Cannot access any server, "checking server block config"

[Helvictus]

This is incredibly irritating and what makes it even more irritating is that I dont seem to see that anyone else here gets the same bug. I cannot connect to any multiplayer servers. That is a slight lie as there was one random server that I managed to get on within the whole list but with all the others it will allow me to log in, find my credentials etc, and then just hang on:

"checking server block config"

It will sit there forever from this point and never progress. Whats gutted me about this is that I could previously play on the thunderdome server but now they have upgraded to that SMProhosting I cannot connect to it therefore everything on there that was mine is wasted.

please dont anyone say reinstall the game (done) restart the login (done endless times) try a different server (getting sick of seeing that same damned error message and i just want to play on the thunderdome anyway) or portforward (done as well, see below)

After further testing it appears I can get on servers that DO NOT USE port 4242, I dont understand this as I have portforwarded that port in order to run a little test server with a friend that worked perfectly.

to me it now looks like SMProhosting servers all connect through 4242 and any servers that are like that I cannot connect.



TLDR: Trying to connect to any server through port 4242 (all of the SMProhosting servers) results in the game hanging at "checking server block config"

please help.

 

[Helvictus]

OK, kind of solved my own problem here....

starting from the beginning in case its of use to anyone. I created a small server for me and a friend to play on and he couldnt connect. After a bit if searching i found that portforwarding the port 4242 would probably help. It did and fun times were had by all.

fast forward a few days, I want to play on bigger servers with other people, I find that I cannot connect to any server that uses port 4242 as above but can connect to others.

as a random thought I removed the already existing port forward service on that port and now I can connect to any of the big servers.

so basically any time I want to play mutilplayer on a small private server of my own with a few people I have to add the port forward rule but when I want to play online on for eg the thunderdome I need to remove the rule.

This is rather strange and probably has a simple answer to why that will make me feel stupid but solved for me anyway :D

 

[Zaflis]

It sounds like the portforwarding was done wrong, but i wouldn\'t know. I use bridged mode on router anyway, so i can host any server on my computer without ever needing to port-forward.