Oh also, have you changed your hosts file by any chance?
Please tell me, do you have any Anti-virus and/or anti-spyware program(s) and version (not only "Avast")
Are you using a software firewall besides your anti-virus program? If so, what firewall and version?
Are you connected to internet through a router? If yes, please tell us brand, model and version.
List active addons you use in your browser(s)
Also, try to test websocket connections in Chrome etc.
1. Go to http://websocket.org/echo.html [websocket.org]
2. Click on Connect. Do you get a line saying CONNECTED in the Log window?
3. Click on Send. Do you get SENT and RESPONSE lines in the Log window?
4. Use secure WebSocket (TLS) and try 2 and 3 again. Different result?
Please accept solutions if they are correct and press the XP button if somebody helped you.
Cheers
-Carbonic
I don't use any anti-virus software actively running in the background (although I do use Malwarebytes in Safe Mode on a regular basis) and have no other software firewalls installed. Also, I'm connecting through a D-LINK DIR-655 router (hardware version B1, firmware version 2.00NA) and have no add-ons running in any browser.
The responses also came back positive on websocket, both normally and via TLS.
Additionally, I have downloaded a custom hosts file to block many unwanted spam sites. I will try restoring my backup hosts file (which remains unchanged in the slightest) and seeing if that works.
Lo and behold, changing the hosts file worked! I can open the game with absolutely no problem now (and might I say, from the little that I've played of it, it's beautiful so far). However, as one last question, what entry should I delete in my custom hosts file? I love the little thing, but not if it prevents me from playing games like this. 😕mileytongue:
Thank you again for all your help!
It's been my pleasure 🙂 Now, I don't know which entries you have or the deeper workings of the Battlelog coding but I do know that Battlelog uses some kind of link tracking from ru4.com - it might be that.
After restoring the custom hosts file and commenting out all references to the ru4.com domain, it now works like a charm! Just out of curiosity, in your experience with troubleshooting, has anyone else had the problem I was experiencing with BF3, with the hosts file being the culprit?
No havn't seen this problem before. However, I figured that only so many things can highjack browser links 🙂
