Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

speeddi · Nov 21, 2003, 07:47 AM

i need help with JJ2 for mac. why dose it say Error Connecting Listserver when i try to connect to an internet game? how do i chance the ListServer ??????????

Newspaz · Nov 21, 2003, 05:32 PM

I have no idea on how to fix this. But I can help you to join Jazz2 servers in another way. Try going to the games in progress list on J2O. If you click join, you should be able to download a *.j2i file. If you open those, you should be able to see an IP address. Try entering the address on the place where normally the listserver should appear.

MaGoo · Nov 21, 2003, 05:46 PM

Listserver patch.

Monolith · Nov 21, 2003, 07:42 PM

The normal listserver patch doesn't work for the Mac version. In fact I have no idea where the list server information might be stored on the Mac version.

Newspaz's idea is probably the best for now.

Dusk · 01:38 AM

First of all, download Hostal (2.4 MB - Visit homepage) and run it (you'll need an admin password if you use OS X).

Then, enter this in the fields at the bottom of the main window:

Host: list.jazzjackrabbit.com
IP Address: 66.12.88.130
TTL (Days): 0

And click 'Map'. Now enter this:

Host: jazz.logicware.com
IP Address: 80.0.82.178
TTL (Days): 0

Click 'Map'. And finally, enter this:

Host: mail.godgames.com
IP Address: 80.0.82.178
TTL (Days): 0

And click 'Map' one last time.

Now quit Hostal and if you use OS X: open the folder 'For OS X 10.0-10.1 only' and run Mac OS X Activator (you might want to read the information in the same folder first).

Violet CLM · Nov 21, 2003, 10:42 PM

I don't really know anything about this, but Dusk's post made me curious... why jazzjackrabbit, logicware and godgames? Why not nimrod-online and contrabandent?

Dusk · Nov 21, 2003, 10:51 PM

Jazz2 on the mac will always connect to those three, no way to change that. This just makes the computer think the IPs are the ones from contrabandent and nimrod.

So, if JJ2 tries to connect to jazz.logicware.com, the computer checks a 'Hosts' file first, sees an IP for that address is already in there, and connects to that IP. Like this it will in fact connect to contrabandent.

Normally this is (read: was) used to speed up the progress of looking up an IP.

Haze · Nov 22, 2003, 05:28 AM

Interesting solution this is. It should make a lot of Mac Jazzers happy for now.

Matrix · Nov 22, 2003, 05:13 PM

Or, u can edit the Jazz2 application with a HexEditor. the list server urls are in there near the bottom. But i'd go with the hosts solution.

Dusk · Nov 22, 2003, 10:38 PM

Actually, I tried using HexEdit, but it didn't work. I could edit the strings, but they couldn't be longer or shorter than the original ones.

speeddi JCF Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 10 Nov 21, 2003, 07:47 AM #1
Error connecting listserver [mac] i need help with JJ2 for mac. why dose it say Error Connecting Listserver when i try to connect to an internet game? how do i chance the ListServer ??????????

Newspaz JCF Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,678 Nov 21, 2003, 05:32 PM #2
I have no idea on how to fix this. But I can help you to join Jazz2 servers in another way. Try going to the games in progress list on J2O. If you click join, you should be able to download a *.j2i file. If you open those, you should be able to see an IP address. Try entering the address on the place where normally the listserver should appear.

MaGoo JCF Member Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,059 Nov 21, 2003, 05:46 PM #3
Listserver patch. __________________ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Violet CLM JCF Éminence Grise Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 11,042 Nov 21, 2003, 10:42 PM #6
I don't really know anything about this, but Dusk's post made me curious... why jazzjackrabbit, logicware and godgames? Why not nimrod-online and contrabandent?

Haze JCF Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 535 Nov 22, 2003, 05:28 AM #8
Interesting solution this is. It should make a lot of Mac Jazzers happy for now. __________________

Matrix JCF Member Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 76 Nov 22, 2003, 05:13 PM #9
Or, u can edit the Jazz2 application with a HexEditor. the list server urls are in there near the bottom. But i'd go with the hosts solution. __________________ iMac: MacOS X 10.2.6. 256MB RAM. 266MHz PPC G3 iBook: MacOS X 10.2.4. 640MB RAM. 800MHz PPC G3 Jazz: 1.2.8 OSX Visit [BID]toolz

Dusk JCF Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 65 Nov 22, 2003, 10:38 PM #10
Actually, I tried using HexEdit, but it didn't work. I could edit the strings, but they couldn't be longer or shorter than the original ones. __________________ "Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." This one time... at computer camp... I shoved a linux cd in my windows computer.

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