December 11th, 2003, 02:59 AM
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Re: LAN play, or lack of it ??
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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
On a LAN, you can always keep open a shared folder of the game directory on the non-host computer. The folder should be set with full read-write permission. Then at the end of each turn, you simply move the 2h file to the host's game folder, and after hosting, move the trn file back to your folder. It's hotseat on multiple computers... like PBEM, but being on a LAN makes it much faster and much less work.
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Wow thats so elegant and simple. If they are lan then they should be able to use a shared directory to do an MP game.
Have you tested this? Is the check for same-copy done only by direct connects? It seems to me that if it doesnt then it wouldnt be able to on PBEM either.
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