Battlefield 1943 (XBLA and PSN)

[Number45]

Probably a stupid question...do you need a gold XBLA to play this or can you take part on silver?

It's online only isn't it? I didn't think you could play online without a gold account?

Still can't connect to this game has the demo been locked out? I'm a bit reluctant to part with my points till I know it works for me

https://twitter.com/OfficialBF1943

Keep an eye on that, seems some people might benefit from forwarding some specific ports for this game.

[MJ]

Wake Island feels too big for 12 vs. 12 games.

[reektan]

Has anybody else seen odd graphic artifacting with audio glitches? It looks like when your pc VGA card is on it's last legs. Only seems to show from the aircraft carriers.

[FelixofMars]

Yep, I have seen it once or twice. I shall start preparations for my 360 coffin

[Dezm0nd]

Yeah me too, got severely worried when I saw large airplane wings on the map, or thats what it looked like.

Having some great games with this, recently got my "Top of the class" stamp, or whatever it is.

I got the hang of the planes too, which is awesomely satisfying. I even experiement shooting down the three bombing planes and it worked!

Definitely worth a tenner.

[Brad]

When discussing any kind of technical issues with the game it would help if people said which platform they were having issues with.

[Uli]

Still can't connect to this game has the demo been locked out? I'm a bit reluctant to part with my points till I know it works for me

me too. still getting "failed to connect to EA online" with my 360. but i doubt it's just the demo as my PS3 trial version works fine.

[MisterBubbles]

well im back to looking for a server on the PS3 version just keeps saying game unavailable, over the weekend was great no waiting and no lag, now back to this sh1te again.

[Womble9]

Having still not managed once to connect (360 trial version) to EAs servers I decided to take a look on thier forum and on Twitter to see what their take on it is. Apparently I need to check that the following ports are open / not blocked as this is causing issues for a good few people.

TCP Ports: 80, 13020, 18280, 18285
UDP Ports: 53, 3074, 11000-11030, 18285

Can someone please tell me where I find / check such a thing as I ain't got a clue though I can follow (simple!) instuction ?

[Number45]

You need to do it on your router, or enable uPNP if possible (Does the 360 do uPNP?). It's going to differ depending on your router model/firmware.

[Womble9]

You need to do it on your router, or enable uPNP if possible (Does the 360 do uPNP?). It's going to differ depending on your router model/firmware.

Cheers, think it's time for a call to my IT savvy mate (I WILL get to play this game!!) .

[Dazzyman]

Just do a search for what router you have and then put in the address in a browser and login (all routers are admin 1234 until you change em!). Tick upnp to open the ports and way you go. You can also put exceptions in to keep certain ports always open but vast majority of routers out their upnp will be fine. Ticking upnp usuall sorts strict/moderate nat settings out as well.

[Malc]

Working fine for me today on 360. No problems with connecting, joining games or latency issues. BF1943's twitter says they've got a lot more servers now. I have had those weird graphical glitches from the aircraft carriers on wake island though, as well as some frequent crashes over the weekend.

[browngirl]

yep working no problems here too my sons having no problem upstirs on his either

[Womble9]

Just do a search for what router you have and then put in the address in a browser and login (all routers are admin 1234 until you change em!). Tick upnp to open the ports and way you go. You can also put exceptions in to keep certain ports always open but vast majority of routers out their upnp will be fine. Ticking upnp usuall sorts strict/moderate nat settings out as well.

I truely appreciate your help matey but in all honesty with my knowledge that may as well be written in Arabic !! I have taken a look at my router and it would seem it's a D Link DIR 301, quite what I do now is beyond me but my friend should be free around half five so I'll just leave it till then.