[Help with Net 7 proxy]

Could very well be a content filter.

I was about to suggest that you "just" make sure that you could ping the Net7 server and assume the problem solved, then I remembered the core of the issue

Another idea: if IP's are open, but they check accessed content by website searches and DNS lookups, you might be able to pull a fast one on the system by editing your system's hosts file. I'm not sure if it'll help at all, but if you manually typed in the DNS address and IP address of the Net7 servers in the hosts file it might (should?) bypass the DNS lookup. All the school WiFi would see was you directly accessing an IP address.

As a side note, to get around the website filtering/blocking, you can use Ultrasurf to get around the internet filtering for web browsing. When I was in high school, we used to use this program constantly to bypass the web filtering. Hopefully, it will be allowed through their network. It integrates with Internet Explorer very simply, and can support Firefox and Chrome with a small bit of additional setup.

We used a combo of PuTTY, the university's own SSH services and a local proxying app... popproxy or plugproxy or... bah, been too long.

[Help with Net 7 proxy]

Heya

I guess it depends on what you mean by 90% of the web

If they're simply blocking ports then you could, in principal, make a tunneling solution to allow your connection through their security. Given that the Net7 proxy (most likely) only connects through specific ports, you'll need a way for that communication to pass through the school WiFi to those ports on the Net7 server. By using SSH with tunneling (PuTTY, for example) on a sanctioned port (22 might be blocked) you can have the Net7 proxy connect through another local proxy that, in turn, translates the port communication through a tunnel to an external SSH server that does the actual communicating with the Net7 servers. The solution can be pretty messy to set up (not to mention you could have yourself quite some lag) and does require an external shell account of sorts (if you've got a Linux box or another SSH server in your own home this does not have to be difficult) for the SSH tunnel.

On the other hand, if the security blocks specific domains and IP addresses you might have a much harder time trying to punch through. I wouldn't expect them to allow access to a very limited set of sites, but you never know. In this case you'd either need the IP address and stuff from Net7 to be accessible or, failing that, a proxy server on an accessible IP address you could connect through.

Anyway, I might be grasping at straws here. Best I've got right now, though

[CTD after character selection]

I'm assuming certificates would have absolutely no say in this?

I only bring it up because I had to bring my Win7 into WinXP SP2 compatibility mode and manually install all the certificates. Any other attempts left me hanging with a frozen loading screen.

[Player Advocate Section]

Are you that short on staff? I figured the work was relatively complex in certain areas, but the solid progress seemed at least to hint of quite a solid team.

I'm sorry if it comes off brazen, but it's been quite a while since I checked up on the progress of the project - actually, the last time was before this forum software was installed, back when there were relatively active recruitment threads... at least "asking for help" recruitment threads.

Just given up on asking for manpower (besides money power ) or preferring a trustworthy elite?

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That said I'm taken aback by the awesome progress so far. To me, the game is exactly as playable as I remember (granted, that was from a time when I leisured trade routes and prospected new and unexplored areas for the heck of it - end-game was unknown territory) - possibly even slightly more. I sense a certain lack of NPC-based missions, but it's not something that's had me reeling. Fearing repercussions from the well-versed, I'd say the team could remake the missions in their own image (retaining core lore, naturally) and still have a great experience in the other end. I'll admit I've lost track of the final goals for the project, but my argument would remain; balls-on accurate missions and items are second to an acceptable substitute.

Ah, that felt good. Walls of text always make me feel good.

[Suggestion: Alternative to jobs for leveling]

I figure any added complexity and freedom in the game would be an awesomely welcome change, but as Maniac pointed out a few things might be "more important" until then