Still getting join errors and others
 

Two nights in a row after the patch. I thought the update was supposed to address these issues (lost contact with server is another)? Was I wrong about that or did they mess it up? Last night I was trying to get in a sim game with some buddies and couldn't connect. We tried every way we could think of but it was either me or one of the others that got constant join errors. I didn't get to play with them!!! It really is a downer. I quit and went to bed.

Now I'm reading that the zoom is messed up in sim in custom setup. Did they mess up these two issues after months of back and forth QA issues?

It won't stop me from playing this wonderful game but it makes me wonder who the hell is driving this train!

Is your PS3 in a DMZ, or have the necessary ports for BoP open? If so, I don't know what the problem could be, but if not I would look into that. The DMZ is the best bet as it sorts it for all games.

I had a few join errors last night, but I usually find that if i keep trying to join a server it will let me in eventually.

I need to look into this DMZ stuff, but to be totally honest its all a bit beyond me, as I don't know sh*t about networking or router settings. I've tried reading a few online guides but I ended up with a headache and gave up on the idea.

The only DMZ I'm familiar with is the one between North and South Korea.

:) Getting across that DMZ is easier than putting your PS3 in one.

I had real issues with Bad Company trying to join games with by brother in law. No issues with any other game except that one. I ended up looking at a guide to put PS3 in a DMZ but gave up in the end.

I played the other night and had problems, not just join errors but the big crash bug. The crash bug is even stranger now as if you get a kill against the player who gets the bug you get a kill every time he explodes. I saw the message I killed someone 4 times in a row, and got the points for it. Pretty weird

Putting your PS3 in a DMZ is very specific to your router... You need to know how to configure your router to:

1) Allocate a static IP to your PS3's MAC address - the MAC address can be found from the XMB->system settings->system information. You need the router to give the PS3 the same IP everytime, because you put IPs in a DMZ, not MAC addresses or device names.

2) Put the IP that will be given to the PS3 outside the router firewall (i.e. DMZ). This will probably involve creating a firewall "rule" or "exception".

Just google "<your_router> ps3 dmz" :)