Multiplayer setup help

[Trumanator]

Can you set up an internet game on a computer and play on that same computer. Me and my bro want to have a game going, but we don't really have/want to have a third computer going just to host.

[Tifone]

Just a normal game with both players set as "Human" will do the job if I understand correctly what you're asking It's called "hotseat mode"

Have fun =)

[Gandalf Parker]

But if you want to see how server mode is done you can do that also.

Start Dom3, go to Network, then Setup a Dominions Server.
Pick a port number like 19191.
Then a Game name.

Now open Dom3 again, choose Network, Connect to a Dominions Server. Put the IP and port that it showed in the other screen. Make your selections and start the game.

Now going back to the server one, select map and game settings, then host it.

As you can see its abit of a pain. Its only useful doing it that way if you plan to host a game later and want to see the Hosting side and Player sides seperately.

Gandalf Parker

[Trumanator]

We've done hotseat before, but that isn't possible. I'm at college and he's at home, we both have Dominions on our computers, and we want to play with/against each other. Will Gandalf's suggestion work?

[Executor]

You can just send 2h turns to each other, you send to your bro, he hosts and send the turn back and so on, and set a password so he doesn't cheat
I'm playing like that against my brother, or just create a game on Lama for the two of you.

[Gandalf Parker]

Yes that will work.

[Trumanator]

Exector- what do you mean by 2h turns, and how would I go about sending them back and forth?

[Executor]

When you end the turn a file is created in the savegames folder of that game, it should say something like eg. early_Mictlan.2h file, you take that file E-mail it to the other person than he puts it in the game folder, hosts the next turn, and send you back your early_mictlan.trn, you copy it back to the game folder and so on.
The same like Llama server.
I'm not sure I explained this good here is the link to Llama's FAQ how to do it.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=35160

[Gandalf Parker]

Or by my method he can connect directly to you and play as though on a server. Or you can both just start one of the games on my server and play with the two of you.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showp...57&postcount=1

[Trumanator]

Well this is the way I think we're going about it.
1: He starts dominions and sets it up as a server
2: He starts dominions and connects to the server as a player.
3: He emails me and tells me the port number IP, etc.
4: I start dominions and connect as a player.
5: GAME ON!!!
As a sidenote, the reason that he is being the server is that for some reason I can't connect to gmail with a dominions server running. Any ideas on why? Also, does he need to keep the server running 24/7 or is there some way to restore it after exiting?
> Thanks to Gandalf and Executor for their help.