Is it even possible to play this game multiplayer?

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Hello,
me and a friend bought this game specifically for multiplayer, we have so far tried everything up to using gameranger and forwarding all of the necessary ports. It still does not work.
Is Hamachi any better for this or not? I'm not sure why it is so difficult to simply make a game that works.

Any useful tips would be great!

 

[Samilou]

Even if you have port forwarded, you may not be able to host. One of you, the one that hosts, will either have to get a non-NAT router (they are generally not very expensive) or you will have to get someone without such a router to host for you.

 

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What is a non-NAT router in a nutshell and would it be a bad idea to replace the family router with one?

 

[Samilou]

What is a non-NAT router in a nutshell and would it be a bad idea to replace the family router with one?

I don't know much about routers, I just know that routers with NAT cause major hazzle with online gaming, hosting in particular, and should be banned. You should research things though before you replace your router - know what you do before you replace it. If you know it will work however, you may want to consider replacing the old NAT router though with a more gaming friendly one.

 

[MaxxCombat]

Whatever kind of router you have, open port 16000 for TCP and UDP for GameRanger. GameRanger might work if you open the gameranger port too. That is what my friend and I do, and we play multiplayer all the time.

 

[Ottoman Master]

I'm not sure why it is so difficult to simply make a game that works.

You're right, it isn't. That's because the game does work.

 

[unmerged(749466)]

You're right, it isn't. That's because the game does work.

Not multi-player. You'd think that after so many years one would make the game more possible to play multi, but maybe they're saving that for East vs West...

 

[korodikrisz]

I have played a multiplayer a lot of times too. It's a bit agressive to say it doesn't work at all.

 

[SwordOfJustice]

Computers are not easy for lay people. I work in IT and I firmly believe that. NAT? Port Forwarding? What do routers do? So much knowledge is involved in all of that.

Thankfully the internet is a great resource for finding information on all of that.

Cheers,
Sword

 

[Limith]

Usually a router has a DMZ option. Just set your computer to a fixed (not dynamic) local ip in your router settings (Dynamic DNS MAC based reservation), and assign that one to the DMZ. If your router doesn't have a DMZ, then you need to do port forwarding (Dlink routers NEED to use DMZ, port forwarding is broken on it, I know from experience).

You can usually access your router configuration page via one of the following by typing it into your browser. You can google what the default username/password is to access the router. It will usually work, unless your internet company provided the router and did weird stuff, or you used some third party software to configure it (Cisco routers "protect" their router config from being accessed if you set up the router using their automated wizard, only way to fix it is to reset the router and manually set up, clicking yes I'm sure I want to manual set up)

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