xZen Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 OK, I get a crash when trying to play a LAN Game.Here is what happens.I finally got it to where I could see both PC's, had to set my router to forward the port Emperor uses. After that I was all excited yay...I Host a game, and my 2nd pc can see the game but whenever they click Join, the game crashes while loading the screen to choose your House and stuff.I tried Hosting the game on the other PC and when I tried to join on this one, same thing, crash.Is this because I am using the same CD set (the only cd set i have), like it;s seeing both as being the same serial and crashing the joining client?If so, how do I get around this withought buying another game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 What happens if you connect both PC's directly to eachother, without any router/firewall/hub in between ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 I do not have any way to directly connect them, do not have those coords. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 something is not really clear. . . you are trying to get a LAN game to work via a router in between ? .. and then with port forwarding.[ which means one of the 2 PC's is in the routers WAN / uplink port ]That is destined to go wrong. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 Actually no, my PC is in 1, other PC is in 2.They would not see each other in the lobby until I forwarded port 4972 (i think 4972 was the port I found the game using) to my IP address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 euh. . one PC is in 1 and the other in 2 what ?. . . network ?For a local game of emperor you don't need port forwards on your router and they should both be on the inside / LAN side of your router. If you are trying to direct connect through tthe internet or via another network you won't be able to do that with just direct connect. Direct connect has never been developed for that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Mitten Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 I do not have any way to directly connect them, do not have those coords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted February 1, 2004 Author Share Posted February 1, 2004 euh. . one PC is in 1 and the other in 2 what ?. . . network ?on the back of my roouter are 6 Labeled cable slots, the labels are:| Uplink | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | WAN |My PC is in | 1 |, my 2nd PC is in | 2 |, and my DSL Modem is connected to | WAN |I do not even have the Direct Connect Cards, only have Network Cards for both PC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 ok, thanks for clearing that up. :)But with that configuration you shoudl not need to forward ports on. What type of router are you using, and if it has the feature for UPnP, can you check if it's enabled ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 ok, thanks for clearing that up. :)But with that configuration you shoudl not need to forward ports on. What type of router are you using, and if it has the feature for UPnP, can you check if it's enabled ?most welcome, yes it does have a feature called "UPnP Forwarding" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 Just found a feature to enable UPnP, going to install Emperor on the 2nd pc again and give it a whirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 ok. .. let us know if enabeling UPnP does the trick.I'll look up your model this midday for any aditional info if it shouldn't work.[ somehow I was guessing you had a Linksys ;) ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZen Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 ok. .. let us know if enabeling UPnP does the trick.I'll look up your model this midday for any aditional info if it shouldn't work.[ somehow I was guessing you had a Linksys ;) ]Hip Hip Hoorah! Enableing UPnP worked! Thank you sooo very much! just experienced a very awesome multiplayer game!Many thanks!-xZen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 ok. . good to see it's working. :)enjoy the game ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.