lughlongarm Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 If i wanted to play a live game with a buddy (not e-mail)how exactly do I do it? He has a copy of CMBB but we have no idea what to do. Can anyone spare a minute to help? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzi Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 You choose a scenario and select "tcpip" after the briefing. when the "waiting for other players" screens appears, your buddy selects "join multiplayer", tcpip and enters your ip adress. You can see your ip adress here www.whatismyip.com If you are behind a router you have to open port 7023 Tcp I think (correct me if im wrong with that) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerch Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 start, as if you would play against the AI. If you want to play a Quick Battle, just select "Allow Human" to select forces for both sides. Last screen before you go to battle is the one: Alone/Hotseat/PBEM/Tcp-ip Here you select TCP-IP. Then give your friend your ip to connect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Never... Ever... Turn off your internal XP firewall if thats what your running. VERY, VERY BAD. Sure you can play on line but you will eventually get wormed... I have been told if your going to run a fire wall, Zone Alarm is the go. On the other hand if your playing from a Mac it's all good. You can't lose! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerch Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 you don't have to open a port if your friend hosts. you don't have to worry about the firewall issue, if your friend hosts the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lughlongarm Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 I tried to set up the game using www.whatsismyip.com but my friends computer couldnt connect- it didnt recognise the ip. The game told me that my ip was different to the one on the website. Could that be the problem? Any suggestions? My computer may be running a firewall. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzi Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 If you are behind a router you have to forward Tcp Port 7023. You computer "may" be running a firewall? Do you have one or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lughlongarm Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 What do you mean by "forward Tcp Port" 7023? DO I have to type that in before the IP? I've been told by someone more informed than I am that the computer is running a firewall. Thanks for your help... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzi Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 If you are behind a router and you dont have dchp running (dynamic ips) you have to forward the Tcp port 7023 to your client ip. protocol : tcp port: 7023 (single port) dest. ip : 192.168.9.x (your client ip) dest port: 7023 If your computer is directly connected to the internet and you have a firewall runnig, you have to open the port there. Some firewalls allow certian *.exe to pass through. Do that with the combatmission exe. Some firewalls create a popup when something on you pc want to connect to the internet. Just allow it. Sorry my english is bad, if you could give more information I could help you better maybe. 1. are you behind a router 2. if yes hardware or software router 3. which firewall do you have (if its windows firewall, you have to disable it) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lughlongarm Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 Wait a minute, do i have to type in the Ip from www.whatismyip.com after 192.168.9.? Because I haven't been doing that. If it was, for example, 88.88.88.88 do i have to get my opponent to type in 192.168.9.88.88.88.88? Thanks again for for your help! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 e.g. 192.244.203.111 Just four sets of three is the IP address you need 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerch Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 if www.myip.com shows a different ip number than cmbb you are behind a firewall or router. your friend needs the number from www.myip.com eg 216.45.164.24 (4 blocks of number) However, the player who hosts the game must not sit behind a firewall or router. as the host, you need to foreward that port. consult your manual how to do that ("forewared port"). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lughlongarm Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 I'm not the best at using computers so can anyone tell me where I might access my "firewall". In the manual it tells me to look at my firewall but i have no idea where to find it. I'm using windows XP. What exactly is a router? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 If you turn off your XP internal firewall you will leave your system wide open for virus's, hackers and worms. This can be very, very bad. I know from recent experience. All advice recommends using Zone Alarm as your firewall instead. This is a free download but may have conflict issues with any other firewall you are running. You can configure the port to allow traffic from one specific IP address. It works but it's a bugger to get rid of when you try and uninstall it. Can you get a friend to host instead? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lughlongarm Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 He tried to host the game but it still didnt work. I never thought it would be so (incredibly) complicated. I just want to play a freakin' game with a friend! I think that I'll see if I can get my brother to set it up on the computer tomorrow (using your info of course). Thanks for your help 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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