Beta 8...A problem??

[Jochi Khan]

Thought I should bring this to everyone's attention.

I have Three installs of VI on my PC. All have been installed 'clean' (from the discs not copy/paste). VI...Samurai Wars..and now Samurai Warlords Beta 8.

I have never ever had a problem with hosting games in any of the Total War series. Shogun, Medieval, Rome and Medieval2.

Since installing Samurai Warlords Beta 8 I am now unable to host any games in any of the VI installs. That is, I host a game but other players cannot see it. I am able to join a game that is hosted by another.
This has been play tested with three different players and all are getting the same result. Cannot see the game.
Two of the three have tried hosting and they also have the same problem as me. I can see other beta 8 games that are being hosted with the game info, and the 'version conflict etc' for games that are not beta 8.

CBR suggested that I host a LAN game and then try hosting in the multiplayer game lobby. Apparently others have had this same problem and hosting a LAN game has corrected the problem for them. This I have done but the problem still remains.

It is NOT a firewall issue. I have shut down firewalls, disabled firewalls and even (silly thing to do online) have disabled both firewalls so that there was no protection at all and, incase someone suggests it, I have even disabled AVG (anti virus) which showed a virus when Beta 8 was first installed.(posted in my Warning thread) here

There is definately a problem with Beta 8. A possible bug with the auto installer??? I have never been a fan of auto installers preferring to manualy instal the files myself. That way I know where the files have been installed to.

RTW/BI and M2TW I can still host with no problems.

Does this mean that the only time I would be able to play Samurai Warlords would be if any of the 'team' are online and Sundays only???

I want to be able to host a game when/that is convenient for me to play.