Without it, people may not be able to connect to your Area Server and play. The Area Server is a useful tool, allowing you to create custom maps and dungeons with the Map Editor by creating custom keywords. Currently the ones pre-saved are in Japanese, but you can setup your own new English keywords.
Or emulated on your Mac and Linux machine, even a Raspberry Pi. What is port forwarding? Your PC, router, and internet connection has many ports from various programs to connect internally and externally from your network. When you would like for an external or remote connection to be allowed access to a program on your machine, the program is listening for a particular port, and if access is allowed in through that port number, the connection can be made.
If your PC or router denies that remote connection, the person on the other end will be denied access. Basically, Area Server is listening on port , and we want to allow people to join in through that port and have access to your program Area Server to have their character be seen in game.
You assume all risks whenever you allow a port opened on your PC and router. Malicious users or programs can in deed take advantage of this opening for nefarious reasons such as malware, spyware, keylogging, etc So be prepared, take extra precautions and ensure it is run the way you want it.
So without further ado, where to begin? First place is to get access to your router, this can be done a myriad of ways depending on what brand router you may have, the most common being.
Next you will want to know what your LAN IP address is, not the one the internet sees, but rather the one your router assigned to your machine regardless if you are connected with an ethernet or wifi, everything get's an assigned number. You'll see a black window with a flashing line.
Here type in ipconfig. The 11 at the end denotes what number that machine was assigned. It'll be important in the next step. Enter the one of the IP's above to access the router, preferably You may be prompted for a username and password, unless you know it, the default is always admin for password, no username is needed.
This will take you to a webpage with your router's brand in the top corner. You'll come across a screen that has a check mark, an empty spot for a description, a space labeled ports with a - dash between the two boxes, something that says type with the abbreviation TCP UDP or Both, and IP address.
You will need to check the box to enable, enter whatever description you like such as Fragment Area Server, something to remember. And you must enter port twice in both spaces, this means you are allowing external connections to look at ports between and , if you type in any other number in either space, you may be opening up a whole million of ports to look at. And the last space is the IP address where in the case above you would be entering 11, but your case will be different.
Do not enter 11 unless your IPv4 Address says. The drop menu for type, TCP is fine for what we are doing. Everyone will be seeing things differently during these steps, depending on your brands and setup. Remember to consider the risks before choosing to host an Area Server. And should you change your mind, you can always erase everything you filled out and uncheck the enable box.
Or just uncheck the enable box. Also if you really screwed things up with your router, a last resort would be to push the tiny pin button on the back of the router, this will factory reset all the settings done. And I do mean ALL, including wifi name, wifi password, etc But remember, by not doing this step, people can see that your Area Server is online because you are broadcasting that you are up, but nobody will ever be allowed to get on your Area Server because the bouncer at the port is saying no entry.
Most are plug and play, while others may require additional hardware and plugin's to work. Just make sure your plugin's are configured correctly. The default settings are fair enough, but should they be different, please ensure the highlighted area is unchanged.
However this will prove difficult if you are trying to walk and rotate the camera. A physical twin joystick controller would be much recommended. But if you can't, here's how you can do so. First off you'll have heard above about CLR-USB, this is a plugin that let's you type in-game for chatting and filling out information. This is NOT for pressing the buttons or moving your character around.
The space on the left is for keeping tabs on what controller is assigned to what keyboard key. Just click on the button on the right, and the program will wait for you to press a key on your keyboard to assign that button. For example, press the Up button in the outline Left Analog Stick area, and on your key board press the W key.
Click on right and press D, press the down button and press S, and press the left button and press A. So now while in game if you use the WASD keys, this will imitate the left analog stick. Complete the rest for all the other buttons to have a full controller assigned to keys on your keyboard. But as mentioned, now certain buttons are assigned as a controller input. It's recommended not to use CLR-USB at this point as doing so will now type in random letters in the in-game's chat, as you play.
So you did the steps to get what you needed and the tools to point the game in the right direction. Depending on what version you have, you may be staring at Japanese and have no idea what you're looking at. Here we will discuss getting you from start to finish by looking at the screen's you will be encountering along the way. First thing to remember, regardless of what controller you are using; Xbox, Playstation, Switch, etc Once you load the game however you do, as long as you got the. ELF patcher example fragmentPatcher1.
Press Enter on your controller. This is the game's main menu. You will see Offline, Online, and Area Server. The green texture in the background is from the base game, if you by chance are playing on Coldbird's Build 8 copy, this background color will be red and not green, in addition all the game's UI colors will be black instead of blue. From here you can go into Offline to play with NPC's level and get skills like Data Drain; the Area Server is used to setup the original Area Server program which is not necessary if you use one of the newer ones, and Offline is where we will be going next.
Select that with O. Next you will see a series of screens basically telling loading memory card and do not take out your memory card or unplug your PS2. So don't do that. Here you can choose whichever memory card slot you wish, port 1 or port 2. Choose the one your memory card is stored in and press O to continue, you'll very briefly see this info text at the bottom.
There will be a prompt in the middle of the screen, this is the old Netslums message of the day box, press O to continue. By default your cursor is on Mailer, move your cursor up one to select The World! Press O to continue. Before you can get into The World, you must first choose a character, or in this case, create one. Pressing O will prompt you this message choice, basically Yes or No with Yes being the option on top. You can also slide right to choose other characters you have stored on your memory card.
