$Pec5 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hey guys, this is my first time posting on this forum. I have been a long-time CM fan ever since Barbarosa to Berlin came out and I just ordered the Battle for Normandy + Commonwealth Forces package yesterday. Can't wait to play the new generation. My question is: I have never attempted to play multiplayer CM and am unfamiliar with what options are available for online play. Basically, I have a friend who I would like to play and who lives far away in a separate state. Is it possible that we could play CM battle for normandy online against one another? From what I've read, only LAN multiplayer is possible, which I took to mean that playing opponents located far from your location is impossible. Needless to say, that had me concerned. I am just looking for a definitive answer as to whether or not I can play my friend in multiplayer. Thanks for your responses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hey guys, this is my first time posting on this forum. I have been a long-time CM fan ever since Barbarosa to Berlin came out and I just ordered the Battle for Normandy + Commonwealth Forces package yesterday. Can't wait to play the new generation. My question is: I have never attempted to play multiplayer CM and am unfamiliar with what options are available for online play. Basically, I have a friend who I would like to play and who lives far away in a separate state. Is it possible that we could play CM battle for normandy online against one another? From what I've read, only LAN multiplayer is possible, which I took to mean that playing opponents located far from your location is impossible. Needless to say, that had me concerned. I am just looking for a definitive answer as to whether or not I can play my friend in multiplayer. Thanks for your responses Your options for multiplayer are *almost* the same as in CMx1: 1) Hotseat 2) PBEM 3) TCP/IP (just like CMx1 but only in real-time mode) So yes you can play online with a "faraway" opponent. But only in real-time mode. Not turn-based. Have fun! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yes, you can play realtime. You just need to know each others' IP addresses and have your routers set up to permit the traffic. Have a look in the manual for more details, I think. If you're wanting to play WeGo, you'll have to swap email turns; get H2HH and Dropbox and that's a doddle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMolestCats Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 You need to turn off your firewall, then download Hamachi from here https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/download.aspx just create a network when you get it downloaded and have whoever you playing join your network. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 You need to turn off your firewall... You do? All the way off? And Hamachi will completely replace it? My firewall is a hardware device that protects the home LAN. I'm not turnin' that off, nosir, not fer nobody, not nohow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMolestCats Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 sorry but thats the only way i know of. Your firewall will block the connections and it won't work, but there could be other ways but thats the only one i know of. Also i have mine off but i only have it on when i'm going to play a Hearts of Iron 3 and Combat Mission 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 In the past it was enough to have port 7023 open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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