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I have a few questions regarding cd keys and playing on a ‘internet’ server from the same network. I have asked similar questions before but now have a bit more information and need clarification. Me and my family have played BF1942 for years. We have almost always played via LAN and so cd keys have never been an issue but we have also played many times in the past together on the same online server from within the same household (same network). Three of us used to play at once with no issues. To do this we each had our own legitimate copy of the game (own cd-key) as online servers would not allow duplicate cdkeys to play at the same time; you would get a ‘cdkey in use’ message when trying to join. Now when we play we set up passworded an internet server as not all of us are in the same house anymore (not all on the same network). I know we could use a VPN service like Hamachi to play but I want to try and get the ‘internet’ server working so that we could also open it up to the public if we wished.

The problem we are now having is that when we all try to join this internet server I am hosting, those within the same household (same network) are getting a ‘cdkey in use’ error. What is even stranger is that when playing the original maps it sometimes works (we all get in). It never works for RTR or SW expansions however.

I am hosting using the cracked dedicated server files. From my previous questions my understanding is that this server does not check that a cdkey is legitimate (not possible anymore) but it will still check for duplicates. This is easily solved; just each have our own cdkey. My understanding here is that the key does not need to be valid, just not collide with anyone else playing on the server. I ensured we each had a unique key but the problem persists when I host the server. I can only assume at this point that this is not a cdkey issue but rather an issue when two people within the same network try and join the ‘internet’ server.

The exact setup is this:
I host a dedicated server at home, all port forwarded correctly. Two of us within this same network then try and join the server. One of us gets in, the other will get a ‘cdkey in use’ message. Two other people joining from their own networks get in without issue. Other random online players are also able to join. We all have our own cdkeys set which I confirmed during one of those times we were all able to get in; our cdkey hashes were all different!

Can anyone confirm/explain what is happening here and even better does anyone have a solution?

Thanks

Sorry as I know this is a duplicate post but just to be crystal clear exactly what ports need to be opened in order for my BF1942 server to be both reachable from the internet and appear in the new master server list?

I believe I am already using the correct server executable and indeed my server must be sending heartbeats to the new master server list as it appears at http://master.bf1942.sk/ but cannot be seen when browsing the server in game. Likewise I cannot connect using my public IP. This points to being a port or firewall problem but I am sure I have opened the correct ports.

Just to be be sure I am asking exactly What ports require opening. The ports I have opened are:

14567
14690
23000 to 23009
27900
4711 (for the remote manager)

Thanks for the help.

I have seen this problem posted before but not a clear solution.

I have downloaded the Battlefield 1942 v1.61 Windows server executable patched and replaced the files as required. I can run a dedicated server without issue (in winXP sp3 compatibility mode) using the DedicatedServer.exe.

When I try and use the server manager  however (the same with any version I try including the provided BFServerManager201-patched what happens is the server starts but then always crashes after 30 seconds to a minute. During this time the server works and I can even connect to it but it always crashes. This just continues in a loop.

I am using Windows 8.1 64bit. The BF1942 game itself works fine. I would love to be able to use the manager as I have used it in the past and improves the experience significantly.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help.

EDIT: I have downloaded the dedicated server separately as I have seen described in other posts but this did not fix the issue. Neither did using the Battlefield 1942 v1.612 Windows server executable patched