I am hosting a dedicated server that's using SAPP on my computer. Everyone else can connect, but I can't. I followed the guide found here to change the ports.
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?nid=239
I opened a copy of Command Prompt which I have in my Halo directory, and ran "start halocededSAPP.exe -port 2312". "halocededSAPP.exe" is what I named the SAPP version of the dedi exe. While my server is running I am able to connect to other servers and play on them and I'm able to see my server in the server browser, the only problem is that when I try to connect it says "Could not join this server. There may be connection issues.". I have created exception rules for the dedi in Windows Firewall and I have forwarded the correct ports, but I cannot connect to my own server. It reaches the part where it says that it's loading the map but then it gives me the error message. Any idea on how to fix this? Thank for all help in advance.

Edited by BeefEatingRobot on Mar 15, 2013 at 12:09 AM

you are running the server on 2312
what port are you using when playing?

The default ones, 2302 and 2303.

Try connecting Using the lan option or Direct IP. The Direct IP for your PC is your PC's IP not the external internet IP.

From personal experience, even if you change the ports that your Halo CE game and dedi executable runs on, you won't be able to connect to your own server if said server runs on the same computer as your game.
The few possible ways to connect to your own server would be to:
1. Run a virtual machine and install the Halo CE dedi server in it, run it and then start up your game outside the virtual machine and connect to it.
2. Get another computer and install and run the Halo CE dedi server in it, then on your Halo CE game computer run the game and connect to the computer running the dedi, or
3. Get an external server host, and install and run the Halo CE dedi on it, then connect to it from your Halo CE game computer.

For 1, you can get something like VMWare Player(https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0) or VirtualBox (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads), install an operating system in it, then install the Halo CE dedi in it and run the dedi from there. Do the usual firewall and port forwarding stuff, but this time point it to the virtual machine's internal IP address, and ensure that the virtual machine appears on your actual LAN (not the virtual LAN that VM software usually creates to allow the VM to share your comp's IP address. Doing this requires you to use bridged mode for the VM on VMWare).
For 2, do your port forwarding and firewall stuff as usual, but point it to the dedi's comp instead.

You can have a dedi and connect from same pc, i have done it.

I tried to connect using my internal IP and localhost, but it still gave me the same error message. My server didn't show up in the LAN server browser, but thank you for everything, I'm going to try hosting it from a VM next.

hmm
Edited by Maniac1000 on Mar 20, 2013 at 11:06 PM