Help Please (Mit u need to read this also)

JAMSALLDAY · Post by **JAMSALLDAY** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:00 am

When i try to log on, i get this error message. it says Error Message UDP Initialisation error: Couldnt bind port. Does that mean the galaxie is down or is there something wrong with my Program. and if the galaxie is down do u think u can put some sort of stickie on this fourm that says when the galaxie will be down and aproximatly how long it will be down for. thank u for your time.

Post by **Magicfinger** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:32 am

by the nature of the fact that the galaxy is down tends to mean that none of us are around to restart it as we have remote access to the server machine... therefore no-one would be around to post a message to say it is down either

as for the unable to bind port message that means that some other program is trying to use the port that the game is trying to use so it is probably a configuration issue on your machine.

JAMSALLDAY · Post by **JAMSALLDAY** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:59 am

Would u know how to fix the error.

Post by **Mit** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:57 am

mmm.. that problem occuring on a server which uses a fixed port is common enuf when you try to run the same executable twice. (The solution being not to run the same executable twice :] )

yeh the error message is saying that "some other program is trying to use the port that the game is trying to use" - but when the client boots up it chooses which port to use by saying to windows 'please give me a valid port from all the ones you have available'.. and windows returns a valid number to use. If thats not happening, it sounds to me like somethings fundamentally fecked with your windows setup.

If that system doesnt work, then most internet programs (including browsers etc) also wouldn't work.

I presume you're using the current 0.46.1 version of 'TheUniversal' yeh?
If you havent already.. restart your pc.. might just be a temporary thing.
If its still not happenin.. mm.. reinstall windows maybe? (eek)

JAMSALLDAY · Post by **JAMSALLDAY** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:08 pm

Good news it cleared up at about 5am that is i think 4 hours before the post cuz i think my posts are 4 hours behind what is says

Post by **Magicfinger** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:43 pm

thinking about this the only time ive ever seen this error message is when a world server is shutting down and you try and start a new instance ot quickly.... you wasnt trying to run a world server was you?

JAMSALLDAY · Post by **JAMSALLDAY** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:48 am

i dont think so, what is a world server.