Newcomer / Intro Transmission not sent:Unable to connect to CMDR xxxxx

johnliem · Mar 15, 2015

I always have this error everytime I try to connect to my friend, is er anyone has the same issue?

cmdr lowest · Mar 15, 2015

could be what is generally known as 'strict nat'. if you or your friend has a strict nat then they can only connect with other players of a strict nat type.

reboot both routers and try again.

if you are technically minded open the ports for the game in both router's firewall.

krysohmyz · Mar 16, 2015

I think I end at restarting the router, unfortunately. :|
I hope this issue is somewhat solvable by devs, be it in a distant future.

the100thmonkey · Mar 16, 2015

Make sure that you have allowed the game client through the Windows firewall. Very often, you don't see the pop-up confirmation because the game is full-screen.

If you don't allow it through the firewall, no amount of router UPnP will work.

krysohmyz · Mar 16, 2015

I can mostly talk to all my friends. (well, there were some tough ones, but it usually works)
It's just two of us who were not able to talk ONCE. Our computers evidently hate each other

johnliem · Mar 16, 2015

the100thmonkey said:
Make sure that you have allowed the game client through the Windows firewall. Very often, you don't see the pop-up confirmation because the game is full-screen.

If you don't allow it through the firewall, no amount of router UPnP will work.

I do not see any pop up that this games need to go through the windows firewall, but can you tell me how to check it?

quickr · Mar 16, 2015

I have the same problem. To some I can talk to others I can't. Don't know what the problem is yet.

Serpentstar · Mar 16, 2015

You can always try hard-coding your UDP port and then create a firewall rule to specifically allow that to your computer.

Open your AppConfig.xml
choose something over 51000 and put it beside port:
<Network
Port="0"
upnpenabled="0"
LogFile="netLog"
DatestampLog="1"
VerboseLogging="1"
>
</Network>
Then set the pinhole on your firewall to allow that specific port access in. That should resolve your issue. If you do that, you shouldn't need upnpenabled="1"

cmdr lowest · Mar 16, 2015

krysohmyz said:
I think I end at restarting the router, unfortunately. :|
I hope this issue is somewhat solvable by devs, be it in a distant future.

If it's a NAT issue then it's not solvable in the software, it's your router's firewall that is the problem.

Go to portforward.com and follow the instructions for ED for your make/model of router.

johnliem · Mar 21, 2015

Serpentstar said:
You can always try hard-coding your UDP port and then create a firewall rule to specifically allow that to your computer.

Open your AppConfig.xml
choose something over 51000 and put it beside port:
<Network
Port="0"
upnpenabled="0"
LogFile="netLog"
DatestampLog="1"
VerboseLogging="1"
>
</Network>
Then set the pinhole on your firewall to allow that specific port access in. That should resolve your issue. If you do that, you shouldn't need upnpenabled="1"

where can I find the appconfig and I was busy withthe UDP port can you tell me which port should I use