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Quote Originally Posted by worldphoenix
Hey guys

Can anyone tell me what a minimum broadband speed is required for
playing TW online without lots of latency ?
DSL or cable modem with basic speed (128k upload/download) is enough to play the game online. I have a clan mate who plays from Tasmania on a dial-up (hi Jack :)) and others are in Europe, Taiwan, North America, and we played together. No problem whatsoever.

A few parameters to consider:
- If you are on a slow connection with limited upload bandwidth, it is harder for you to host;
- A good computer (has a lot of memory, for instance 1GB or 2 GB), fast processor, fast graphics would be a good host, because the host computer would have to keep the game's master database and periodically send out to the other players.
- A slow but stable connection is better than a fast but unpredictable connection. Some ISP quote you a fast connection, but there are a lot of traffic on their network and your connection happens to be the lowest priority.
- Avoid wireless broadband (Sprint for example): we need a connection that can guarantee that packets is not loss. Wireless broadband may drop packets.
- When you join a game, the latency number is displayed. That's the latency between your computer and the host's computer. Generally, if that number stay stable and not going up and down a lot, that's a good connection. The number below 300 is good, 300-600 is passable.
- Keep your computer out of virus, spyware, etc. Close unnecessary programs. No downloading of illicite meterials during game :P



Also if I want to play my friend at TW - is it possible for us to connect our 2 PC's together via broadband (we're located in different places) - or would we have to play at some sort of hosted gamezone ?
The easiest is to play it via the normal game's host (which is on gamespy). Just click on mutiplayer (from the game's start menu). You need to register an account on gamespy, and chose a name. That also allowed you to see other players as well.

If you want only your friend to join your games, there is an option of passwording the game.

And lastly - if we can play together and\or in some sort of gamezone is
it possible to save the games ?
It is always possible to save the game for replay. You would have to enable it in the Options. Even if you forgot to enable the option, a copy of the last game played is stored on your harddisk inside the game installation directory. (forgot what exactly is that file name, but I usually call it a "tmp" file, so search for a file with these 3 letters). Just copy or rename the file and move it to another place.
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Thanks
Rob
You are welcome :)

Annie