richie86 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 My ISP Blocked IRC 6667 port. Can I connect through other port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 yahoo Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 why the fuck did they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 richie86 Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 to stop irc botnet perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 55aa Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 While the irc.cncnet.org servers do listen on alternative ports, I can't seem to get the YR client to connect to any of them, even though it has a " CnCNet_Port_2=6667 " line in its control file (no matter what you change it to, it connects to port 6667 anyway and overwrites any change in the .ini back to 6667 ). The client seems to have some default settings hardcoded into it, but hacking the exe is pointless as it fails a hash check and gets replaced by the original one. I don't see any command line switches to specify a destination port either. So, dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 yahoo Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I think the cnc client needs to connect to the irc server which serves as a pool or waiting lounge for all players. IRC TCP ports by general is from 6665-7001. SO if the isp is blocking irc they had surely blocked these range. If you cannot request from your isp to add an exception for your connection, since the YR client doesnt offer any customizable connection option (like connect through a socks proxy), you can use a vpn connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 55aa Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The alternate ports CnCNet servers listen on are 8000 and 443, so they're out of that range, hence that shouldn't be an issue. The problem is to convince the YR client to connect to a port other than 6667 in the first place. (I even tried to patch the port number in RAM, but the fact the client has such a large memory footprint doesn't help at all, there are way too many locations matching the little-endian representation of the number to change and all I accomplished was crashing the client.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nyerguds Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Seems to me that just throwing the client in a disassembler and finding and replacing the number is a lot easier 'course, you could just request it be made a setting... as richie86 here did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 yahoo Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Seems to me that just throwing the client in a disassembler and finding and replacing the number is a lot easier 'course, you could just request it be made a setting... as richie86 here did yep a request can be made for future updated client with configurable connection setting. Though IDK if it can be done using a hex editor to edit this setting [MultiPlayer] CnCNet_Port_2=6667 CnCNet_Server=irc.cncnet.org CnCNet_Autologin=false PingCustomTunnels=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 55aa Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Though IDK if it can be done using a hex editor to edit this setting [MultiPlayer] CnCNet_Port_2=6667 CnCNet_Server=irc.cncnet.org CnCNet_Autologin=false PingCustomTunnels=true That's what I've been referring to earlier. The above that's found within Settings.ini seems being ignored (and overwritten with defaults if changed). The exe itself has these settings inside it too, but tampering with it serves no purpose as a modified exe will not pass checksum validation and will be overwritten with an unmodified copy. Nyerguds: yes, I guess you're right about the disassembler, but of course even more so about actually a "civilized" method to change the port being called for rather than some silly hacks (I was merely experimenting). BTW Rampastring's client behaves elsewhere (i.e. with the mods it was originally created for, TDotTA and TI) just the same, ignoring the .ini setting and always connecting to port 6667. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 richie86 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 port 8000 is not blocked, but I can't change the port :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Grant Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hi Richie, we're looking into this and will hopefully have an option for you to change port soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 richie86 Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Hi Richie, we're looking into this and will hopefully have an option for you to change port soon. that the best thing!! Thanks a lot in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Noddynod443 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 3/14/2015 at 4:24 AM, richie86 said: that the best thing!! Thanks a lot in advance! Hey richie86, did you ever find a solution to this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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