Nexuiz Newbie Queries

[GAB]

First time poster. Just installed the game a few days ago & I've already clocked many hours of fragging - or rather being fragged! I haven't played a FPS in years, so I'm making up for lost time I guess, although it's been a bit bruising online.

I have three queries:

1) How does one set up a LAN game using two MacBooks? I have used the "Create" menu on one MacBook, changing the Public Server setting to enabled. However, the other MacBook does not detect that server when I click the "Join" button. I have tried to connect the MacBooks via both Airport & directly by ethernet cable, but no dice.

2) When I play online, my connection keeps hanging & I get a clock on my my game screen. I have found that one way to re-establish the connection is to bring up the menus & to hit "Join" again, but rather actually join a new game, I just to press escape key again & resume my previous game. Of course, I'm usually fragged by the time I'm back. Does anyone know why this is? IsIm thinking it might have something to do with my wifi (Airport) connection. Again, I'm using a MacBook Pro & connected to my cable broadband modem wirelessly through a router via Airport.

3) Okay, what does "Nexuiz" mean, or where does it come from. Is it a play on the word "nexus". I couldn't find any explanations on the FAQ or wikipedia.

Thanks.

[KadaverJack]

1) How does one set up a LAN game using two MacBooks? I have used the "Create" menu on one MacBook, changing the Public Server setting to enabled. However, the other MacBook does not detect that server when I click the "Join" button. I have tried to connect the MacBooks via both Airport & directly by ethernet cable, but no dice.

If you have a firewall running on the server: make shure it accepts any connections on port 26000/UDP. LAN servers should appear in the server list, no matter whether you set it to public or not, as long as client and server are on the same subnet (meaning: if their ip only differs after the last .). If it doesn't try to connect manually (press shift+esc and enter "connect <ip>").

2) When I play online, my connection keeps hanging & I get a clock on my my game screen. I have found that one way to re-establish the connection is to bring up the menus & to hit "Join" again, but rather actually join a new game, I just to press escape key again & resume my previous game. Of course, I'm usually fragged by the time I'm back. Does anyone know why this is? IsIm thinking it might have something to do with my wifi (Airport) connection. Again, I'm using a MacBook Pro & connected to my cable broadband modem wirelessly through a router via Airport.

That might be an issue with your router. I heard some routers "forget" that there's still an udp connection open after a while and thus don't know where to send the incomming packet, so they reject them. Check if there's a firmware update available for your router.

3) Okay, what does "Nexuiz" mean, or where does it come from. Is it a play on the word "nexus". I couldn't find any explanations on the FAQ or wikipedia.

No one knows
see http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=2645

[GAB]

If you have a firewall running on the server: make shure it accepts any connections on port 26000/UDP. LAN servers should appear in the server list, no matter whether you set it to public or not, as long as client and server are on the same subnet (meaning: if their ip only differs after the last .). If it doesn't try to connect manually (press shift+esc and enter "connect <ip>")..

Thanks, I'll try the firewall thing & if that doesn't work, I'll try the console. The subnets should already be the same.

That might be an issue with your router. I heard some routers "forget" that there's still an udp connection open after a while and thus don't know where to send the incomming packet, so they reject them. Check if there's a firmware update available for your router.

Today I played with an ethernet cable connected to the router, rather than wirelessly, and I had no disconnection problem. Must be an issue with the Airport/Wifi. As you suggested, it must drop UDP connections.

No one knows see http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=2645

I gather from the winking smilies (in the other forum post as well) that there must be some insider meaning to the name.

Thanks for the quick response.