Is it possible for a remote player to join a LAN game with multiple players via the Internet? If so, how would this happen?
I searched the board but found nothing.
Thanks
Gills
I searched the board but found nothing.
Thanks
Gills
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I dont see a problem with a LAN player joining another LAN player hosting a network game on Valk net, or if you dont have internet routing you should be able to connect using direct IP connection to that computers local IP, normally 192.168.0.xxx
I don't see any reason why HoI 2 couldn't do it, my group played many games of HoI 1 with a mix of LAN and Internet.
I'm assuming you are talking a private LAN where each machine doesn't have a public static IP address. The problem we ran into was that text chat didn't get routed to the other players on the LAN. (a minor problem compared to the other issues of playing HoI 2 as multiplayer)
I'm assuming you are talking a private LAN where each machine doesn't have a public static IP address. The problem we ran into was that text chat didn't get routed to the other players on the LAN. (a minor problem compared to the other issues of playing HoI 2 as multiplayer)
Mithel said:
How would we go about setting this up? I assume that one machine on the LAN would need an IP address?
Gills said:
Not possiblr to play LAN and internet at same time since Vnet uses certain ports and cant have more than one person using it.
But if for some how someone has successfully done with LAN and Vnet let me now lol.
The trick if you have a router, AFAIK, is to have the first computer on the LAN host the game. The others on the LAN will be able to join as the data will then pass over LAN - not over the internet. Outsiders can join via the internet as usual.
What doesn't seem to work is different players on the LAN joining a game somewhere over the internet. But it may be a Q about configuring the router.
What doesn't seem to work is different players on the LAN joining a game somewhere over the internet. But it may be a Q about configuring the router.
Yes, the host machine must be on the LAN and have the port forwarding done to it. Machines on the LAN have no issue as they only need to talk to the host (except for the in game text chat which I already mentioned doesn't work). No special set up really.