sorry if its answered elsewhere (if it is can you point me in the direction please, seach came up with no sepcifc ports).

I can only open 20 ports on my router, i know i can have the DMZ enabled but obviously dont want to go down that route for security reasons.

cheers guys

As far as I am aware, LFS only downloads skins over port 80 (HTTP). You may not have been able to download them, due to the fact that the LFS websites have been experiencing issues recently.

Edit: This means you shouldnt have to open any ports.

maybe it is somthing to do with LFS World's downtime that skins have not been d/l in game , but when veiwing a MPR after leaving the server it was recorded at , LFS asks to connect and get the missing skins and does so I was so sure auto skin d/l was on but will have to recheck .

Also since the ISP downtime , any PB's are recorded at lfs world but do not flash up where the chat is anymore

SD.

Ok thanks, i'l keep playing and see if they work

Yes it was temporarily switched off because of the server downtime.

More explanation :

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=123068#post123068