Mobicip interference
[EDIT: as stated later in the comments, Mobicip has been ruled out as the culprit. I still cannot connect to EA servers from the title screen, however, and am still in need of a solution to the problem. See updates below.]
[EDIT#2: forget what I said about Mobicip in the first edit. See final comment. We have come full circle here, folks.]
I'm having issues connecting to EA servers in order to access the game. I am aware that similar sounding issues have been reported within the last month, but I am 99.999% certain that in my case it is the parental control program, Mobicip, that is causing the issue, since I was perfectly capable of running the game before now and because this Isn't the first time Mobicip has messed this kind of thing up for me.
Apparently, in order to place the game on the whitelist for Mobicip, I need the specific URL for any online service that the game interacts with while it's running.
I have no idea where to find this information for myself, so I came here.
OK so apparently even when the functionality of Mobicip is COMPLETELY DISABLED (still installed, just turned off completely) just having Mobicip ON the computer is what completely stops BFN from running properly.
The only way to make it work again is to uninstall Mobicip.
Whitelisting didn't work.
Putting it on monitor only (which shouldn't block anything) did nothing.
Disabling Mobicip from doing anything by turning it off...… diddly squat.
The two programs cannot even EXIST on the same machine. It just doesn't work.
...but as soon as Mobicip is uninstalled...….. BFN works perfectly.
(which is concerning since this game is marketed to children and there is a good chance those children would have Mobicip as their parental control program)
WTF Mobicip….
