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Full_Throttle
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posted October 05, 2001 02:31 AM |
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TCP/IP
Hi, i was wondering if someone could give me a brief explantion o how to play heroes this way, through TCP/IP??
Since the zone isn't working and my holidays are still running out, i'm desperate and will trie anything.
Thanks
Full Thottle
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kruel
Adventuring Hero
Gropabo
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posted October 05, 2001 02:38 AM |
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Create a game.
Choose multiplayer.
Choose TCP/IP.
Choose host.
Give your IP address to opponent.
Wait for him to join.
If opponent creates, choose the icon look for games, and enter his IP address.
Very straightforward !
Kruel
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Full_Throttle
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 05, 2001 02:32 PM |
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ah ok, and my ip address is the number at the top when i'm in the host/join option thingy?
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"Why fix it? It'll only break again"
- Chris Hall, English, period 2, day 5 15/7/01
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kruel
Adventuring Hero
Gropabo
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posted October 05, 2001 03:52 PM |
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yep, BUT if you're on a LAN you might have the local IP address, then you have to do ipconfig (win2k) or winipcfg (win95-98-me) in command line to get your ip address. The address given by this is ALWAYS the good one, when the one given by the game might not work.
Kruel
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Zeratul_retu...
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 06, 2001 10:41 AM |
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Sounds to me Kruel that u know a lot about this so plz help me with my problem;
Lately (it began some 20-30 days ago) i cannot play from zone.When i host and launch,the one who tries to join never actually joins,and when i try to join during the launch H3 stops responding. Zone friends works so i manage to play a few via TCP\IP but i still cant connect to some IP adresses. I couldn't play my last div game cause i couldn't connect to opponents IP (IP not found) while i could ping the same IP from MSDOS!?(this puzzled me completely).I play from a LAN network in university by the way, and my guess is that they did something with those ports and stuff.
If u know a way to fix this plz tell
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kruel
Adventuring Hero
Gropabo
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posted October 06, 2001 06:47 PM |
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Many problems can appear when playing in multiplayer. I never played on zone (i'm not in toh but in the french league, and there we meet people on a chat and always play via TCP/IP).
Reasons why you couldn't connect to some IP adresses are :
* The guy didn't give you the good ip adress (he gave you the one from the game and not the one from winipcfg/ipconfig). In that case you shouldn't be able to ping him.
* One of you is firewalled. When firewalled your ip address is invisible from the outside, only the proxy/firewall is, and it is impossible to play. You shouldn't be able to ping your opponent in that case.
* If you can ping him, the only problem i can see is you're playing different versions of the game. you have to play the same version of the game, or, i think but i'm not sure at all, that SOD 3.2 is compatible with H3 1.4 and AB 2.1.
If you're sure it doesn't come from any of these problems, i'm affraid i cannot help you more  .
Hope it helps
Kruel
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cadavre
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 09, 2001 06:53 PM |
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About Firewall
Hi Kruel!
What did you mean by "firewalled"? I have to know why I can't connect to zone java though I have all zone and Heroes installations. I thought my network adminidtrator blocked it. Tnx
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Kruel
Adventuring Hero
Gropabo
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posted October 09, 2001 07:03 PM |
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as i said...
i never played on zone... so i really cannot help you about playing there.
All i know is about tcp/ip playing.
What i mean by firewalled ? Well i mean, if your computer is on a local area network connected to the internet through a firewall (a proxy server filtering ports of communication between the internet and the LAN). Usually enterprise or university networks are firewalled, when home (cable/DSL/modem) connections are not.
If you're firewalled, there's a 95% chances that the heroes communication port is blocked and so you cannot play via tcp/ip.
I don't know if you can play on the zone behind a firewall.
Kruel
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Psychobabble
Known Hero
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posted December 08, 2002 11:24 PM |
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Quote:
yep, BUT if you're on a LAN you might have the local IP address, then you have to do ipconfig (win2k) or winipcfg (win95-98-me) in command line to get your ip address. The address given by this is ALWAYS the good one, when the one given by the game might not work.
Kruel
Are you sure that's right? My winipcfg always gives me my local IP, not my external one (running on network sharing).
As for what port heroes uses, Heroes 4 uses 4377, 3 might be the same. To find out try hosting a game from the in-game menu (if it's possible) and in 4 at least it allows you to specify the port. The default number there is the port the game uses.
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jb239
Famous Hero
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posted December 09, 2002 01:23 AM |
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I think...
I think if yer in a heroes game, u can just minimize open up a command prompt and type netstat -a to see all active connections, 1 being the game you are playing, it shows the IP you are connected to along with the port.
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Psychobabble
Known Hero
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posted December 09, 2002 04:16 AM |
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Quote:
I think if yer in a heroes game, u can just minimize open up a command prompt and type netstat -a to see all active connections, 1 being the game you are playing, it shows the IP you are connected to along with the port.
I forgot about netstats, thx for reminding. Yes that should work...
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Thunder
Responsible
Famous Hero
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posted December 09, 2002 09:52 PM |
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