A Potential Evolution for EB Online

**dreijer** · 11-20-2011, 16:16

Originally Posted by vartan

1) Our game requires that the VPN network adapter be prioritized after the network adapter with which the user is connected to the Internet. Therefore, to be safe universally, I have all my players make certain the VPN we use is placed after both the LAN adapter as well as the WiFi adapter (if applicable). The latest version of Hamachi thankfully does this by default and so we do not have the issue of reprioritizing today. Unfortunately (for our particular game), Evolve by default gets top priority. As such, testing confirmed that indeed we cannot make multiplayer gameplay with that default setting. After reprioritizing we were able to play as usual. For the record, this is an issue with Rome: Total War.

I'm very curious to find out why that's the case. Hamachi had broken broadcast traffic support, but Evolve doesn't. Do you know if there's a demo of Rome: Total War I can get my hands on to try this out?

Originally Posted by vartan

2) The issue is not with outsiders, but from within the community itself. I recommend our players require a password for networked computer access as well as to turn off public folder and file sharing. This does not hinder our gameplay as we have been doing this for a while now. This is only so that we make certain the only way players are using our system is for the game and not for sneaking into other people's shared folders and files.

Correct, which is also why we also added the party firewall to prevent the most common protocols in case you're playing with complete strangers that you don't trust.

**-Stormrage-** · 11-20-2011, 16:57

You mentioned the guy who told you about the discovery but not the discoverer ?

Hellhound1 Add his name somewhere in there

**Arjos** · 11-20-2011, 17:34

So far with more than 1v1s, some weird partial connection appear :S

And with the same people nonetheless, a minute you can play and then it's all "connecting"...

**dreijer** · 11-20-2011, 20:26

Alright, I got my hands on a retail copy of the game and I figured out why you need to move the adapters around. Some games bind themselves to only a single network adapter when they start up, so when you have multiple adapters installed (like Evolve, Hamachi, VMware, etc.) then the game just picks whatever adapter the OS decides is the default.

Fortunately, Evolve knows how to fix this automatically, but it needs to be told to apply the fix (since we don't want to just blindly apply it to all games). I've updated the Evolve games database with support for Rome: Total war, which means you shouldn't have to change the adapter priorities anymore. Evolve will now also track the time you spend playing the game (and list it on your profile) as well as let you use the in-game overlay while you play. The updated games database should sync within 4 hours, but you can force it by restarting the Evolve Service in Windows (Start -> Run and type "services.msc" then hit OK and find Evolve Service in the list).

Originally Posted by Arjos

So far with more than 1v1s, some weird partial connection appear :S

And with the same people nonetheless, a minute you can play and then it's all "connecting"...

If you're up for it, can you invite me to the party so I can take a closer look? You can find me in the #evolve group chat.

**vartan** · 11-20-2011, 20:36

Originally Posted by dreijer

Alright, I got my hands on a retail copy of the game and I figured out why you need to move the adapters around. Some games bind themselves to only a single network adapter when they start up, so when you have multiple adapters installed (like Evolve, Hamachi, VMware, etc.) then the game just picks whatever adapter the OS decides is the default.

Fortunately, Evolve knows how to fix this automatically, but it needs to be told to apply the fix (since we don't want to just blindly apply it to all games). I've updated the Evolve games database with support for Rome: Total war, which means you shouldn't have to change the adapter priorities anymore. Evolve will now also track the time you spend playing the game (and list it on your profile) as well as let you use the in-game overlay while you play. The updated games database should sync within 4 hours, but you can force it by restarting the Evolve Service in Windows (Start -> Run and type "services.msc" then hit OK and find Evolve Service in the list).

If you're up for it, can you invite me to the party so I can take a closer look? You can find me in the #evolve group chat.

Thank you. I should have told you about the way RTW binds itself to the adapters, but y'all figured that one out. I'm glad to hear it. We meet at the group chat under the group name 'EB Online' (w/o the quotes) so if you may, please try the party system with over 2 players. Battles larger than 1v1 are, to put it lightly, crucial :)

**Brave Brave Sir Robin** · 11-21-2011, 05:32

I joined but how do I join the group?

**lmt96** · 11-21-2011, 06:21

Originally Posted by Brave Brave Sir Robin

I joined but how do I join the group?

https://www.evolvehq.com/groups/502-eb-online go to this page then click Join the group (iirc)

**Ludens** · 11-20-2011, 17:58

Originally Posted by dreijer

I'm very curious to find out why that's the case. Hamachi had broken broadcast traffic support, but Evolve doesn't. Do you know if there's a demo of Rome: Total War I can get my hands on to try this out?

The demo has been removed from the official site, but you can still find it on FilePlanet. However, IIRC it did not allow for MP battles, so I am not sure how much use it is.

**antisocialmunky** · 11-20-2011, 19:51

Originally Posted by Ludens

The demo has been removed from the official site, but you can still find it on FilePlanet. However, IIRC it did not allow for MP battles, so I am not sure how much use it is.

It bounced through other players IIRC, which was okay unless bounced through someone outside the western world at which point it just became just as bad.