Mission Success: EB Online via Gamespy

**antisocialmunky** · 05-14-2010, 12:42

So the latency is pretty good? I know it was possible to do this but it was one of the reasons why we were avoiding it. Also the idiots in the main lobby, that too.

**vartan** · 05-14-2010, 16:59

Originally Posted by antisocialmunky

So the latency is pretty good? I know it was possible to do this but it was one of the reasons why we were avoiding it. Also the idiots in the main lobby, that too.

Latency is always a little worse than VPN LAN, but more or less impossible to tell the difference when it comes to our game (we're not playing Unreal here). And you don't go looking for EB Gamespy player in the main (friendly) lobby. You look for them in the Chat lobby (see my poll a while back, wherein all of those interested responded with Chat as opposed to the Competitive lobby as preferred choice).

**Unintended BM** · 05-16-2010, 01:02

My brew and I just tried this out and it worked.

**G. Septimus** · 05-16-2010, 03:24

I usually play it on Steam...(RTW)
I play EB on Hamachi though
let's try this out (Let's? YOURSELF)

**vartan** · 05-16-2010, 04:27

Originally Posted by Gaius Septimus Severus

I usually play it on Steam...(RTW)
I play EB on Hamachi though
let's try this out (Let's? YOURSELF)

It doesn't make a difference whether one got the game from Steam or from the store. The game runs the same way. I recommend Hamachi for all EB players (cause I can't blatantly say "By the way, Gamespy isn't reliable", cause that's just asking for four-letter words). This is just to show that Gamespy works (and the poll was for a consensus on the chat lobby). The best option seems to be firewall off. If using router, forward the ports. That's about it. If it still doesn't work, which happens sometimes (happened today), then you can mail a letter to Gamespy thanking them for their reliable services.

**vartan** · 05-29-2010, 04:41

Sorry for updating this thread, but it's necessary and justified.

IMPORTANT

For all who have been playing online with others, and I mean EB, vanilla, or any game in general, Total War or otherwise, this is important. I don't know how it began, but I have found that we were misled. Until even today, it was known that we were to place Hamachi in FIRST PLACE on the network adapter priority list in Windows. Then, when gaming, we had to unplug, log in, replug, and just a hassle. What I've discovered is that this is the counter-intuitive and all around INCORRECT way of going about the VPN system. Hamachi logs to main servers similar to how we access servers when we go to websites. For this reason, Hamachi MUST be placed BELOW the Local Area Network (ethernet card) adapter as well as the Wireless card adapter. Then, after restarting once, you'll notice that you can play games, see opponents in the lobby, and all other game functions that you normally expect will work just fine without unplugging the ethernet cord, etc. There's no need for y'all to reply to this thread. Just needed to let people know of this long tradition of technical mistake in Hamachi VPN in the community...PM's for more info or to clear things up. Thanks.