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 +  *  Connection Refused / "Duplicate ID"
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 +If you get a line a bit like:
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 +<code>New client connection refused: Duplicate ID (a33f62d8).
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 +You probably have copied your [[doomsday]] installation to/from other computers on your local network or copied them to a friends computer for Internet gaming?
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 +The problem is caused by the [[client_id_number]] being stored in the file //Run/jDoom/Client.ID// (in versions prior to 1.9) and in //Snowberry/Runtime/Client.ID// (In version 1.9 and above.) Delete it (on the clients) and the error will disappear as Doomsday automatically recreates the file on startup.
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 +[[version_1_9.0-beta5]] supports the command line option //-id// for specifying the client ID on the command line.
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 +====== Discussion ======
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 +The server requires a unique ID number for each client. The ID number is stored in the Client.ID file. If you copy a Doomsday installation from one computer to another, the ID number file is copied as well. This means when the second installation tries to connect to the first one, a duplicate ID error is reported and the connection is aborted. To fix this, you'll need to delete the Client.ID file from the copied installation. A new ID will be automatically generated when you start the game.
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multiplayer/duplicate_client_id.txt · Last modified: 2006-07-23 13:42 by skyjake