multi player

[bohema]

hey folks pm me for times and days that u can play RS online because i want to get somthing like a tournament going tonite if possible

[bohema]

It is multi player isnt it?

[Nellup]

A couple of people have managed to get MP working, but in general RS is very tempermental with multiplayer.

EDIT: Do you have xfire? I'm willing to try it, and xfire will be easier to communicate with than PM's, also both players must have exactly the same fileset, so make sure your RS install isn't modded in any way.

[Samuel Adams]

As long as the mods are identical, there's no issues playing any online. I play NTW2 online (what it was made for), and helped get a ring of IBFD online players going. I tried to get a RS online group together, but there was no interest.

However, as long as you have the base RTW install correct, with RS1.5 and 1.5a installed, there won't be any trouble playing online, other than gamespy's typical lack of any sort of decent connection.

[bohema]

sounds good when do yall want to play?

[HMonk]

Let us know if you get MP working with RS

[bohema]

ok im going to be on around 8pm eastern time so if any one can ill meet u there

[bohema]

ok so i suppose im going to host a game every nite around this time if any one want to have a go at it

and I can host for like an hour or 2

[bohema]

ok so i tried MP but ever one had a diffrent version than but i have ver 1.5 so what is the problem any ideas?

[Taelok]

The slightest variation in files will stop the game from working online, so probably the best thing to do would be to have everyone install the game into a new folder, a fresh install of 1.5a and hope for the best. Not exactly the easiest way of doing it but hey.

[Samuel Adams]

Yes, the only file that can be different is the preferences.txt file. One cost change, one change to the descr_strat, will change the game's online playability. Fresh 1.5a installs should do it.

What we'd need to do (and as I told bohema, I have a broken playing PC at home, so I can't take part right away) is get some gents together with fresh 1.5a installs and try to get it to work online, then from there start organizing it for optimum playability.

I can help with the organization part right away, if we can get a group together that's interested enough. There's so many possibilities with online play-Historical battles, 'clans' (though that word is associated with sometimes vulgar online players, it can be very helpful with specialized forces.

I will post on this in a bit (prolly edit this post).

[Mulattothrasher]

You know, I seldom play RTW of any kind because of all the history research/unit descriptions stuff I'm always neck deep in, but, if some RS1.5 MP gets going, count me in. Sounds like alot of fun.

I was thinking, we could have a Dev team group (Me, Horton, etc...) against a fan team or something. That'd be interesting!

[Wolf-RTG]

I play mp alot, and your version is correct to play online but nearly everyone online plays vanilla 1.5 not rs 1.5

[Samuel Adams]

Yes, this is true. That's why we're trying to get RS 1.5a into the MP world...

[bohema]

ok im going to try and make a new copy of the game so that maybee it will work this time

[Blackshamrock.]

I would love a game of rs on line. So count me in. O and heres my xfire if any one up for it tonight blackshamrock12345 .

[Nellup]

My Xfire is nellup, it'll be easier to organise with instant messaging rather than using the forums.

[bohema]

ok im wallace989 and am on pretty much every nite and most of the day on the weekends

[Mulattothrasher]

Don't mean to sound like a newbie here, but whats the advantages of Xfire over the normal "vanilla" multiplayer room? Does Xfire host its own rooms to play RS 1.5a? Wouldn't RS 1.5 (or something equivalent in name) show up as the MOD or game version for others to spot?


EDIT: Nellup and blackshamrock I found you two and sent an invite. bohema, your name was not found when I searched.

My Xfire name is: mulattothrasher

I just installed RS1.5a, so lets set something up and see if it'll work

[Nellup]

Well Mulatto and I tried a game, we got error messages when trying with both RTW.exe and BI.exe, does anyone know what this means. We were both playing with clean installs.

With RTW.exe:




With BI:





EDIT: Mulatto reinstalled a clean copy, still a no-go, but the error was slightly different at the bottom, which leads me to believe my clean copy has perhaps become altered in some way (although the Attalids AAR is working fine, and I'm using the same install). So I'll be reinstalling now, and we'll try again.

Error:

RTW



BI