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by Roland the Conquerer
Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: Tech support
Topic: GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP
Replies: 6
Views: 9559

Re: GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP

A server started with no parameters should not give "bind failed". Be aware that server behaviour can be history-dependent: if you start a standalone server, quit, and start another, it may fail and then work some time later, after a timeout. (Client should not have such behaviour, but th...
by Roland the Conquerer
Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:26 am
Forum: Tech support
Topic: GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP
Replies: 6
Views: 9559

Re: GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP

Thank you for your quick reply, Cazfi! I started the server by simply doubleclicking it in the installation folder. Then connected to it through the client by establishing a network game on localhost, port 5556. This way I could start and play a standard game, played through about twenty turns and e...
by Roland the Conquerer
Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: Tech support
Topic: GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP
Replies: 6
Views: 9559

GTK Client cannot start local server in WinXP

I've just dived in this marvelous game during my vacation using a netbook with Win7 and really liked to continue playing at home now on my desktop computer - mostly because of the larger screen. The desktop is running WinXP SP3. On both computers I used the latest GTK2 V.2.4.3 package for Windows as...