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reverend · 2010-08-28, 02:48

Thanks jpwong,

I found that in my case that didnt seem to happen. Last night I managed to get the downloads moving again by increasing the unity size to 45GB. After that, downloads that had been stuck at b elow 10% complete for days finished in a matter of minutes.

Ferstelle · 2010-09-17, 03:36

Hey, I'm back. I'm having the "open port not confirmed" error, and I'm corrected directly to an ethernet port in the wall.

There's no router to forward ports on, so how do I deal with this?

Edit: based on my previous experiences with bittorrent, maybe it will work if I encrypt my data? (I'm on a University campus which hates P2P). How do I find out which port to encrypt?

jfs · 2010-09-17, 12:03

I don't think PD supports any kind of protocol encryption, the same way BitTorrent does. All data exchange is encrypted, but I'm not sure if the protocol is.

The port used by PD can be configured inside the program, it selects a random one when you install it.

The most important thing is that you get a publicly routable IP address, without a firewall/router that blocks incoming connections in front of it. PD simply can't work if others can't connect directly to you.
(Note that the campus does have a router between you and the rest of the internet, that's how the internet works. They most likely block most or all kinds of incoming connections and you won't be able to do anything about it.)

Ferstelle · 2010-09-19, 20:43

They rearranged their network recently, and PD worked fine until then. I figured it had something to do with the campus router. But I thought you guys would know some workarounds.

Starks · 2010-09-26, 10:07

Unless you have an external network/computer to VPN/VNC into, you're screwed.

AnimeFan188 · 2010-10-09, 21:00

Woman Arrested for Uploading Anime via Perfect Dark:

"The Nikkan Sports and Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspapers report that Japanese police have
arrested a 42-year-old unemployed woman named Tomoko Sasaki on Friday for allegedly
uploading anime online, without the copyright holders' permission, using the Perfect Dark
file-sharing software."

See:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...a-perfect-dark

_eternal · 2010-10-12, 17:10

Hmm... I don't think that's unheard of, is it? It seems like a few people have gotten arrested on all of the big P2P networks but I don't believe it's happened outside of Japan.

fict_ticious · 2010-10-12, 17:23

Like the people in the article's discussion are suggesting, it's probably a result of people's e-penor getting a little out of hand and posting their IDs publicly.

jmaeshawn · 2010-11-10, 19:05

Has anyone else had problems with Perfect Dark running on Windows 7 x64?

My computer will be fine for a long time, then I open PD and start downloading something with it, and my computer BSOD's.

Any others with this same problem, or does anyone have any ideas to fix it?

Jumendez-sama · 2010-12-24, 06:41

Having trouble setting up in general. I add my IP and a random Port (this random port being the port I use for uTorrent), and PD is still saying it's offline. Anything else I should be doing?

Desbreko · 2010-12-24, 07:56

Your IP? Are you setting the open port in the add ip address/port window or the settings window? It should be the latter. Also, have you assigned unity and download folders in the settings?

Jumendez-sama · 2010-12-25, 20:17

The unity and download folders were pre-determined, so that's not the problem.
I was adding it to "Add IP address/port", which was one problem. The other was that I didn't open a port either. Also, I didn't have the nodes, since the site that originally hosted the page with all the nodes was taken down, so I found this page instead, which has a good amount of nodes.

helmaul · 2010-12-28, 15:35

Iam still having the problem that my download dont "convert to file", each time i try i get a "download error code -2"
Perfect Dark is running on a MacOS with wine and XQuarts 2.6.0.
It doesnt change anything if I start PD with LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 oder LANG=en_US.UTF-8
In some parts of PD the Characters are just shown as squares, also when i call
LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 wine winecfg
which might be the reason.
Any ideas how I could fix it?? :-/

Starks · 2010-12-30, 00:59

Recent versions of Wine shouldn't even require the language to be set as long as MS PGothic is set as the eye and default font in visual.txt.

Zuidd · 2011-01-02, 08:14

Hi,

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1293973462

Opened the port but I still get "perfect dark is offline".

unity number is stuck at 9 / 524288
The rest of the numbers are all 0.

What do?

I have not added any ip's, I have found two links to node ip's at page 15 of this thread, but both links are down.

~Zuidd

Starks · 2011-01-02, 14:59

1. Is Windows Firewall enabed?

2. You need nodes: http://perfectdark.benri-tool.net/node/nodes.txt

Zuidd · 2011-01-02, 15:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starks

1. Is Windows Firewall enabed?

2. You need nodes: http://perfectdark.benri-tool.net/node/nodes.txt

Thanks for the link, it worked.

~Zuidd.

Aimbotter33 · 2011-01-03, 07:12

Hello...Can i Ask if PD works behind an router and Doesnt have static ips?

kerai88 · 2011-01-04, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmaeshawn

Has anyone else had problems with Perfect Dark running on Windows 7 x64?

My computer will be fine for a long time, then I open PD and start downloading something with it, and my computer BSOD's.

Any others with this same problem, or does anyone have any ideas to fix it?

Same problem here having a Blue Screen when using PD with W7 x64. Does anyone know how to fix it? >_<
Thanks!

Wonderbread · 2011-02-14, 00:30

Has anyone ever come across this problem:

I copied my unity folder from an old hard drive to a fresh install, but now I get the "perfect dark has started downloading unity (cache) automatically..." message every time I start PD, even though my unity is 40GB.

I think that message is supposed to go away after you hit 2GB right?

