Shogun Online - Gold and Era's versions

[barocca]

Konnichiwa all

i recently bought TotalWar Era's AND a copy of Shogun Gold

the copies of Shogun are ALMOST identical,
identical enough to be able to play off each others DVD's !!!!
thats good news

BOTH have multiplayer via lan enabled
more good news

the bad news
BOTH have multiplayer via internet disabled

NOW
i am AS I POST THIS sitting in the foyer on R'as server using my copy of Shogun from the Era's pack

i have figured out how to re-enable multiplayer via intenet


PROBLEMS
Fat32 - it would appear that Shogun must reside on fat32 partition.
(it flatly refused to connect from an ntfs partition)
not too much of a problem, you should be able to locate a freeware partition manager to allow you to make a fat32 partition
(Shogun was written in 98/99, so thats not a real surprise.)


i need another player in the foyer so i can test versions,
i did have hunter tomi with me, but he had to go attend to real life,
R'as was with me for a while too
(three on the server at once - quite a crowd!!!)

so for the moment Gold can access the foyer, but we got a network mismatch (version conflict)

so i will be fiddling with version files and would appreciate if anyone has time to muck around on the problem with me by connecting to R'as server and trying to host/join game with me THEN please give me a holler regarding when (GMT)

many thanks
B.

[barocca]

that is drop a post here or send me a pm
cheers,
B.

[Shaka_Khan]

...so for the moment Gold can access the foyer, but we got a network mismatch (version conflict)...

Perhaps you could fix that by downloading the patch; or maybe you did that already.

By the way, I still can't get into the new server.

[barocca]

Gold is already patched
what i have to do is figure out which files are checked to generate a network mismatch

when loggin into the server you need to ensure shogun IS on a fat32 partition,
AND
ensure your firewall is either configure to let message from shogun and the server pass back and forth (i dont know how to do that)
OR disable the firewall,
AND
when you get to the "loggin in" notification that means the server can see you
what you need to do then is clcik the "go back" corner bit and reconnect quickly,
if you have NOT "logged on" within 5 seconds do it again

3 to 6 attempts is normal

B.

[Tomisama]

ensure your firewall is either configure to let message from shogun and the server pass back and forth (i dont know how to do that)
OR disable the firewall,

This link tells you how.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308127

But if I remember right, playing and hosting on the FS, that it does not make any difference.

Firewall and router in place, I could play.

But I had to physically bypass my LAN router, directly connecting to my cable modem, to be able to host.

But having my firewall up or not, did not matter, or help at all.

We will have to test

[Trajanus]

I'm more than happy to help testing. R'as explained that last week there was a problem with the server which is most likely why I couldn't connect.

I will try again this week and if successful I'm happy to help.

P.S. My time zone is GMT +7 (Daylight saving time) I work 10-6 weekdays.

[barocca]

curent time is GMT 08:30 16-july
i am available until 13:00 GMT 16-july

then again from 08:30 GMT 17-july until 13:00 GMT 17-july

i "should" be available from 03:00 GMT-18 july to 06:00 18-july
and "possibly" from 08:30 GMT 18-july until 13:00 GMT 18-july