Problem "Waiting" screen

[shinobi3]

so no one really answers anyone's questions much <_<, but i made things work on my private server, but one problem is that when my friends try to log in, they are stuck in the "Waiting" screen forever until they exit the game. how can i fix this?

[gobots]

either your firewall is blocking them (very likely) or you have a bad file in your data files (not so likely if the game server starts without errors)

Go to your network settings in your control panel and right click on your internet connection and choose properties. Go to the advanced tab (I think lol) and find the windows firewall, add an exception for SHO_GS.EXE and let other pcs on the internet see it.

You'll also have to open up the gs ports on your router if you have one to outside traffic.