allowed to give game files to people.

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