very strange problem involving TCP/IP multiplayer.

[Atrocities]

I believe there might be a secton in the FAQ thread about how to set up a TCI/IP game. Also do a search for the topic as I recall there was once a locked thread about how to set up a TCI/IP game. Perhaps the answers your looking for are listed in one of these two places. Sorry I cannot be of more help, perhaps by tomorrow someone with a lot more knowledge about this will post some useful info.

[Atrocities]

I found this link, but no info in the FAQ.

But something is wrong with the LINK posting process so I will just send it to you via PM.

[freykin]

Thanks for the links, no luck though . Did a search for TCP/IP and TCP/IP host, and no old posts mentioning the problem I'm having showed up. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? The friends I'm trying to play with tested it with their copies, and they're having the exact same problem.

[Fyron]

Check out the Newbie FAQs forum section. It has several helpful threads, one of which is devoted to TCP/IP mode in SE4.

The behavior you are experiencing is what is supposed to happen when you create a PBEM (play by email) game. What version of SE4 are you running?

[freykin]

That's the first place I looked when I was having problems, figuring that it would be something I was doing wrong.

I've tried running it straight off the install from the cd, at version 1.61, i think(don't recall which version it is on it), and patched to 1.91. In both cases, the same problem occurs.

[geoschmo]

If it's generating a turn instead of taking you to the TCP/IP Host screen, then you must not be not selecting "TCP/IP Host" under connection type on the Game Mechanics screen. Are you sure the steps you are following in the manual are for TCP/IP hosting?

[Suicide Junkie]

You may need to be looking at the screen with the TCP/IP option on it when you hit "start game" in order for the setting to kick in.