Problems with playnet.com domain

[Kizmet]

http://forums.battlegroundeurope.com/sh ... p?t=206421

Read this post. Everyone should be able to see this. It's in the computer support forums. This is how you must get into game right now.

Shame on them for hardcoding an ip address in computer code. Even a rookie programmer knows never to do that. DNS Rules.

[Kizmet]

Method Number One. If GameName = Hiiamben Then goto Method Number Two.

Do to the expiration of the Playnet.com domain name, the domains registrar (Network Solutions) changed the IP address that playnet.com "points" to in order to serve up the page you see there now. As a result of this, when you try and load up PlayGATE it is unable to find the IP address behind auth.playnet.com, the address that it is hard coded to look for in order to log into the game.


The solution to this is to manually tell your computer what IP address to use for auth.playnet.com to do this you need to add the following line to your "HOSTS" file:

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66.28.224.240 auth.playnet.com

FAILURE TO REMOVE THE LINE AFTER THE DOMAIN NAME IS RENEWED MAY RESULT IN YOU EVENTUALLY BEING UNABLE TO PLAY THE GAME.

Juuba posted a simple method to do this (Or you can look at the official Microsoft method below):

Enter the following line:

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notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

into your "Start -> Run..." box:




In notepad add the line above at the bottom of the file, then save the changes to the file, making sure that notepad does NOT add a .txt extension to the file when it saves.

Your hosts file should now look like this (Note line between localhost and auth.playnet.com added for clarity, it is not required, nor will it hurt.):






After you change the hosts file you should flush your DNS cache in order for it to take affect. You can do this by entering:

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ipconfig /flushdns

in the Run box (command prompt).




Offical Microsoft XP method of modifying your HOSTS file:

Scroll down to "Adding Static Clients to the Hosts File"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309642/en-us


If you are running Vista as something other then Administrator (will the game even work?):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923947/en-us


OS X users need to use NetInfo Manager to link auth.playnet.com to the IP posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetInfo_Manager

[Kizmet]

Method Number Two. Enter Game from main CRS web page.


http://www.wwiionline.com/scripts/wwiionline/index.jsp

[Cono]

Method Number One. If GameName = Hiiamben Then goto Method Number Two.

ROFLMAO!!!!


Now that's funny.

[thor]

Method Number One. If GameName = Hiiamben Then goto Method Number Two.

I think that goes for me as well. I fell asleep before I was half way on the Method Number One

P.S. Is this just another way to keep axis factories at 100 %? Are you sure this goes for every one? also zhe germans...

[Reddog]

Shame on them for hardcoding an ip address in computer code. Even a rookie programmer knows never to do that. DNS Rules.

Yeah was laughing at that too, funny shiate

[Charlie3]

kfs1 said it's fixed now... i suppose he means method number two was changed?

[thor]

I'm still at sleep - totally denial

[hiiamben]

ok all you puter guru's wtf does this mean in dumb okie computer language??

[Kizmet]

ok all you puter guru's wtf does this mean in dumb okie computer language??

Means you and your sheep are fucked!