WARNING: ROM mode fallback, downloads disabled

[saluk]

I am on gentoo, and I get this error after I finally get in the game. A lot of things just stay pink (some of the avatars) but the game is almost playable. The only problem is I can't initiate the test of body because it needs to download something. I am not sure why I am getting this error but it sits there at "Downloading Catalog" for a long time when the client starts. I've tried running all the different clients, fltk, test, the .dynamic ones, etc. Any idea whats going on, and would it be possible to download some of the files on another computer and transfer them into the directory?

[Pluribus]

ROM fallback mode happens when your eclient cant contact game.atitd.com
Usually hitting scroll-lock or restarting client will fix it if it was just a transient.I am assuming that you have never gotten in game before? and that you installed from an old install. (current one is 250MB and should have all the dialogs and 99% of the artwork in game currently.

[saluk]

But I'm able to get in game and run around, I don't know why it can't contact game.atitd.net at all once its in the game? It took a few hours to download the clients though when I ran elaunch so maybe I have a networking issue? But once I'm in the game it runs smooth with no lag. I'll download the newer client though, thanks.

[Pluribus]

Be aware... If you cant contact game.atitd.com, you most likely will continue to have issues staying out of ROM mode. (Which means any art / sound resources wont be updated...)
This includes the ingame map :-(

Do you need a proxy to use the web?

[saluk]

I am connected through a firewall, but the game works fine from my other windows machine connected through the same firewall. The thing is, it looks like I can connect to game.atitd.com, it just is too slow so the game times out and thinks it can't connect. I think I have a larger issue though, I've noticed that some sites tend to go real slow for some reason. I was able to get some of the map, but not all of it, and like I said it wont download the test screens, so its a bit iffy. I'll probably have to stick with windows mostly on this one, unless I can figure out what's wrong with my network. If ALL sites went slow I would assume it was a hardware issue, but it seems kind of selective. Thanks for the help.

Edit: I fixed the networking issue, which turned out to be totally unrelated (a 2.6.8 kernel issue, ip scaling or some such option disabled by default) Now the game runs fine, actually a bit faster than on windows, and I can multitask a lot better :) Thanks for the great work on this client!

[Pluribus]

Woot, if you could find the option you enabled and post it here, it would be a big help to others.

[saluk]

"echo "0" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling

If it works, make it permenant by adding this to your /etc/sysctl.conf

Code:

net.ipv4.tcp_default_win_scale = 0"

source: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=219690