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TCPObject and Web Hosting

by Howard Dortch · in Torque Game Engine · 10/30/2009 (9:14 am) · 6 replies

I have been using the TCP functionality of TGE for 4 years now to connect to a PHP script on my web site. Recently GoDaddy changed something and now none of my game will connect. So I have a couple quesitons. The service people at GoDaddy dont understand that I use TCP connections they say my php file works because they can hit it from a browswer. So does anyone know how to get around this or at least tell me which way to jump?
Thanks...

#1
10/30/2009 (1:15 pm)
you use the standard 80 port?

ok, i think that you dont... you need a virtual or a dedicated server, so you can use any port...
#2
10/30/2009 (1:44 pm)
Yes I do use port 80. This was working fine for a long time. This is the message I get back from the site:
HTTP/1.1 408 Request Timeout
I think it has to be something they changed but dont know how to communicate it.
Thanks for the reply
#3
10/31/2009 (1:10 am)
mmm, maybe the problem is in the headers of the request, you can try mozilla firefox with some addon like "tamper data" that permit you set and get the headers of the request.

addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/966?src=api
#4
10/31/2009 (5:58 pm)
Did you try it manually (via telnet for example) when the error pop up ? I guess godaddy can't change the rfc2616.
#5
11/01/2009 (1:31 pm)
Not sure how to send messages to a php file on my website via telnet.

@Javier not sure what you mean Headers of the request. Do you mean the message I send? If so I wouldn't think that is an issue again since this code has been working fine up till now.

Thanks for reply.