Clairfying multiplayer

[Sardia]

Grrr, I just tried both tcp and ipx connection. How do I set it up properly? And please, no play by web links.

[Fyron]

PBW really is the best way to do multiplayer... TCP/IP is very fickle. It will work if noone is behind a router, or if you use hackery like Hamachi to create a virtual LAN to fool SE5. For whatever reason, the game's TCP/IP code has trouble with ports forwarded through routers.

[capnq]

Here's a set of TCP/IP instructions that was posted at spaceempires5.com . (Ignore the section header; the OP accidentally put it in the forums for SE IV rather than for SE V.)