I think I might have found the solution to my net woes, but a bigger problem remains.
For the net thing, I remebered my firewall software was on. I'd like to selectively enable Ares, what port does it use?
The other problem is this: whenever I get a plug, it goes to the first scenario but won't let me select it, unless I'm using a prefs file someone else used to beat or play said plug. This is not just one plug, it's ALL PLUGS. HELP!!!
PS aresbugs never responded when I asked about the 2nd, more serious part.
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Error: target is violating the laws of physics
Error: target is locally exceeding c
Error: unable to determine if target exists or not
Error: target cannot be hit