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Mississippi wrote:When the game tells you it can't disconnect you, forget the press/alt tab and press the ok button that will show up shortly afterwards, it will then say it is communicating with the tour, that box will disappear after a few seconds and your standing on the 1st tee. Just shoot your round the game will contact the server when your done. You created the problem of it not connecting by manually disconnecting yourself. The idea of offline is the game is not communicating with the server after every hole only after the round.
whisky wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I did, and have just done as you said. At end it again said data transferred successfully. But when I checked progress in the 'home' tab, I found, again, that I had been disqualified! I had successfully managed 4 rounds using my manual disconnect strategy! It seems all to do with the online connection. Something could be blocking me sending data during the game!
Eddie B
Mississippi wrote:whisky wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I did, and have just done as you said. At end it again said data transferred successfully. But when I checked progress in the 'home' tab, I found, again, that I had been disqualified! I had successfully managed 4 rounds using my manual disconnect strategy! It seems all to do with the online connection. Something could be blocking me sending data during the game!
Eddie B
Can you play online?
i don't know what that something could be( unless you have a dial-up connection), If you can connect to the tour before a round there is no reason the game shouldn't be able to connect afterwards. The game has no power over your internet connection it just doesn't communicate between holes in offline play.
I have played offline with no sound on the links tour for well over a decade due to frequent crashes as operating systems have evolved since the game was created, i never crash or have problems submitting stats afterwards.
If the game tells you it successfully transferred the data afterwards and you go online and it shows you disqualified, drop a pm to lstouradmin pointing out the round in question, and let Mark take a look to see whats happening.
whisky wrote:Mississippi wrote:whisky wrote:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I did, and have just done as you said. At end it again said data transferred successfully. But when I checked progress in the 'home' tab, I found, again, that I had been disqualified! I had successfully managed 4 rounds using my manual disconnect strategy! It seems all to do with the online connection. Something could be blocking me sending data during the game!
Eddie B
Can you play online?
i don't know what that something could be( unless you have a dial-up connection), If you can connect to the tour before a round there is no reason the game shouldn't be able to connect afterwards. The game has no power over your internet connection it just doesn't communicate between holes in offline play.
I have played offline with no sound on the links tour for well over a decade due to frequent crashes as operating systems have evolved since the game was created, i never crash or have problems submitting stats afterwards.
If the game tells you it successfully transferred the data afterwards and you go online and it shows you disqualified, drop a pm to lstouradmin pointing out the round in question, and let Mark take a look to see whats happening.
Not anymore. That is why I am trying to play offline. Initially I had probs playing online,then for 4 rounds it was fine,then again it started disqualify me every round after the 2nd hole. It seems there is a prob with communicating with internet access by the program and the server, as confirmed by playing offline without manually disconnecting. I don't think contacting Mark will help as it is with every round. But on my laptop no probs, except I cannot get the overhead camera shot to work properly when playing.
Eddie B
Mississippi wrote:OK I think i'm beginning to get the gist of where your problems lie if i'm understanding things right.
You have a laptop that you can play links on but have graphic issues due to integrated graphics, a pc that i'm guessing has a video card so no graphic issues but you can't connect. Am i correct so far?
If the answer is yes my next question is , do both these computers connect to the internet thru the same source?
If that answer is yes can we have a little info on the pc. The operating system pushing it(including how many bit) and whats under the hood? Then what type of security protection.
Mississippi wrote:I was thinking the firewall portion, doesn't see links as an exception. I don't have a windows 10 computer hooked up, but i think i found the directions you can follow to get links added. It says apps but the directions came from allowing a program thru.
How to allow apps through the firewall on Windows 10
Open Windows Defender Security Center.
Click on Firewall & network protection.
Click the Allow an app through firewall link. ...
Click the Change settings button.
Check the app or feature you want to allow through the firewall. ...
Check on which type of networks an app can access the network: ...
Click OK.
whisky wrote:Mississippi wrote:I was thinking the firewall portion, doesn't see links as an exception. I don't have a windows 10 computer hooked up, but i think i found the directions you can follow to get links added. It says apps but the directions came from allowing a program thru.
How to allow apps through the firewall on Windows 10
Open Windows Defender Security Center.
Click on Firewall & network protection.
Click the Allow an app through firewall link. ...
Click the Change settings button.
Check the app or feature you want to allow through the firewall. ...
Check on which type of networks an app can access the network: ...
Click OK.
Thanks for the prompt reply, will do later today and post report
Good Day. I did all the work, including RucKsHuKe.exe, which at first seemed to clear some of the probs, including auto disconnect for offline play. But then after switching off and returning later in the day, all probs back. Tweaked and tweaked and in the end the only way I could make headway was to do my manual disconnect for off line play, then exit at end of round, reconnect and log on and submit scores. The few brief rounds of playing on-line are now just a memory. I will await the next round of comps and try a few more tweaks.
Eddie B
Eddie B
Mississippi wrote:In the windows 7 firewall the only reference is links 2003 as far as the firewall is concerned, not individual parts of it. There is a box to put or remove a tick.
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