Multiplayer setup help - Page 2

Gandalf Parker · #11 September 15th, 2008, 10:30 AM

Its fairly easy to restart the server on a game. So dont worry about shutting it off for the night.

Trumanator · #12 September 19th, 2008, 02:01 AM

Well, I'm back with yet another question. So the person who isn't running the server types in the IP address of the server, but since the server is on a different network, that person just gets an error message saying it can't be found. Is there some way to link the server to an email account or something, or do a setup similar to dom3minions? I just like to have control over things.

lch · #13 September 19th, 2008, 05:56 AM

You need a route between the networks so that they can find each other. If the server is behind a router, you could configure it to forward the game port to the external network (WAN, the internet), too. Or place it in the DMZ as a last resort if your router supports that and if you don't manage to do the port forwarding. If you can't get it to work this way then you need to use a VPN like Hamachi. This will install a virtual private network as network device and allow you to access the server over this VPN. PBEM involves mostly manual work of sending and receiving the emails with the turn files.

Trumanator · #14 September 19th, 2008, 06:38 PM

Hmmmm. Well unfortunately since I'm using the college network I don't think I can get into the router. Is there a way to automate the email stuff? I don't relish explaining how to do it manually to my bro and his friend who is going to join us.

Gandalf Parker · #15 September 19th, 2008, 08:16 PM

You could write them a bat file giving them a desktop shortcut which would email their turns, then send it to them.

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Trumanator · #16 September 19th, 2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

You could write them a bat file giving them a desktop shortcut which would email their turns, then send it to them.

Gandalf Parker
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"the term 'impossible' is a technicians term which translates to 'its possible but probably more trouble than its worth'. "

Huh?? I could use one for myself, but I've never even HEARD of a .bat file

Gandalf Parker · #17 September 19th, 2008, 11:36 PM

On Windows (actually a holdover from DOS before it) a BATch file is a text file with a list of commands to be carried out. Its executable (like a program). Its not a level up to "programming" but its higher than just a shortcut link. If you use Outlook then the guts of it would be something like this...

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe " \
/c ipm.note /m [email protected] \
/a "C:\program files\dominions3\savedgames\mygame\abbysia.2h"

That would be:
open Outlook
create a note
mail it to [email protected]
attach MyGame Abbysia file

Gandalf Parker

lch · #18 September 21st, 2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Trumanator

Hmmmm. Well unfortunately since I'm using the college network I don't think I can get into the router.

As I said, if you install Hamachi on both your computers you can use that to ignore the firewall. You'll both get IP addresses which you can use to connect to each other.

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

You could write them a bat file

Trumanator · #19 September 21st, 2008, 08:35 PM

How do I configure the server's IP to match the Hamachi VPN?

Gandalf Parker · #20 September 22nd, 2008, 11:10 AM

First you might want to check a site such as http://Whatismyip.com/

That is an internet site which will tell you what IP it sees you coming from. That would be the IP that other players need to use to get to you. Its different than the local network IP that you might see from programs on your machine (including Dom3)