2010-09-17, 12:03	Link #483
jfs Aegisub dev Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Age: 39	I don't think PD supports any kind of protocol encryption, the same way BitTorrent does. All data exchange is encrypted, but I'm not sure if the protocol is. The port used by PD can be configured inside the program, it selects a random one when you install it. The most important thing is that you get a publicly routable IP address, without a firewall/router that blocks incoming connections in front of it. PD simply can't work if others can't connect directly to you. (Note that the campus does have a router between you and the rest of the internet, that's how the internet works. They most likely block most or all kinds of incoming connections and you won't be able to do anything about it.) __________________ Aegisub developer [ Forum \| Manual \| Feature requests \| Bug reports \| IRC ] Don't ask for: More VSFilter changes (I won't), karaoke effects, help in PM's

2010-09-26, 10:07	Link #485
Starks I see what you did there! Scanlator Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 36	Unless you have an external network/computer to VPN/VNC into, you're screwed. __________________ My list of garbage anime

2010-10-12, 17:10	Link #487
_eternal anthem core Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 32	Hmm... I don't think that's unheard of, is it? It seems like a few people have gotten arrested on all of the big P2P networks but I don't believe it's happened outside of Japan. __________________ @_eternal & MAL

2010-12-25, 20:17	Link #492
Jumendez-sama Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010	The unity and download folders were pre-determined, so that's not the problem. I was adding it to "Add IP address/port", which was one problem. The other was that I didn't open a port either. Also, I didn't have the nodes, since the site that originally hosted the page with all the nodes was taken down, so I found this page instead, which has a good amount of nodes. Last edited by Jumendez-sama; 2010-12-27 at 21:01. Reason: I found the answer and it was very simple. Not worth someone replying to :\

2010-12-30, 00:59	Link #494
Starks I see what you did there! Scanlator Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 36	Recent versions of Wine shouldn't even require the language to be set as long as MS PGothic is set as the eye and default font in visual.txt. __________________ My list of garbage anime

2010-08-28, 02:48	Link #481
reverend Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010	Thanks jpwong, I found that in my case that didnt seem to happen. Last night I managed to get the downloads moving again by increasing the unity size to 45GB. After that, downloads that had been stuck at b elow 10% complete for days finished in a matter of minutes.

2010-09-17, 03:36	Link #482
Ferstelle Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010	Hey, I'm back. I'm having the "open port not confirmed" error, and I'm corrected directly to an ethernet port in the wall. There's no router to forward ports on, so how do I deal with this? Edit: based on my previous experiences with bittorrent, maybe it will work if I encrypt my data? (I'm on a University campus which hates P2P). How do I find out which port to encrypt?

2010-09-19, 20:43	Link #484
Ferstelle Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010	They rearranged their network recently, and PD worked fine until then. I figured it had something to do with the campus router. But I thought you guys would know some workarounds.

2010-10-09, 21:00	Link #486
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Woman Arrested for Uploading Anime via Perfect Dark: "The Nikkan Sports and Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspapers report that Japanese police have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed woman named Tomoko Sasaki on Friday for allegedly uploading anime online, without the copyright holders' permission, using the Perfect Dark file-sharing software." See: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...a-perfect-dark

2010-10-12, 17:23	Link #488
fict_ticious I can has drinks? Join Date: Mar 2006	Like the people in the article's discussion are suggesting, it's probably a result of people's e-penor getting a little out of hand and posting their IDs publicly.

2010-11-10, 19:05	Link #489
jmaeshawn Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Has anyone else had problems with Perfect Dark running on Windows 7 x64? My computer will be fine for a long time, then I open PD and start downloading something with it, and my computer BSOD's. Any others with this same problem, or does anyone have any ideas to fix it?

2010-12-24, 06:41	Link #490
Jumendez-sama Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010	Having trouble setting up in general. I add my IP and a random Port (this random port being the port I use for uTorrent), and PD is still saying it's offline. Anything else I should be doing?

2010-12-24, 07:56	Link #491
Desbreko Senior Member Fansubber Join Date: Apr 2009 Age: 36	Your IP? Are you setting the open port in the add ip address/port window or the settings window? It should be the latter. Also, have you assigned unity and download folders in the settings?

2010-12-28, 15:35	Link #493
helmaul Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010	Iam still having the problem that my download dont "convert to file", each time i try i get a "download error code -2" Perfect Dark is running on a MacOS with wine and XQuarts 2.6.0. It doesnt change anything if I start PD with LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 oder LANG=en_US.UTF-8 In some parts of PD the Characters are just shown as squares, also when i call LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 wine winecfg which might be the reason. Any ideas how I could fix it?? :-/

2011-01-02, 08:14	Link #495
Zuidd Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011	Hi, http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1293973462 Opened the port but I still get "perfect dark is offline". unity number is stuck at 9 / 524288 The rest of the numbers are all 0. What do? I have not added any ip's, I have found two links to node ip's at page 15 of this thread, but both links are down. ~Zuidd

2011-01-02, 14:59	Link #496
Starks I see what you did there! Scanlator Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 36	1. Is Windows Firewall enabed? 2. You need nodes: http://perfectdark.benri-tool.net/node/nodes.txt __________________ My list of garbage anime

2011-01-03, 07:12	Link #498
Aimbotter33 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010	Hello...Can i Ask if PD works behind an router and Doesnt have static ips?

2011-02-14, 00:30	Link #500
Wonderbread Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Has anyone ever come across this problem: I copied my unity folder from an old hard drive to a fresh install, but now I get the "perfect dark has started downloading unity (cache) automatically..." message every time I start PD, even though my unity is 40GB. I think that message is supposed to go away after you hit 2GB right?