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WOW...

ok a lot easier to test... found that you can run 2 instances on the same PC... 

This game is really well programmed!

anyway that's all for now

OK... one important thing I noticed...

The [Start Search] button actually gets a new list.

The [Refresh] button just updates the Ping times and details for the current list.

So if your friend starts a server probably you will have to click the [Start Search] button for it to show up...

Well all my friends have gone to bed now (it's 1:15am here in New Zealand) so I can't test it now but I will perform more testing tomorrow and post back with the results.

ok more analysis:

opening:
http://72.55.156.59/handlerservers.ashx?type=list

results in a | (pipe char) separated list of all the server IP addresses... as used by the game browser.

after starting a server, my ip address appears in the list....!!

so why can't people see it or join... must be some weird issue.

The executable mb_warband.exe also looks up some info from taleworlds.com, but that's the game connecting out so doesn't need forwarding:

First is uses HTTP to "GET" this address:
http://72.55.156.59/handlerservers.ashx?type=ping&keys
And the server returns a (random?) number, which the game then sends to this address:
http://72.55.156.59/handlerservers.ashx?type=confirmping&rand=[random number from first call]
which then returns "1"... lol so not too informative... my guess is it's a server active check?
If the number is incorrect you get a -1 instead...

Ok... further information...

As suggested in another forum I forwarded ports 7240 and 7241 UDP...

I used PFPortChecker and confirmed the ports were forwarded and working.

I then used Process Explorer, followed by AW Ports Traffic Analyser to check if the ports were in fact correct.

Sure enough the mb_warband.exe has UDP ports 7240 and 7241 open.

The 7240 appears to be the server list reporter as it sends a message with the server settings (and some other binary stuff) to an IP address (41.232.45.4 periodically and I can only assume that port 7241 is the main game port...

My friend could not see my game in the list...

MAIN QUESTION: Can we connect directly to an IP address, thus bypassing the whole server browser?

ok but what if I have specific friends that I've told the name of the server... how do I get the game to show up in the list.

Or, even better how can I get them to simply join by IP or name...