Fuerte Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 I just tried the TCP/IP play. Started the Tutorial scenario, selected TCP/IP, entered the password and then I could not get anywhere. The background music still played and the mouse moved, but the password screen remained, and I couldn't get to the desktop. I had to reboot the machine. I have WinME and DirectX 8. I'm too afraid to try again, don't want to damage my machine. The user interface could be improved by making a simple change to the menu structure. Instead of JOIN MULTIPLAYER button, the two buttons behind it (LOAD E-MAIL and JOIN NETWORK GAME) should be moved to the first screen. I nowadays play only PBEM, so it would save a couple of mouse click every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuerte Posted November 29, 2000 Author Share Posted November 29, 2000 Problem solved! I have ZoneAlarm 2.1.44, a free firewall program. I guess that it opened a dialog at that point, asking if I want to allow Combat Mission to become a server. Now I manually configured CM to ZA, and it works, at least I got the the waiting for the other player screen. Here are the links, if you want to fix this problem... the desktop should appear or at least pressing Escape should bring the desktop visible. ZoneAlarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/ Download: http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/partners/zonealarm/zonedl.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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