Anarchy Online

hey i just signed up for a free account, i DLed the all-in-one client as i plan on testing it out but am pretty sure i will upgrade to get all expansions. but when i attempt to login, i pick a server, it checks the connections and it says its down (both) its been saying that for the past day or so. so is it actually down or am i having a problem here ?

I logged in on my froob account last night without issue.

I do remember years back that at times it would do that for us (my GF and myself) with RK1 or 2.. so we ended up playing on both.  One or the other would just show down all the time for extended periods of time.

The servers would actually be up tho... you could try looking around the tech forum.  If its that same issue still I'm not sure I never saw a work around.  I was logged on RK1 last night for a couple hours and this morning but only for a short time today.

ok that definitely seems to be the case, its still the same thing. i was heading over to ask about on the forums, but i cant seem to find how to freaking register on the forums. my username and pw i used to register with funcom doesnt work. i went to the account page and changed the info in the forum section and that doesnt work. i cant seem to register and its really annoying !

Originally posted by chuteboxe39

ok that definitely seems to be the case, its still the same thing. i was heading over to ask about on the forums, but i cant seem to find how to freaking register on the forums. my username and pw i used to register with funcom doesnt work. i went to the account page and changed the info in the forum section and that doesnt work. i cant seem to register and its really annoying !

You have to be a subscriber to post on the forums. Froobs can only read. So even though you register, it won't allow you to login until you have paid.

well damnit ! ok im just gonna uninstall, then DL the barebone client and install and see if i can play.

man this is getting annoying. ok so i uninstalled, restarted, installed the barebone client, and still get the same crap. so uninstall that, and decide to upgrade the subscription and bought all the expansions. so im trying to register at the AO forums and im still having the same damn problems ? am i missing something here

It sounds like a firewall issue.  Try the following:

1) Download and install the 'large' client

2) Run the program (no need to register or anything at this stage).  It should start downloading a series of 'patches'.

3) Once all patching has been done (may require restarting the client several times) start up the client with a proper username and password.  If it thinks the servers are 'down' then see about temporarily disabling your Anti-Virus/Firewall software.  If the game can then be launched and connects to one of the main servers, then you have pinpointed the culprit.  You might also have the relevant ports blocks inside your Internet router but changing that gets even messier.

FYI, AO uses the following ports:

"IMPORTANT: Playing AO through a firewall

ok thanks for trying to help. i tried what you said, i installed, but it never patches. i click on the AO client, it starts up, it checks dimensions or whatever it does, and it says the server is down and [need patch]. i try to patch, it says dimension down, select valid dimension. i tried turning off firewall and norton's, and i still get the same crap. will i have to port forward in the router ?

Sounds more like a firewall issue. The game is trying to connect but can't due to your firewall not being setup properly to allow it to connect.