Friend gets file transfer error.

[Gunfreak]

I made a coop mission with PWCG for Flying circus. 

I make a coop game,  but when my friend tries to join he got file transfer error and his game crashed. 

I tried to Google and all I find are years old thread about .list stuff I have no idea what means.

[Cynic_Al]

Wouldn't it be just wonderful if the game would take the trouble to name the file that it failed to load?  It really is the simplest of things to implement it and would save so much unnecessary grief. 

That error usually means that one of the required files is not where it is expected to be, however the file is already previously downloaded by your copy of the game, which is why you don't get the error.  Alternatively a map file may not have been updated to the current version.  It all depends on how you've configured the server.

[SAG]

On 2/24/2022 at 7:48 AM, Gunfreak said:

I made a coop mission with PWCG for Flying circus. 

I make a coop game,  but when my friend tries to join he got file transfer error and his game crashed. 

I tried to Google and all I find are years old thread about .list stuff I have no idea what means.

 

I've got to ask, have you both opened your ports? its 28000 and 28100 tcp and 28000 udp iirc
We shouldn't need to that manually, but we do.

[Cynic_Al]

2 hours ago, SAG said:

I've got to ask, have you both opened your ports? its 28000 and 28100 tcp and 28000 udp iirc

 

If the ports weren't forwarded. an external client wouldn't get to the stage where downloads occur.

 

 

2 hours ago, SAG said:

We shouldn't need to that manually, but we do.

 

Are you saying that the game (and by implication any other app) should have direct access to your router's settings.

[SAG]

1 hour ago, Cynic_Al said:

Are you saying that the game (and by implication any other app) should have direct access to your router's settings.

 

Nope.

[Beebop]

On 2/24/2022 at 4:48 AM, Gunfreak said:

I make a coop game,  but when my friend tries to join he got file transfer error and his game crashed.

Did you make it before on of the updates that required re-saving all 3rd party missions?  If so Re-save it and try again.

 

I fly with a fellow who makes missions but for some reason cannot host.  He sends them to me but I have to resave it before I can host and have anyone else join even though I can run the mission myself.

 

Try re-saving the mission and see if he can join then.