set-up LAN battles
QUESTION ASKED BY Primolegio (21.08.2005)
Could anybody please help
I am a new user and have been playing RTW for the past couple of months. We have a LAN with two computers set-up at home and want to play over the LAN. I have loaded both the computers with the same cd's. I am not able to set-up LAN battles. My question is, Do we have to use two seperate cd keys (buy another copy) to play over the LAN?
Please help,
THanks,
Primolegio
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Re: set-up LAN battles
I have played LAN battles with someone who is using the same cd key, he owned the game but didn't have his copy with him and needed to install it on his laptop after it was formatted.
Are all other aspects of the LAN working?
I have no idea why it isn't working...
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Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
I supose you should check fire walls and stuff but a firewall shouldnt affect LAN games.
Or atleast never has in my expirience.
But id say firewall should be your 1st "port" of call.
Port :) Get it?
"Sux huh"
ShambleS
Re: set-up LAN battles
check and see if the ipx protocol is installed on both computers. Im not sure if rome uses ipx or tcp/ip over lan. make sure frametype is auto.
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Re: set-up LAN battles
It uses tcp/ip. I don't have ipx installed, but I can play it.
Last edited by Uesugi Kenshin; 08-26-2005 at 16:40.
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
C.S. Lewis
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."
Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
It should use UDP not tcp/ip But it needs the tcp/ip protocall installed as well.
Id prety much guarantee tcp/ip is already installed as you have a working lan,
You really should check that any firewalls you have allows games to transmit udp data To your lan.
Also some antivirus progs will force your pc out of udp mode in to simple tcp/ip mode, BUT tht usualy only happens with ONLINE games.
Im not shure that You need the games folders to be shared over the lan or not,
But i always do share my game folders on my LAN.
ShambleS
P.s
Are the games same version?
Or did you update 1 and not the new install?
That could also be a factor.
Last edited by Shambles; 08-27-2005 at 19:32.
Re: set-up LAN battles
You don't need to share your games folder over the LAN... I've never heard of anyone needing it and have played many games over LAN without sharing a games folder of any sort.
Just as a side question on LAN games I have been having a compatibility problem with RTR 5.4.1, I had a fresh 1.2 install on my friend's comp and an unmodded install on my comp but we couldn't join each other's games. Any ideas?
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
C.S. Lewis
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."
Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
Im not to shure what your asking,Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin
I may be reading this wrong...
But it seems to say you dont have rtr installed at all on either game,
but if you do have rtr installed on 1 and not on the other. Its good to know that 99.999999999% of the time, You cant play moded vs un moded games
Neither can you play v1.0 v's v1.1 exetera.
Re: set-up LAN battles
Sorry for being unclear. Here I'll be very specific now: I installed RTW on both. I patched both to 1.2. I installed RTR 5.4.1 on both. The single player game works, I did install the patches in the correct order. Yet the games say they are not compatible. Standard RTW is working over the network, file sharing is working. We can see each other in the chatroom and the games that we make, however, it says that we are incompatible with each other's games.
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
C.S. Lewis
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."
Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
Hm RTR has some problems in online play so maybe LAN has the same problem. Try and delete map.rwm in Rome - Total War\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign and see if that works.
CBR
Re: set-up LAN battles
Well my friend is not here, but if I ever have the oppurtunity to try that I will, and if I remember I'll tell you guys what happens.
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
C.S. Lewis
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."
Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
I got it working once like this:
- Both computers have Windows XP Home.
- You need the right cable (Cat5e Crossover).
- Install the Ipx protocol on both computers.
- On the Properties of My Computer, type the same workgroup name and give a name for each computer.
- Assign a different IP address for each computer.
- You can install and play RTW on both computers using one copy.
- Go through "My Network Places", "Set Up A Home Or Small Office Network".
- Go through this wizard, its a pain in ass.
- Check you can both "see" eachother by opening "My Network Place" and then "View Workgroup Computers". If you can see the other computer in theory you should be able to play LAN.
- Play.
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Re: set-up LAN battles
I have a hub and normal ethernet cable, it works for other games and vanilla. My only problem is RTR 5.4.1 always says we are incompatible with each other. Would the fact that I modded my game (though modded it back to original before this) make a difference?
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
C.S. Lewis
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."
Jermaine Evans
Re: set-up LAN battles
I shouldnt think so, but i can see some logical problems too. So, i dont know.
forums.clankiller.com
"Ive played 7 major campaigns and never finished one. I get tired of war."
Re: set-up LAN battles
ok, so i tried to delete this file, me & my friend manage to fight a battle and it works. but then we tried to fight another one and the "incompatible" thing showed up again. it's really frustrating.....
my english is not so good, so please forgive me :)
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