Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Post by Kapanyo » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:12 pm

So, I tried connecting to a few servers today, but the game doesn't show up, nor give any indication that it recognized me clicking "Join".
I've played quite recently with no problems (same Zandronum version), and all the file paths are correct. I don't understand why it doesn't even give me an error message (which would obviously be more helpful).

Any ideas?

EDIT: I'm using Windows 7.
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Re: Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Post by Sean » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:19 pm

What OS? If you're on Linux, it has no start up dialog, so you'll need to right click the server, click Copy join command-line, run it in a terminal, and post your error.
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Re: Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Post by Kapanyo » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:22 pm

Windows 7, sorry.

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Post by Sean » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:29 pm

Ah. What happens if you launch Zan directly (go to where it was installed and double-click the EXE)?
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Re: Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Post by Kapanyo » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:34 pm

"The program can't start because fmodex.dll is missing from your
computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."


Ugh, not another .dll error. Well, that clears that up; thanks for helping!

Although I was playing the same version just a week back... :neutral:

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Post by Sean » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:35 pm

fmodex.dll is included with Zandronum. Try re-installing it.
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Re: Zandronum 2.1.2 refuses to connect to servers

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Post by Kapanyo » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:38 pm

Yeah, just done that. It worked.

FACEPALM. >-<

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