Setup for TMBO Server Guide for PS2/3

Special Note, Please read:

Forwarding of ports 10070 and 10075 (UDP/TCP) to your PS2/PS3 LAN IP address (from within your router) is strongly recommended! If ports are not forwarded, there may be problems joining or hosting game rooms!




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• Boot up a game that has a network utility creation function on your PS2 and click on "online" or "network"
• In this example I am using Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 that will eventually allow me to get to the PS2 network utility feature

http://i.imgur.com/nRLzjmX.jpg1

• Upon selecting to create or edit a network connection, you should be taken to this screen
• Click "Add Setting"

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• Press X on this, then right

http://i.imgur.com/ri2hiMx.jpg1

• Press X on not required, then Right (unless ISP requires user/pw)

http://i.imgur.com/zqSQ0y8.jpg1

• Press X on Automatic, then press Right

http://i.imgur.com/7JNFXdX.jpg1

• Press X on Manual, then press Right

http://i.imgur.com/z7RX72t.jpg1

• Select Primary DNS and enter the number seen above, 173.198.252.240
• Leave Secondary DNS Blank

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• Name your network profile, and save
• You do not need to test connection when it asks
• You are finished now after saving, so you can quit the game and throw in TMBO

http://i.imgur.com/nh1BbvP.jpg1

• Boot up TMBO and get to the Main Menu
• Select Options first

http://i.imgur.com/3FCgFeE.jpg1

• Click Network Configuration

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• At the top select your network profile you just made
• Can also select if you want automatic use of profile, or show diagnostics, but it doesnt matter if those are on
  
  
  Step 12
  
  
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  • At the top of the screen select Account
  • Select your network profile, then select CREATE
  • Type in your username, and desired password - fill out both fields, no special characters, and then hit enter and accept to save

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• Go back to the Options screen, and select Player Configuration
• Create a screen name others will see, as well as a default room name for when you host

http://i.imgur.com/nh1BbvP.jpg1
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• Go back to the main menu, click Internet
• Select your network profile, or if you chose automatic under options it will select for you and load it up
• If it connected properly you should see the fourth screenshot with a TOS policy screen

http://i.imgur.com/w3BdsHi.jpg1

• Now the login screen with username and password.

http://i.imgur.com/pMib6Rn.jpg1
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• The announcements screen should pop-up with information, Press X to proceed to the server lobby
• If the server detects your ports are not forwarded, the announcements screen may display a special message requesting you to do so (second picture link)
• At the server lobby, you can host a game with square, join a game with X, or preview a game room that is already made with O

Congrats! All done!

Luis wrote on 12/05/14 at 16:01:41:

Could you provide more details about your setup?
Router brand and model
Did you DMZ or forward the ports (10070/10075) to your PS2?

At which point does TMBO throw an error?

robinhoodie wrote on 12/05/14 at 17:52:32:


The host of the room probably didn't have their PS2/3 DMZd or ports forwarded.
The room you tried to join, was it called "Paint It Black"? I ask because the host of that room never really has any problems with people joining his games.

I'll leave a room open for testing purposes, "Test Room".

If you are quitting the game for the day, please use the exit game option from the start menu, then back out to the main menu of TMBO BEFORE turning off your console (Where it says Internet/LAN/Options). If you turn off your console in the server lobby or in-game it can potentially crash the server sometime later on.

DARKFORCE wrote on 12/05/14 at 17:28:33:

My router is verizon and it looks like this:

I get an error when I go to Internet and it's trying to connect but fails. I did port forwarded but can't test if I did it right. http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/Luis2_06/Port%20Forwarding_zpshkcvdwyj.j... It's at the bottom in green.

Nope it doesn't.

Luis wrote on 01/23/15 at 21:20:36:

If nothing else works and things seem completely hopeless, you might want to give the following cheat device codes a try...

FYI the codes below are raw/unencrypted and designed for the NTSC-U version of TMBO. Use something like Omniconvert to encrypt them for AR MAX.

Mastercode
902A38B0 0C0A8DD4

TMBO Revival Server (173.198.252.240)
204E7638 2E333731
204E763C 2E383931
204E7640 2E323532
204E7644 00303432
204E7648 00000000
204E764C 00000000
204E7650 00000000
204E7654 00000000
204E7658 00000000
20316AEC 2E333731
20316AF0 2E383931
20316AF4 2E323532
20316AF8 00303432
20316AFC 00000000
20316B00 00000000
20316B04 00000000
20316B08 00000000
20316B0C 00000000

The aforementioned codes programmatically change the server TMBO tries to log into. By using them, there's no need to deal with adjusting DNS settings. Just make sure you clear your custom DNS setting from step 7 of RoaDiE's guide before trying to log into TMBO.

The downside of using a cheat device for this is that you'll have to deal with the hassle of starting up the cheat device before playing TMBO every time. The DNS method is a lot more user-friendly because you only have to set it up once, and then everything is saved so you don't need to do anything special afterwards.



Lastly, regarding port forwarding, that has no bearing on whether or not you can connect to the revival server. Players with blocked ports will always be able to login, but will be greeted by a warning message as their lobby announcement.

Once you sort out your DNS problems and manage to login successfully, I suspect you're going to end up seeing the warning message in the lobby. The message will mention your router's LAN IP address (192.168.1.1) as well as your PS2's LAN IP address (192.168.1.x). Upon seeing the warning, note down your PS2's LAN IP. Then, login to your router, go to its port forwarding settings and replace "173.198.252.240" with your PS2's LAN IP at the bottom.



Good luck !

Luis wrote on 01/24/15 at 02:27:55:


A few of us (in the past...through xlink kai) have played TMBO through a wireless connection on a BC Phat PS3 and it worked fine. It was through LAN mode, but I think online mode should work as well.

There is nothing you can do about a hollow room that's in the lobby list. The best prevention is to completely log off the TMBO server then turn off your PS2.

No worries, I got rid of the hollow room for ya.