[Saber Cherry]

Maybe you need to enter your internal IP address rather than external IP address if you are behind a router, though I'm not sure. Your friend will need to enter your external IP address. Your internal address (normally 192.xxx.xxx.xxx) can be attained by running "ipconfig" from a command prompt. The external one you can get by logging into your router or visiting a website that tells you your external ip address.

Make sure the port number you entered is open (I suspect that is the problem). To do this, you need to log into your router and configure it. I was unable to play FF-XI, for example, until I found out how to go into my router and open up over 50,000 different ports... FF-XI was programmed by idiots. It also has the worst UI ever, like 1000X worse than Dominions 1. Otherwise, it's an OK game. As for how to open up ports, it was a pain in my router (SMC), and probly is a pain in all routers, but you need to look at your documentation to figure it out. Mine had none, so I downloaded it in PDF form from the manufacturer, and it was so unprofessionally done that it took me literally 3 hours to figure out the process. But hopefully yours will be simpler=) Otherwise, you could try using some port like 25 or 80 that is almost certainly open (but that may have side effects... I don't really know much about ports).

-Cherry

P.S. Don't read that as a slam on Dominions I - before Dominions II, I thought it was the best strategy game ever - but that's despite its UI, not because of its UI.

[ November 15, 2003, 23:10: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]