listen up newbies

[shygirl4]

just want to put you newbies straight on two points ...: dune2000 is windows xp home and profesional compatable , as long as you update all your drivers , and get the latest patches from windows update , your dune2000 will work ....

2nd point , 16 bit graphics DO NOT WORK ON LINE , so newbies like ghosthunter who insits on playing on 16 bit graphics becouse he as a nVidea graphics card , is crashing every game he joins , it doesn`t matter what video card you have (i have nVidea FX5200) you can only play dune2000 online with 8 bit graphics

???

[Andrew]

You tell them Shygirl. I am a new that owns dune 2000 but does not play online or play the game ATM.

Someday I will play online but you will have to give me a headstart ;)

[DukeLeto]

I've played online with 16-bit before, no problem. You've got to remember, the manual was written back in '98.

[shygirl4]

yes we have all made that mistake before duke of playing on 16 bit .. maybe you should edit your post duke as it looks like your recomending 16 bit , when as im sure you are aware that 16 bit does not play on-line , maybe you would like to refare to westwood`s Q&A for comfirmation of this ,or better still listen to someone who has played on-line for many years.

shygirl4

[Aralin]

:)Yo, ShyGirl, I think you can help me. I'm very new. But I've played the game to completion on level 9 as Atreides and Harkonnen at home. I want to play online. Have a dell pentium 4, windows xp. I've tried before to play online via westwood...no luck. Please tell me how to get started playing online. Thanks.

[gryphon]

this is a topic Shygirl4 made about it a while back.

Basically to play Dune2000 online you will need the V1.06 patch for it, together with Rotorzconn. Your grafics need to be on 8 bit and you will need a Westwood online acount. If you havn't got the last you will be prompted for one when you log in I think.

Ofcourse the above and a computer connected to the internet and with the TCP/IP protocol installed.

[shygirl4]

thx gryphon :)

hi aralin just follow the post that gryphon has left and you will get on-line , just a little update news for you though , after you install RC 8.9 , download the update patch 9.1 , its a lot of fun playing dune2000 online , and you can even team up with other players and play against the AI ,

hope to see you there

shygirl4 :O

[dark_akuma3002]

hi,

um, i have played dune 2000 for a really long time, but not on the internet or on a lan connection, do i need to download aonther kind of patch or something? i already have v. 1.02 can any one help me?

[dark_akuma3002]

no wait, i messed up, i know how to play online but not on a lan connection.... can u even play on a lan connection???? ??? ??? ??? ???

[gryphon]

Yes you can, think you will have the IPX/SPX protocol installed in Windows and they both have to be the same version.

[Babylon]

I accidently pressed LAN a few days ago. It hung on me. (away, precius uptime :D)