i downloaded it.
the binary samples run.
but i can't run even one of the code samples.
i always get:
'Unable to connect to server DeltaEngine.net (are you offline=)'.
of course i'm not offline and login-data is ok.

fe. for Pong:

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02.925 Unable to connect to server: DeltaEngine.net:800
03:56.386 Error: We are not connected to the content server, but we still need to grab content (we have none yet). Unable to continue application, no content data is available, file not found: Content\ContentMetaData.xml. Either make sure this application has been build by the Delta Engine Launcher or use the online services to connect to the Content Server for dynamic content downloading when developing.
at Delta.Utilities.Log.Warning(System.String message)
at Delta.Engine.Application.Error(System.String message, System.Object exceptionObject)

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on 'aborting' things the display only flickers - no solution.

is anything ok with this 'service-Setting' (Settings.xml)
<Services>
<ContentServerIp>DeltaEngine.net</ContentServerIp>
<Username>MYUSER</Username>
<Password>MYCRYPTEDPWD</Password>
</Services>

any help would be helpful ;-)
g
zyko

No my ping is ok...

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c:\>ping DeltaEngine.net
Pinging deltaengine.net [87.193.151.60] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 87.193.151.60: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=115
Reply from 87.193.151.60: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=115
Reply from 87.193.151.60: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=115
Reply from 87.193.151.60: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=115

seems for me to be more a problem in communication with your 'service' that's listening on port 800.

according to your tip:
'updatet timeout' to 10000 - no success.

then i set some breakpoints to see what things are going on there:

code that fails is:
bool success = result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeoutMs, true);
success is false

from this code-sequence

---------BEGIN CODE_FROM SocketHelper.cs (Delta.Utlitilites.Networking)----------
// Now create end point for connecting
IPEndPoint logServerIp = new IPEndPoint(serverAddress, port);
// Create our socket
Socket serverSocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// And finally connect to the server using a timeout (0.5 seconds)
IAsyncResult result = serverSocket.BeginConnect(logServerIp,null, null);
bool success = result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeoutMs, true);
if (success == false)
---------END CODE FROM SocketHelper.cs (Delta.Utlitilites.Networking)----------

behaviour: waiting for 10 seconds now (i incremented BaseClient.cs DefaultConnectionTimeoutMs to 10000, as you suggested)

success is false

logServerIp: {87.193.151.60:800}

serverSocket - data:

serverSocket {System.Net.Sockets.Socket} System.Net.Sockets.Socket
AddressFamily InterNetwork System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily
Available 0 int
Blocking true bool
Connected false bool
DontFragment false bool
+ EnableBroadcast 'serverSocket.EnableBroadcast' threw an exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' bool {System.Net.Sockets.SocketException}
ExclusiveAddressUse false bool
+ Handle 19400 System.IntPtr
IsBound true bool
+ LingerState {System.Net.Sockets.LingerOption} System.Net.Sockets.LingerOption
+ LocalEndPoint {0.0.0.0:3549} System.Net.EndPoint {System.Net.IPEndPoint}
+ MulticastLoopback 'serverSocket.MulticastLoopback' threw an exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' bool {System.Net.Sockets.SocketException}
NoDelay false bool
ProtocolType Tcp System.Net.Sockets.ProtocolType
ReceiveBufferSize 8192 int
ReceiveTimeout 0 int
+ RemoteEndPoint 'serverSocket.RemoteEndPoint' threw an exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' System.Net.EndPoint {System.Net.Sockets.SocketException}
SendBufferSize 8192 int
SendTimeout 0 int
SocketType Stream System.Net.Sockets.SocketType
Ttl 32 short
UseOnlyOverlappedIO false bool
+ Static members System.Net.Sockets.Socket System.Net.Sockets.Socket
+ Non-Public members {System.Net.Sockets.Socket} System.Net.Sockets.Socket
+ serverSocket {System.Net.Sockets.Socket} System.Net.Sockets.Socket

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hope that helps you?

----------UPDATE--
digged a little bit deeper inside and did some tests:

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TcpClient tcp = new TcpClient();
IAsyncResult result2 = tcp.BeginConnect("87.193.151.60", 80, null, tcp);
bool bSucc2 = result2.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeoutMs, false);

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WORKS :-)

whereas

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TcpClient tcp = new TcpClient();
IAsyncResult result2 = tcp.BeginConnect("87.193.151.60", 800, null, tcp);
bool bSucc2 = result2.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeoutMs, false);

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doesnt !!

seems to have something todo with the port or service, or someone is blocking requests in between...
i'm within a company network, using xp. tryed although there's no need,
to allow port 800 within xp-firewall for tcp and udp - no changes - fails still...
we're not using a proxy so things should work - no idea why this happens...

HYPOTHESE: is this service on another machine than 87.193.151.60 ?

but according to
http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/port-scan/
scanning port 800 on 87.193.151.60 gives:

87.193.151.60 is responding on port 800 (mdbs_daemon).

AARGH - no idea what's going on there - maybe my company is blocking this port
- i'll ask our admin...

UPDATE: Admin says - yesssss all not standard ports are blocked...
(maybe you should transfer this to a 'more standard port', if others have the same problem too)

and for me: maybe i can get an exception by our admin :-)
THX

g
Zyko

Edited by user Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:22:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I have improved the error messages a bit, also adding some notes to make sure ports are open.

Can you maybe tell me which ports are allowed in your company? Doing everything on port 80 is not a good option, we will require more than just 1 service per IP.

I have added some fallback ports, including port 80 on a different IP, which should solve most of this problem. However, if someone can't be online or is blocked, he obviously can't use online services and the engine at the current state won't be very useful (you need to be online for content generation and building on other platforms right now).

Version v0.9.1 supports port 800, 8080, 80 and 443, whatever is free and possible will be tried. Port 777 is optional for logging (you can disable it in your Settings or in the content project settings).

And yes we are trying to document this better. Thanks for reminding us :)

Yes