Best way 2 get dune2000 & play online? (+few questions)

[Crazyheat]

Hello duners. After many years away from the game I am interested in returning and was wondering what would be the best way to get the game and play it online? Should i download a copy, will that be able to play online? Or is the only way to purchase the original cd?

Also i know there is game ranger and hamachi to play online. Are these the only two ways of playing online and how do most people play online?

[D2k Sardaukar]

You can download gruntlord's dune 2000 installer for new windows versions. It is somewhere hidden in a support forum... if I'm right. However, you also need to install a patch/fix for connection type.

Does this help?  :)

[Crazyheat]

Yes thank you Thumper. I have the game installed (didnt do any patches yet) now im just trying to figure out how to play online?

[D2k Sardaukar]

Perhaps someone who plays more often online, can help you more, I don't play that often online.

From my little online experience I know that there are not that many people playing online, so it's hard to find them.

There is a topic about hamachi networks, but I have no idea how real those things are. GameRanger might be a better change, but last time I looked there, there were not many people.

I guess your best bet to play online is to get a friend to install the game and try it over a LAN or, if he/she is far away, on hamachi.

[Gruntlord6]

Yes thank you Thumper. I have the game installed (didnt do any patches yet) now im just trying to figure out how to play online?

Its already patched if you used my version.

[Crazyheat]

Thanks guys big help  :)

just one more question how should i go about playing online?

[Gruntlord6]

Thanks guys big help  :)

just one more question how should i go about playing online?

what OS are you using? If xp use hamachi.

[Crazyheat]

Yes I have windows XP. I downloaded hamachi 1.05 yesterday with some help and was playing with a few people on dune2000 tcp-ip, just like old times :)

Is that where most people play?

[Gruntlord6]

Yes I have windows XP. I downloaded hamachi 1.05 yesterday with some help and was playing with a few people on dune2000 tcp-ip, just like old times :)

Is that where most people play?

Iv only played one game online through the official server so i wouldnt know :P

[Crazyheat]

Iv only played one game online through the official server so i wouldnt know :P

Official server?

[shygirl4]

I've just downloaded Hamachi, but it doesnt work

I cant even log in to it unless I upgrade to the premium version

(No chance of that) .................. :)

So is there any other way to play online, thats free

[Digit@l]

You may try to play via GameRanger service - http://www.gameranger.com/

All you need is this tiny client & Dune2k ver. 1.02 (you may download it here http://netload.in/dateiqNKvDeo5zk.htm no need to install, without videoclips, so it's only 50 Mb in archive) cause GR don't support 1.06 at the moment.

It's strange that you can't even log in to Hamachi (may be there was a server maintenance or something like that), cause it's basic ver. is free. Remember that you have to download 1.0.1.5 Hamachi ver (you may download it here http://filehippo.com/download_hamachi/2114/) to play multiplayer game in Dune2k via Hamachi. Check out my post http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=22426.msg352825#msg352825 also, you'll find a link to my handy videoguide there.