WindowsXP + Space Empires IV = No Working TCP/IP play

[The Frenchmen]

Thanks for all the ideas =) it'll give me sompthing to try this weekend. and i got 1.84 gold, i think thats the most recent pach, winxp sp1 with all the most recent drivers installed. and only the host computer has problems, i'v tryed hosting on other computers but i always have trubble... no firewall on this computer, its on a network... and thanks again for the help =)

[Fyron]

If it is on a network, there is probably a firewall built in to the router... you will most likely need to forward the ports to the internal (LAN) IP address of the host computer, and have players connect to the WAN IP of the router. I believe that SE4 will show both of those IP addresses in-game when the host creates a TCP/IP game.

[ November 21, 2003, 15:10: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[JayBdey]

I had a similar problem. I finally just disconnected my router and connected my one computer directly to the modem to play.

I forwarded the ports and every, but it still wouldn't work.

[The Frenchmen]

the thing is, i dont got a router, i'm useing ICS, and teh errors i get (crashing after 70 turns give or take, and the host not being able to open the save game file) dont sound like network problems, and i use to use win98, and it worked fine =(

[The Frenchmen]

well, i tryed everything u guys told me, but still crashed, and i got a screenshot this time:

[The Frenchmen]

i forgot to say, that wasn't the crash msg, that was just before, but it still crashed, thanks for the help btw