I downloaded the game but it will not let me create a character. Is the free trial still in effect?

Yep. The only reason you couldn't create a character is the name you picked is taken, or you haven't chosen a name for your character.

I don't think that is my problem as I hvae tried several names, also my beta account does not work and I have tried craeting a new account.

ARRRGHHH
Finally was able to create a character, had to reinstall, but now I cannot select that character. It will not let me play, it just teases me.

Hmmmmm. It works fine with this beta account. Actually I think I understand the problem now - there's a bug in the connection establishment code on the server. From the server's logs you're logging in and logging out in the same instant.

I don't really understand why your client is triggering this... Are you getting an extremely low framerate in the main menu with the rotating space station?

One thing I can suggest for right now is to log into the game, accept the EULA, hit 'disconnect', and then hit 'login' again. That -might- work but I'm still uncertain what the root cause is.

That doesn't work either. Bummer, am I the only windows user suffering this problem?

This is what shows up in the winsock.log

[11/02/04 03:31:06] event.cpp:(84): WSAENOTSOCK: One of the descriptor sets contains an entry that is not a socket.
[11/02/04 03:31:12] udpx.cpp:(469): WSAEWOULDBLOCK: Uh yeah. this operation would block.

Are you by chance using Windows XP SP2?

If so, could you run the game, hit Alt-Enter (to bring the game into a window instead of being full-screen), and then try to connect, and see if Windows pops up a dialog asking you to Unblock the application?

I am using xp2 but the firewall is disabled.

Funny thing, I took my computer to work and can connect there.
it seems to be either my router or my cable connection. It would be odd if it were my router as I even tried setting my pc as the dmz host.
What ports does vendetta use? maybe something is being blocked.

It connects to server.vendetta-online.com UDP port 21141.

Your initial login packets are getting through okay, but then the connection is being lost right away.

I will try updating the firmware on my router (Linksys BEFSR41)
I'll keep you informed.

The fact that I can get into the game from work means it is definitely something on my end. Maybe an issue with this aging router.

I've played through 4 or 5 different Linksys routers. It works fine with the default config, and VO even works through my fancy schmancy config at home (wireless repeaters and all that jazz).

Well I had a lot of fancy port forwarding rules set up so maybe that had something to do with it.