SEIV Gold Demo does *not* have TCP/IP

[Richard]

The ports are documented though if you only want to open up specific ports, BTW.

[robinleepowell]

Doesn't help if:

1. You don't control the firewall.

2. You have more than one player behind the firewall (you can only forward UDP to one machine, because it's connectionless).

3. You have an inexpensive firewall that can't handle letting through UDP (some firewalls block UDP inbound for security reasons).

4. Your ISP blocks UDP (which some do for security reasons).

And regardless, there's no reason to use it at all.

-Robin

[geoschmo]

RTC, PBW Real Time Client. It's a java program we have been testing for a while, but were are going to make available to everyone with the Gold release.

It interfaces with the PBW server and handles all the file transfer stuff/auto launches your game turn. Allows you to just log in and play the turns.

You have to have the java Runtime-environment on your machine to work, but you can get that free from sun. Shrapnel was going to put it on the gold CD as well if there was room so people don't have to download it.

And it runs on port 5190. So if your firewall blocks that you can't use it.

Geoschmo

[robinleepowell]

Ooh, very cool.

My firewall allows arbitrary outbound TCP/IP connections on high (>1023) ports. Most firewalls do. Then the allow the return packets, once the outbound connection has been made. This is how things are supposed to work.

-Robin

[eorg]

btw what is current rtc Version? i have 4

[geoschmo]

georgig, send me an email. I lost your email address while you were in the Army.

[TerranC]

BTW, Does anybody play Multiplayer in Gold right now?