LAN Game

Trouble getting all the players connected

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We tried for over two hours last night to set up a LAN party of just three machines! (2 wireless laptops running MS Vista and a desk top running MS XP MCE 2005) If one of the laptops hosted the game the other laptop could join the game but the desk top could not and would receive a network error saying that we didn't have the necessary files to join the game. If the desktop hosted the game none of the laptops could join the game and both would get the same netweork error, you don't have the necessary files to join the game. Unfortunately the error message did not give enough information to figure out which files were missing and how to fix the problem. infact we're not sure if it was a sins problem or a windows problem? Any help?:S

Larry Crouse

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Was everybody running the same version? If you have two people on Vanilla and one guy running entrenchment, or two people with the latest patch and one guy without it, that could be the problem. Latest Vanilla patch is 1.17, latest Entrenchment Patch is 1.03.

 

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

The desktop needs win xp service-pack 3 to "speak" with vista in a network

check if it is installed

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

The desktop needs win xp service-pack 3 to "speak" with vista in a network
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Do this.

 

 

If it's the same version of the game on the three computers, than definitely Windows is f**king with you.

Good luck. :thumbsup:

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Maybe your router seperates the lan and the wlan

check the settings of your router