Max 3 character per memory card. Want more characters? Insert more memory cards or format ones on PCSX2. Flip the screen to the character you want to use and press O, you will be prompted a Yes and No option again, pick the top option for Yes and press O. And welcome to Za Waurdo! I mean The World. Choose Lobby and press O. Welcome to the Lobby Server, remember that because things are about to get confusing. This page above is "Lobby Server", you'll see from the menu options "Lobby Chat".
This is the only option you can choose. It will also display in real time on the right how many players are sitting in the lobby chat, the screen above shows 2 people. Now you are seeing the Lobby Chat. On the right is a list of characters who are currently viewing this page as well.
This does not list people are already in-game. You can use the text space below to write message for everyone to see publicly. Check the picture below to see an example of people talking. Now this is the heart of the online play. This is a list of Area Servers that are being hosted by real people around the world. This requires you to have the Windows program Area Server installed and running for them to appear. Even though your server or someone's server is listed, if it is not port-forwarded correctly for port , nobody will be able to actually connect.
There is some good information from this screen we can see. First is the area server's name. For those who are publishing a server, you can name the server whatever you like. We are hosting Dothack Network. Beside the server name you can see the server's level. Dothack Network is currently a level 12 server. Azure Twilight is a level 13 server, and Vi's Place is a level 17 server.
All Area Servers start at level 1. And the more people run dungeons and fields on your server, that server levels up.
Allowing for more difficult fields and dungeons. The red dot represents a busy server, this means not only is the server at max capacity, 3 players per server, but they are no longer in the root town and are in a field or dungeon.
It will also be greyed out a opposed to being white. Choose a server that has enough space for you to join, with the people on the right being You'll be given a confirmation prompt, move your cursor to the left to accept and the default on the right is decline.
Move left and press O to continue. You'll see this screen with the server's name in the middle with the servers host chosen abbreviation at the top right. And you'll land near the Chaos Gate in Mac Anu. Move closer to the Chaos Gate and press O to continue. This is the warp gate menu. The second option will allow you to choose 3 different keywords that you may use in combination to create a field or dungeon. The list on the left is the available words for that Area Server, the options on the right display different features each keyword will offer.
From the following options:. The more the gems on each keyword overlap, the better the chances are that field will have that option available. Press O to confirm then poof! And quite literally as most times you will be dropped near a magic portal or a free roaming monster. As you slowly appear on the field, check your surroundings quickly. You may have only moments before you will see this next message across your screen. You have entered a battle, that means one or more monsters are now after you and probably using spells or debuffs on you.
You can go and fight them or move quickly out of range, avoiding other monsters on the horizon and magic portals. After you've completed the field, or raided the dungeon and used a sprite ocarina to return back to the top field, you have two options to leave this area.
You can either return to the root town or quit the game. The last option is Gate Out. Alternatively if you are done and don't wish to return and quit the game, press the start button. The last option is quit the game, this will take you back to the main menu of the game that shows you the Offline, Online, Area Server options. These are just the basics for getting into the game online.
If you done everything correctly, you'll be well on your way grinding your character to level 99 max. This process will take time so switch back between online and offline for a time.
Your offline NPC's are at a high level to carry you for awhile. After about level 50 your online friends will need to support you. Check out our Discord to meet new friends to join you in your adventures and make use of our voice chat to talk while you play as opposed to typing everything out while you are in battle.
And you are still stuck anywhere, ask on our Discord server for any questions you have, no matter how small or silly it may be we are here to help you! Also a translation patch is still under way so keep an eye out for that. Don't get stuck there! While playing the game, if certain conditions are met or the lack thereof, you will see on screen some error codes.
These numbers range from 3 to 4 digit numbers and usually mean one of two main categories, something did not go as expected or something timed out disconnected. Below area list of common error codes throughout the game and common reasons why the code is issued. Do note however, some of these codes are generic and not specific, i. These are just some of the common codes and the common times you'll encounter them.
Should you see a code not listed here, let us know in the comments below or contact us on our Discord servers. Unfortunately the most common issue you'll ever come across is , this is almost always encountered if you attempt to go online and one of few reasons.
Your best bet is to stop what you are doing, trouble shooting the error code you are given, start from the beginning, perhaps with the guides above on PCSX2 or for the PS2. Ensure you hit everything on the mark, and try again. And if it continue to persists, hit up our Discord servers and ask the community but be prepared to answer a lot of questions and potentially provide screenshots.
Community member Alice has been working on a standalone patch that would change the in-game's Japanese text into English. This process has obviously been slow and steady, but as of now an early version is available for you to use on your copy of your game. It will require more steps on your part, but the added beneficiary is that it will include the swapping of the IP address from the original cyberconnect2 domain to the current one in use, so consider this step shaving some time.
But don't forget the process is still early, so any notable errors, please report them in our Discord server so they may be updated in a next release.
This new step will require you to patch your own disc image the Build 8 copy online will not work and will require ImgBurn.
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This patcher named "tellipatch" will fit a Japanese. You may receive checksum errors if you try to use it with a modified ISO. Place your unmodified Japanese. Rename this ISO "fragment. Run the "Apply Patch" batch script. Once the patcher is finished doing it's thing, you can find your new game client named "dotHack Fragment 0. As progress is made on our Google Sheet , the updates are automatically pushed directly to you. You can routinely run Apply Patch. ImgBurn fails to run when I'm patching!
You can change this line in the batch script:. The patcher errors out saying "The file or dictionary is corrupted and unreadable. The only thing I can legally tell you is to try ripping your own copy directly from the game disc. The patcher closes unexpectedly before completing and I can't read the error message!
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