How do you set up a tcp/ip game?

blackwulf · #1 November 15th, 2003, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
I wonder if the protection has been "upgraded" here along with thing like the price and the turn-limit demo. Maybe the game no longer allows connection by the same IP? Of course using a proxy would get past that. [/QB]

If that is in fact the case how can two people play the game tcp/ip? Would you need a third party to host and not participate in the game? I sure hope that is not the answer.

[ November 15, 2003, 19:31: Message edited by: blackwulf ]

Raen · #2 November 15th, 2003, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
I wonder if the protection has been "upgraded" here along with thing like the price and the turn-limit demo. Maybe the game no longer allows connection by the same IP? Of course using a proxy would get past that.

No that's not the problem. I've done it successfully. I'm not sure what blackwulf's problem is.

blackwulf · #3 November 15th, 2003, 10:12 PM

Well, perhaps I am missing a step along the way. I really need a step by step guide on how to do this from someone that has done it before. The thread Newbies and Confused People does not really provide this.

-Blackwulf

Saber Cherry · #4 November 16th, 2003, 01:02 AM

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 ]

blackwulf · #5 November 16th, 2003, 01:36 AM

Here, is the mystery...

I don't have a router, just a firewall. Even if I turn off the firewall I still am unable to connect to my server as a client.

My opponent has no problem connecting to my server with or without my firewall on. The problem is that I cannot seem to connect to my server as a player.

I feel that there is some basic step I am missing. This is what I do...

#1. I start a game with the shortcut configured as described in the newbie/confused player thread.

#2. I ctrl/escape back to windows and start a normal client game and try to connect to my server. It is here where I am unable to connect.

Is there something I should be doing prior to these two steps?

-Blackwulf

Saber Cherry · #6 November 16th, 2003, 01:39 AM

Ctrl-escape? Hmm. Why not try running the server in a window, and just minimizing it? Maybe ctrl-escape is messing it up.

blackwulf · #7 November 16th, 2003, 01:50 AM

No dice, I just tried your windows mode suggestion but same result. Here is how I have the server shortcut configured now..

"C:\Program Files\dominions2demo\dom2demo.exe" -x --nointro --quickhost --tcpserver --port 1024 --noclientstart --nosound --nomusic --window

I simply start the server get to the screen with all the nations listed as open and minimize the window and start a second game as a client and try to connect via the network.

[ November 15, 2003, 23:51: Message edited by: blackwulf ]