Can't join Multiplayer server

[Icedrake]

This isn't a problem with the game (graphics, and stuff like that), but with trying to join multiplayer. When I try to join the Official server, or another Wesnoth server, it tells me that I'm using version 1.7.2, and that I need to use 1.7.3 or above. Everywhere I've looked, only has 1.7.2 as the latest development version. So what do I do?

[Soliton]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wesnoth/

[Icedrake]

Oh, ok thanks! I noticed it was only just released yesterday, which is probably why no where else has it yet. Btw, is there any change-log for this release yet?

EDIT: Found the changelog in the game's folder after installing it.

[Gaiyamato]

Not sure if this is the same issue but I have version 1.6.4 and cannot connect to server 1 with most of my connection attempts.
When I do get through the game shows no players and no active games and freezes.

I can get to servers 2 and 3.
Ad-ons does not connect at all, it says I am not authenticated.

The game worked fine yesterday though. So I am guessing that it is something to do with the 1.7.3 release that came out today.
So downloading that now.

But just thought I'd mention that for me at least the "stable" version is "broken". Or something of that nature.

EDIT: Ok, done that and nwo realised that I can only connect to the 1.7.3 server.
They are different servers! lol.
Feel like a dill.

Still my copy of 1.6.4 cannot connect.

EDIT #2: Ok I reinstaled 1.6.4 in a completely new location and all is good again.
Re-installing the same location generated the same error. But a new location seems to have fixed it.
I have no idea what went wrong.

[Gaiyamato]

Ok, similar problem again.
I was playing a game and everyone quit so I abandoned the game.
But the 1.6.4 client froze on me. I killed it and restarted and could not connect to any server at all.
Restarted windows, same problem.
Fine in 1.7.3 though.

I uninstalled and re-installed the 1.6.4 client again.
Now I get into the server and it hangs for a while and then says "client Disconnected".
Nothing else.

Still have never been able to connect to any of the non-wesnoth servers people have given me. lol.

EDIT: Was able to connect to servers 2 and 3 fine after many attempts.
They work fine every time now.

Is server #1 down?

EDIT #2: Ad-ons server is extremely slow and eventually times out as well.

EDIT #3: Cleaned cache and fiddled for a bit. Now I connect, but not even a second after I connect I get "Server Timout" and get kicked.

[Gaiyamato]

Problem persists, back to the older problem of "Client Disconnected".

Here is my stderr:

Spoiler:

Battle for Wesnoth v1.6.4
Started on Sun Aug 23 20:24:03 2009

Automatically found a possible data directory at C:/Games/BfW.1.6.4

Data directory: C:/Games/BfW.1.6.4
User configuration directory: C:/Games/BfW.1.6.4/userdata

Checking video mode: 1680x994x32...
setting mode to 1680x994x32
20090823 20:24:51 error network: Caught networking error: Client disconnected
20090823 20:24:51 error network: caught network::error: Client disconnected

[Gaiyamato]

Seems to have come right after the last server restart.

Must have been something wrong on the server end.

[Gaiyamato]

Happened again.

Seems that sometimes when everyone drops out of a game and I click 'abort game' it does something with the server.
I was still logged on and joining a game when it said "client disconected" again.
But when I went to rejoin it said I was already logged in.

Now it just hangs when I attempt to join the official server.

The problem only goes away when the server itself is re-started.

[Soliton]

Seems that sometimes when everyone drops out of a game and I click 'abort game' it does something with the server.
I was still logged on and joining a game when it said "client disconected" again.
But when I went to rejoin it said I was already logged in.

That's quite expected since if your client just stops communication it takes a while until the connection times out since the server can't possibly know why you stopped and whether it is really a disconnect.

Now it just hangs when I attempt to join the official server.

Well, it seems your connection to wesnoth.org is pretty bad at times. Complain to your ISP.

The problem only goes away when the server itself is re-started.

I highly doubt that. The last server restart you were on before and after just fine.

[Gaiyamato]

Yeah last two times this resolved itself very fast.

But it isnt something on my end.

You may be right it could be my isp, they have become a bit unreliable of late.