Client error with the new installer

12/01/2013 21:57 KraHen#1
Anyone else getting this? "Failed to open server.dat file. Please reinstall the game". It`s funny because this is a clean installation, I`ve reinstalled 3 times, tried starting in compatibility mode, nothing works.

Can someone upload me a Conquer.exe and a server.dat which are working currently for them?
12/01/2013 22:27 SteveRambo#2
It's a client error. The message that's supposed to show is the one that tells you the client can't connect to the login server. I believe it's either "Server maintenance or network congested. Try again later" or "The Server is busy. Please try other servers or try again 20 seconds later!"

The reason the client can't connect to the login server(s) is because someone has been attacking it/them for the past couple of days (4 days now, I think?)
12/01/2013 22:33 KraHen#3
Um, lol? Hope the guy gives them a headache then.
12/01/2013 22:35 SteveRambo#4
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Um, lol? Hope the guy gives them a headache then.
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I'm sure he did. The login servers are still fucked even though TQ's latest announcement says otherwise.
12/01/2013 22:44 ksmoker#5
Download an old patch and extract it to a new folder on yur desktop then copy and replace that junk in your co folder. Now spam login attempts and after 5 minuts or so u should be in. Once you finally get in do yur best not to get dc.
12/01/2013 22:53 KraHen#6
Okay, so the old exe says network maintenance. So they basically patched the game to show a wrong error. Great work.
12/01/2013 23:00 SteveRambo#7
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Okay, so the old exe says network maintenance. So they basically patched the game to show a wrong error. Great work.
Exactly. Fucking monkeys working at TQ.
12/02/2013 05:38 Spirited#8
Well then, this is interesting. Right now, they're changing the account server hosts around, which is why they're putting out new server.dat files. Since that didn't work for them (it's very easy to get the IP addresses of the account servers), I suppose they're investigating into the problem with their ISP. I wonder what they're going to try next.
12/02/2013 06:32 skykaiwen#9
the server is working fine right now i just patch in my office and working perfectly but wish it will not down if not i cannot transfer stuff to my main account :\
12/02/2013 07:28 KraHen#10
They blocked payments now. Meanwhile, iPad CO works. Autopatch does not.

Update : I might be an idiot, but I hooked the send packet function (before encryption occurs). When the client throws the server.dat error my hook does not trigger, when it connects it does. This is getting even more interesting.
12/02/2013 16:08 SteveRambo#11
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Update : I might be an idiot, but I hooked the send packet function (before encryption occurs). When the client throws the server.dat error my hook does not trigger, when it connects it does. This is getting even more interesting.
Uhm, what? Of course the client doesn't send any packets to the server if it can't even connect to the server in the first place ...
12/02/2013 16:47 KraHen#12
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Uhm, what? Of course the client doesn't send any packets to the server if it can't even connect to the server in the first place ...
/facepalm
I think my studies are killing my braincells. My bad.