Quite a quick question. Can EU2 be played multiplayer via the internet using a modem?
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Because Eu2 uses a rather sloppy Microsoft Directplay instead of a UDP, I'd not recommend it. Redundant packets are a huge problem and will seriously require excess bandwidth. Sure wish this game didn't use DirectPlay . . . it's also HELL for firewalls. Most firewalls have no problem at all with UDP, on the other hand. Oh, you can expect to pause once or twice a year, and certainly play at no faster than 1 minute = 1 month. If you play any faster you might need to pause several times a year to allow both you and your mate to catch up to each other.
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I think you should try it out though. 1 minute == 2 months is optimal speed for MP, we have found. Half that speed isn't exactly hell. Give it a try, turn on the Tele to occupy your spare moments, and let us know how it works for you.
I played with people who had a modem and we played at 1=2. There were some lapses but nothing major that couldn't be easily fixed.
1=2 may sound bad, but even with cable/dsl (I have SDSL) you can only play reasonably well at 1=4 anyway, so you're not losing as much as you think. Plus, EU2 can only be played at 1=8 even single player without risking infuriating the CTD gods anyway 
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I usually play with 1=4 in mp it is a good speed IMO
I have ADSl though... guess i could play with faster speed but it would be to fast i think
I have ADSl though... guess i could play with faster speed but it would be to fast i think
1=4 is a tad high in our experience, if you're playing a major, or a minor-become-major.
I play with a 56k modem and actually everything works well, as long as the host has a good connection. We always play 1min=2months and don't experience hardly any lag.
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I also have a 56k and its working
but I must learn to be patient and wait
some sec for a command to be done.
Some day I perhaps got a line
I also have a 56k and its working
but I must learn to be patient and wait
some sec for a command to be done.
Some day I perhaps got a line
It's not bad. It takes a few seconnds for it to pause, then you have to wait a few seconds before you can unpause. It only is annoying if you have everyone try and pause at the same time, then half are pausing it and the other half are unpausing it. I had that happen to me once in a game it was very different and amusing
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Dark its exactly the same pausing it SP or MP...
And BUB dont you crash more often than the other "cable" connection..or any good connection....?
Dark its exactly the same pausing it SP or MP...
And BUB dont you crash more often than the other "cable" connection..or any good connection....?
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Yep, I hold the current record for most crashes in a game But I was saying I don't experience lag, not that I did not crash.
Yep, I hold the current record for most crashes in a game
But I was saying I don't experience lag, not that I did not crash.