hi is this mod MP able

**Barca Payne** · October 10, 2008, 11:12 AM

hi just wondering if anyone has try to play this mod on MP yet?

**Destraex** · October 10, 2008, 07:30 PM

Have not tried.
However if you mean quick multiplayer battles, I think they work.
All the menus are there

If you mean hotseat then not as far as I am aware?

**Barca Payne** · October 12, 2008, 03:27 PM

I'll keep an eye on this to see if it is MP able as I have setup some forums and am trying to advertise them on all the MP able mods for Total war but have been unable to get it on the front page of TWC so am asking the teams themselves

thank you for letting me know

**phoen!x** · October 12, 2008, 04:38 PM

I d like to make a mp battle.

**AlphaDelta** · October 12, 2008, 07:11 PM

I dont see why it shouldn't work.

Cheers

**Barca Payne** · October 14, 2008, 09:50 AM

cool I'm not a big MTW2 fan but I'll certainly up for trying it out

phoen!x have you got X-fire if so my names kinghannibalrtr on it

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · October 14, 2008, 12:24 PM

I'm trying to set up a hamachi game tonight with Phoenix - gameroom is ECW02 password: 1642

Provisional House Rules:

10,000 set-up costs
No unit limits except no elephants (oops wrong mod!)
Unit size 'Large' to reduce lag.
Hard difficulty.
Summer, Afternoon, so we can see clearly and again just concentrate on tactics.

I've set-up and run the IBFD Historical Online Tournaments and am keen to get my feet wet, as it were, with FKOC online.

A 3v3 tournament would be well worth the effort to co-ordinate.

If the test-game with Phoenix goes well with Hamachi tonight, can I suggest a provisional meeting Saturday 9pm or Sunday 9pm for a 3v3 Online Tournament?

I will set up a separate thread to recruit players after tonight.

**Barca Payne** · October 14, 2008, 12:46 PM

cool I got some forums setup for TW MP mods could setup a forum for the mod there if you want get on it though my sig but I'm definitely up for a big game although I not sure how well my computer handles MTW2

what version of the mod are we using 1.00 or 1.15

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · October 14, 2008, 03:46 PM

OK - Phoen!x and I tried a Hamachi LAN game and a Gamespy game all of which failed due to a variety of issues!

Hamachi: we were both able to meet up in the ECW02 room (password 1642) to chat and then launch FKOC and again meet ingame in the LAN lobby - BUT neither of us could see any chat text in the lobby and also when I launched/hosted the first game, Phoen!x couldn't see it on the games list screen.

So: Hamachi seems for the moment unviable

Gamespy: Phoen!x couldn't get online but eventually realised it was a mistyped CD Key. But for some strange reason, I couldn't get online either. This is strange as I play RTW/BI online all the time.

We are trying again tomorrow night for Gamespy.

Fingers crossed!

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · October 15, 2008, 12:58 AM

No, I know about the Hamachi blocking Gamespy issue. We uninstalled Hamachi before Gamespying as it were! I use Hamachi for the IBFD RTW mod when staging Historical Tournaments in the LAte Roman period but always uninstall it aftewards to play NTW2 online in Gamespy.

Last night's problems seemd to be that Hamachi worked but that neither of us could see eachothers lobby chat OR my hosted game

And I couldn't get online at all via Gamespy to join Phoen!x (he eventually could).

I've never played MTWII online yet so maybe I need to sort that out and we play via Gamespy for the forseeable future until the Hamachi issue is resolved!

EDIT:

Seems the fail to log in issue is a know bug in MTWII online if playing without the 'Kingdoms' expansion pack -

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...TF.html?page=2

Also, a useful Hamachi post for those curious about using it.

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...TF.html?page=2

**Barca Payne** · October 15, 2008, 09:45 AM

ok have you both got the latest hamachi? thats can be a problem as well

and it cause the problem you are saying it has

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · October 15, 2008, 10:22 AM

I use Hamachi downloaded from about 2 months ago. I'll check to see if it's been updated. Thanks!

**AlphaDelta** · October 16, 2008, 06:29 AM

Thanks for testing this, and I hope you get it all working.

Cheers

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · October 16, 2008, 07:39 AM

I'm keen to get a MP Historical Game up and running soon (maybe wait for 1.5 version?). My Hamachi is the latest and I suspect Phoen!x's is, too. So that is strange. I tried several times yesterday to get on online with vanilla MTWII but no joy with the constant 'log-in failed' or 'coonection to host lost' message which seem to indicate the perennial problem mentioned in the link a couple of posts back.

Hmm, this is frustrating. I''ve played in several NTW2 2v2 and 3v3 games and it is an experience not to be missed. It would be great to get a similar game going with this mod as I think some of the tactical issues might be transferable - and also the glitches and so might be fun to iron those out:

eg: most NTW2 players have an artillery limit of 2 per player which I am against.
some players place a line of skirmishers across their artillery and so protect them from incoming fire (using a glitch in the AI)
I am keen to test out Dragoons in a large 3v3 and see how well they operate as flanking/sharpshooting elements
and so on . . .

Hopefully, we can get this sorted out soon and I can post the first 3v3 invite!

**phoen!x** · October 16, 2008, 08:47 AM

what is really strange is that when I join Game Spy there is NO MTW2 selectable. Only KINGDOMS. ??? And when I am into this room it is empty ... except me. The Rome Lobby is full ! 130 players.

**Poqzt** · October 16, 2008, 11:11 AM

It would've been awsome to play this mod online if it wasn't for the Gamespy connection problem, which totally ruins it. I can't stand trying 30 times in a row to log in before it's possible. IMO, the only way to play MTWII online is with Kingdoms (were I can log in right away). But since CA and Gamespy clearly have no interest in fixing the connection problem in vanilla MTWII, I've lost all interest in online play...