Lost ability to host MP iL2 COD

[DoctorStrop]

Hi all,

I just bought iL2 COD on Steam. When I first got it I managed to host a server with a dog fight map, and a friend managed to join, and have a fly about.

I tried again yesterday, and followed the same procedure to host, but neither my friend nor myself could select a team. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it I still have the same issue. Something has changed and I am totally clueless as to what. We have both searched for this problem but can't find anything. The odd thing is that it has happened to his copy, also bought on Steam. I'm guessing it might be something to do with the data that gets synchronised with Steam, somehow getting corrupted.

I have not applied any non steam patches, mainly as I am unable to find out what the last non beta patch is.

Please can anyone can suggest what might have happened?

Regards

Andy

[5./JG27.Farber]

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=22038

Or join a server thats already up... I disagree with your analysis that its steam... Has anything changed on yours or your friends machine? IP, Routers, Firewalls, UAC, antispyware and antivirusware?

Do you both have the same patch version? 1.05, 1.06, 1.07 or 1.08?

[DoctorStrop]

Thanks for the link. My issue is not described there.

It's version 1.05. My friends machine is new and COD was the second thing he installed after steam. my machine has just been rebuilt after upgrading my harddisk to solid state. No further software has been installed since il2 on either machine.

Ports are correctly forwarded, and we can connect to each other's server. We are hosting the stock maps that came with the SIM. The problem is we cannot select a side once connected.

if nothing has changed on the machines and we have not patched past what Steam have rolled out what else could it be.

[BGs_Ricky]

Check realism options, there should be an option named "Can't select side" or something like that (I don't have the game in english), make sure that it's not selected. Most of the options in the same box as that one should not be selected too.

[DoctorStrop]

Thanks. I'll try that when I get home and I'll post back what happens.

[DoctorStrop]

Originally Posted by BGs_Ricky

Check realism options, there should be an option named "Can't select side" or something like that (I don't have the game in english), make sure that it's not selected. Most of the options in the same box as that one should not be selected too.

Nice one. All the "Cannot" settings, bar the last, had been checked. I am not quite sure how this happened as I had not been into that tab, but I don't care now

[BGs_Ricky]

Originally Posted by DoctorStrop

Nice one. All the "Cannot" settings, bar the last, had been checked. I am not quite sure how this happened as I had not been into that tab, but I don't care now

Cool, glad I could help