[GUIDE/FAQ] Get Online with Dreamcast PSO (v1 and v2)

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:18 am

qw3rty wrote:Which model do you have ? (HIT-0400 or HIT-0300)
Online-gaming ONLY works with the HIT-0400 !
If you bought the HIT-0300-Adapter, you got screwed

Its the 0400...

out of curiosity, whats wrong with the 0300 that online gaming doesnt work with it?

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:24 am

Derived Class wrote:It is in Gateway mode, and DHCP, with a 192.168.X.X internal address class (and subsequent 255.255.255.0 netmask).

Btw, if you're using 192.168.X.X (which is somewhat uncommon) your netmask should be 255.255.0.0.

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:16 pm

I omitted the 3rd part of the IP: its a 1, which is the same IP segment that the router provides by default.

So my router is 192.168.1.1, machien a is 1.2, dreamcast 1.3, etc.

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:24 pm

well I cleared the DNS entries for the BBA (instead of providing my cable providers DNS entries), set the BBA to DHCP automatic IP address, and voila - it works!

w00t

Now to see about PSO...

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:45 pm

Well Ive connected to the server. HOWEVER...

I am prompted to purchase a valid Hunters License.

What now? I thought I didnt need one. I have one for Xbox, thats it

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:30 pm

reading elsewhere that I can only connect via the PAL version... I have the NTSC US version... and the FAQ doesnt state this

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:53 pm

You can connect with the NTSC US version as well. But if you have V2 you need to have a serial number that was once registered with Sega. Or something like that anyway.

If the homebrew server would only work with PAL versions it wouldn't be very useful right now, because the official PAL servers are still up.

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:09 pm

Phantom wrote:You can connect with the NTSC US version as well. But if you have V2 you need to have a serial number that was once registered with Sega. Or something like that anyway.

If the homebrew server would only work with PAL versions it wouldn't be very useful right now, because the official PAL servers are still up.

great. well, i never had one registered with sega. i bought a brand new copy thinking i wouldnt need a HL.

so am I done? this experiment failed? the fAQ should be updated to reflect that an existing hunters license that was at least at one point registered with Sega is needed

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:23 pm

Derived Class wrote:great. well, i never had one registered with sega. i bought a brand new copy thinking i wouldnt need a HL.

so am I done? this experiment failed?

Yes, unless you find a serial that works, or the guys that are making the homebrew server find a way around this issue.

Derived Class wrote:the fAQ should be updated to reflect that an existing hunters license that was at least at one point registered with Sega is needed

Which FAQ? The homebrew server is in no way connected with dcemu and as far as I know there are no FAQs about it on this site.

Derived Class · Post by **Derived Class** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:12 pm

Phantom wrote:
Derived Class wrote:great. well, i never had one registered with sega. i bought a brand new copy thinking i wouldnt need a HL.

so am I done? this experiment failed?
Yes, unless you find a serial that works, or the guys that are making the homebrew server find a way around this issue.
Derived Class wrote:the fAQ should be updated to reflect that an existing hunters license that was at least at one point registered with Sega is needed
Which FAQ? The homebrew server is in no way connected with dcemu and as far as I know there are no FAQs about it on this site.

eh, i meant the first post of this thread.

now let me go sulk.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:39 pm

Derived, I can help you with the serial I think. PM me if you would like further assistance. I haven't played online (have the pc one now), but can point in the right directions.

fantom1985 · Post by **fantom1985** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:14 am

how do you go about hosting your own server anyway??

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:46 am

Wouldn't have a clue! But that forum I linked you to will be a great place to start looking. I'd post again but they have warez

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:40 am

Here is the official site for the server. The site is clean I believe, if not please remove the link.

http://schtserv.funurl.com/

nz17 · Post by **nz17** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:03 am

This may seem a silly question, but if the point of using a CodeBreaker is to change the DNS server to Neo-Ice's to redirect a game session to the homebrew server, then why is a CodeBreaker needed at all? After all, every PlanetWeb DC Web Browser allows for changing the DNS, and Marcus Comstedt's Flash Internet Settings Adjuster can be used to change the settings without the official Dreamcast Web browser.

speud · Post by **speud** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:12 am

well, the servers dns is not stored in your flash rom, thats why you need a trick to make the game connect to the homebrew server instead of the one saved in the game.
the dns settings in your isp infos are not connected at all

nz17 · Post by **nz17** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:40 pm

speud wrote:well, the servers dns is not stored in your flash rom, thats why you need a trick to make the game connect to the homebrew server instead of the one saved in the game.
the dns settings in your isp infos are not connected at all

Forgive my naivity and further questions, but then do users of the BBA also need a CodeBreaker to use the homebrew server? If so, which codes, if any, are the same between the modem and BBA users? If not, what makes the BBA users access different to not require codes?

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:55 pm

great. well, i never had one registered with sega. i bought a brand new copy thinking i wouldnt need a HL.

so am I done? this experiment failed? the fAQ should be updated to reflect that an existing hunters license that was at least at one point registered with Sega is needed

Done, there is now a shared serial number for v2, a free dialup ISP, and a link to download the codes directly so you dont have to spend forever typing em in.

Great One · Post by **Great One** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:47 pm

thanks man, feels great to be back on pso witout havin to pay

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:32 am

(I don't know why I didn't think of this before, I'm so stupid!)

Hmm... I think you can actually register your NEW serial at schthacks site.

Anyone with a new serial, that was never tried online go to:
http://pages.globetrotter.net/ctrep/singup.html

There you can put in your serial/key.

This isn't an edit, but continuation from what I just typed:
Ok, I have since looked at that site and the Register page, but too many users have been registering the same key. So... if you contact schthack some how, he might be able to add that serial/key to the server list and thus let you play with a serial that was never registered*

*I have no idea if that's how it works, but I assume so because that's the impression it gives me. Basically it seems like you're getting a hunters license without going to sega