spork12 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I got this game when it came out, and wanted to play it again...I went through all the steps on how to connect to RA's server, but still can't log in. I made up a username and password, and when I press log in, it just says 'bad password'. I have the xwis program and everything, and am trying to connect to 64.212.211.93. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Daddy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hey, a couple of things.1 did you patch the game to Version 1.09?2 on the xwis tool, does the BOTTOM row say 64.212.211.93?3 did you use a strong password? Like, bob= weak, D12sgh6e895= strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spork12 Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Yeah, I did everything I was supposed to. Could it be that I'm using a different serial number? I have a legit copy of the game, but lost the serial number, and was able to find a new one on the internet. -thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Daddy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Up at the top of this page, where it says "you have messages" Check your inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owwl Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 hi... download xwis ,, it broken ,, goto see erjin999 postWindows XP: C:Windowssystem32driversetcWindows 2k: C:WinNTsystem32driversetcWin9X and WinME: C:windowshosts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owwl Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.## This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.## This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one# space.## Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.## For example:##   102.54.94.97  rhino.acme.com     # source server#   38.25.63.10  x.acme.com       # x client host64.212.211.93 localhost64.212.211.93 servserv.westwood.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owwl Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.## This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.## This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least oneHI .. THIS IS MINE ON THE XP # space.## Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.## For example:##   102.54.94.97  rhino.acme.com     # source server#   38.25.63.10  x.acme.com       # x client host64.212.211.93 localhost64.212.211.93 servserv.westwood.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Daddy Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi everyone,I didn't want to create a new topic because my cousin and I have the same problem. When we try to connect to RA's server we get "bad password" message. We did everything what was written in "getting online guide (or smth like this)" but I think the problem is that we've installed EBFD with generated serial and our EBFD is cracked (copy/paste emperor.exe before first start). EBFD was downloaded using torrent.Is there any possibility that it will work with unique serial number if the emperor.exe is cracked? If it should work, could anyone for example share his/her serial number or has more serials accidentally :) We would be grateful :) We play EBFD on hamachi vs AI or 1x1 but it is not very interesting :) We also joined 3mp3r network on hamachi but usually there is no one or 1-2 people rarely connects.Thank youP.S. Sorry for my bad english :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 well i herd ra saying once .. u can login to his server with a craked serial unless someone eals has already used it.. i guess if you tried to roll few serials maybe i will get lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I've tried few times to reinstall ebfd with different serials but it hasn't worked. Is there any simpler way to change serial without reinstalling ebfd? Because I can try 1 serial/install and if it doesn't work I have to reinstall the game again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 dunno about that, maybe try the registry start/run/regedit then look for emp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 by the way i dont think its a serial problem . u need to have an 8 letters password did u know that? if it want a serial problem it will tell you another user is using that account coz ra server dosnt validate serials or ips.. which means if u login with any serial that wasnt used by another user at the same time you sould be able to enter.. one of the biggest reasons why this game died is the strict rules by the admins of this web on not letting people play this game for free like here fot ex : http://www.hard-light.net/forums/ were the community of free space 2 didnt care about copy rights and no one asked them questions. do you think anyone will care for this game ? ehehehehe? or anyone from ea will come to this web?? thats silly windows vista is beeing downloaded throw the net and i can play bf2 and crises online for free. its te age of piracy and you still want to sell this game for ea? am sorry admins but that policy did us in .. enjoy the empty servers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Ok, I'll try to explain everything what I've done :)1. Installed EBFD with generated serial2. cracked emperor.exe3. patched to v1.094. installed mini-patch5. in hosts1 file looks like owwl posted before (also tried '127.0.0.1 localhost' and add only '64.212.211.93 servserv.westwood.com')I have NIS. I disable it before connecting.. Nothing changes.. Bad pw always :( I know that it has to be from 8 letters. I've tried different nicks (like 'aisdjj') and strong pw ('H3l%lo83'), pw which consist only of letters, letters and numbers.I also have a router, but I didn't have any problems with connectivity. I had files missing once from patch v1.09, so it downloaded automatically from the server.Now I undo (undid :)) hosts file a few minutes ago (deleted that line with RA's IP and servserv.westwood.com), and got the same result - "bad password". It seems that it doesn't matter if I change hosts file or not.Any ideas? :)P.S. OS: win xpP.P.S. I've read the topic about playing with the same serial in the server at the same time. It worked! :) If I know correctly, it doesn't work when number of players registered with the same serial reached maximum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 well in that case you must be sure that ra server dosnt validate original cd keys.. i am sure of it and i herd him say that personally .. he said if you are using a generated key that it is not used by someone eals it will work. so i still thinks its not a serial pro u haveing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 About the serial maybe you're right. I only need to figure out how to change it faster. Without doing reinstall :)Thanks for help! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 its easier to reinstall a couples of times . its only 500 mb. maybe u get lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I've solved my problem! (party) :) ;DThere was bad hosts file. It was named as hosts1.bak or hosts1. I could type in it whatever I wanted there wouldn't be any changes in the game. There was actually the real one hosts file (named: 'hosts'), but I couldn't see it and don't know why (I see other hidden files). I realized it when created a new one in another folder and did copy/paste in 'etc', then got asked if I want to overwrite it. After that I connected to RA's server without any problems :)I hope you understood what I wrote here ;DThanks for help once again!Meet you on the sand :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathand999 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 see i told you.. not a serial problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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