I don't know if it's just me, but it appears that recipes will not download for me. What I did:
you need to have your game client logged on and be logged into the website for recipe downloads to work
Hmmmm… Strange, I just tried again and it didn't work. I was logged in on both places (in fact, I am writing this just after trying!).
Is the in-game Global chat working in your client? That's required to get the downloaded recipes.
No, my chat doesn't work. :( It just reads "Joining chat…" and doesn't load.
Maybe is has something to do with firewall ports?
dont take same nick in external chat and foldit
Have you tried using an external IRC client (mIRC, IceChat, etc.) to connect to the fold.it chat? IF that works, then your firewall is passing IRC traffic, and you just need to figure out why the in-game chat isn't working. Like Marie Suchard mentioned, you can't be logged into external chat before opening the client.
If that doesn't work, then you need to figure out why IRC traffic is being blocked.
I am having the same problem: (1) can't logon to IRC in the client (I can connect using an external IRC client fine), and (2) can't get any recipes into client.
Looking at my log file, it seems like the client IRC routine is returning a "LIBIRC_ERR_NOMEM" error:
"BOINC says connect to: 128.95.1.227
Using nick: oOhamsterOo
Ended Initialization of NoviceGame
Entering IRC::run
SRVR_THRD finished solution data upload. took 0.701205 seconds.
SRVR_THRD sending: 289246 990611 group_score
SRVR_THRD sending: 289246 990611 score
SRVR_THRD getting notifications…
…
SRVR_THRD sending play event log…
IRC::run error, code = LIBIRC_ERR_NOMEM
Exiting IRC::run"
Maybe this information could sort out what is going on?
Now that I realize it, my IRC is screwed up. I have tried repeatedly to fix the settings in my profile, but it always redirs to a blank page, and when I visit fold.it again, it tells me group verification failed. Weird…