starlight54

Ah, found the other ports now, neither of our versions were patched, but we'll try just totally uninstalling every anti-virus/firewall etc. for a min to see if it connects lol, ty for the help ppl.

Unfortunately this was on the XWIS Server :S

On my system (Win XP SP2), when emp is shut down, it leaves the processes: EMPEROR.EXE game.exe ~efXXXX.tmp Still running, regardless of the closure of the game, this causes problems when you try to run the game again, so if you experience the game stalling after the splash screen, jus look out for these copies, end thier process with task manager, and run the game again.

Basically, when I try to play online campaign mode with other people, the connection is okay, and the initial harkonnen video plays, after this, the 'Handshake Failed' message always appears. I have tried turning vids off, and it is th same problem when the connecting screen is displayed for the start of an online co-op campaign. With the PC I'm trying to play with, if he hosts the campaign, it tells me I cannot join, this could be a connection issue due to this. But he has disabled Norton and ZoneAlarm, and made sure port 3840 is open (which is the emp port? :/) so this shouldn't be an issue. We can play deathmatch mode fine on the RA server as well, whether either of us hosts, so perhaps this shows there is no connection problem?