SEIV Gold Demo does *not* have TCP/IP
No, wait, before you flame.
I'm serious.
It uses UDP/IP.
This is *not* the same thing. In particular, pretty much every firewall on the planet can handle NATed connections using TCP/IP.
Pretty much none of them can handle UDP without special configuration. Usually not even then.
Using UDP only makes sense when speed is of the essence, and even then is a pretty bad idea.
I was unable to play with a friend of mine until he completely removed his firewall (a low-end linksys router), even though he had told it to forward all incoming traffic to his machine (it wouldn't let UDP out).
So, as TCP/IP play is really important to me (I don't have e-mail accounts on the machines I play SEIV from; I using linux for e-mail), I would really like to know why the SEIV Gold demo doesn't have it, and when this is likely to be fixed.
Thank you.
-Robin
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