"Error connecting to server, using free one"

Tue, 09/01/2009 - 09:40 — scott evol

Hello! I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium 6.0.

Whenever my Sheep initiates, it always starts with the same "Sheep" that I have been seeing every day for the past few months. It doesn't do anything new. Then I inevitably get the message at the top stating "Error connecting to server, using free one."

Anyone have any tips?

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 03:58 — DFBatosee

-_-

shitting dick nipples im pissed.... it keeps doing it to me too... except it wont even load A single one.... FML

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:16 — spot

Get the sheep packs.

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 20:50 — theled

i have the same problem and

i have the same problem and even when i have dl one of the packs and put it in my mpeg folder it just goes to the black screen with the icon and the top right says:

dowloading sheep, please wait

error connecting to server

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 23:19 — spot

what version of the client do

what version of the client do you have? what is your operating system?

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 23:03 — theled

well i uninstalled everything

well i uninstalled everything and re downloaded 2.6b14 and now the error is gone but when i let it stay on my screensaver for like an hour it still wouldnt go to the actual screensaver it just says downloading sheep please be patient

im curious if its supposed to be that slow cause i downloaded a pack and it was 9xx mb and it took like 14minutes

thanks

xp btw

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 23:54 — spot

2.6b14? where did you get

2.6b14? where did you get that? you should get 2.7b19 or the prerelease 2.7b20e. the 2.6 server is gone so it will never download. the current versions should download within a minute but sometimes it takes longer.

Tue, 09/01/2009 - 12:24 — punkthink

Erase your user name. Erase

Erase your user name. Erase your password. Don't login anymore for now as it attempts to connect to the wrong server if you do. Ignore all error messages for now also. Be patient. They are trying to get this sorted out ASAP. Download the sheep packs here for more variety for now. --> http://community.electricsheep.org/node/247

This will take a little bit if you decide to get them all. Last but not least read the stickied posts FIRST. Always. In any forum. Hope that helps. Sorry for being short. This gets asked A LOT.

I will, however, give you one heck of a big WOW for suffering through a severely limited amount of sheep for that length of time before looking for an answer. WOW! Download them packs man before you go mad. :)