Help with creating a LAN game

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1st, let me prefice this with saying I know nothing about LANs.  But my brother and I are in the middle of Iowa, and have a very limited window the to internet.  We both hav Sins installed on our laptops, and we want to do a game together.  Can someone give me the steps we need to take to accomplish this?  He has a Windows Vista Laptop, and I have windows xp installed on mine.   Hopefully when we leave here, we can start hopping on the multiplayer internet games.

Thanks,

 

technical
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

If both you and your brother have your own copies of SINS then you will be able to "hook-up" via ICO (IronClad Online)

If however, both of you used your copy then you will need to click "multiplayer" from the the main menu and manually enter his internet IP address to "join".

In either case, the one of you wanting to be set up as the host will need to follow the step-by-step instructions in the guide I wrote for SINS. In order to make sure it's the correct guide, please make sure the file date is Feb14th/08.


My guide for SINS (Networking and SINS) can be found linked-to from my original posting in this thread right under the GREEN writing!


thanks,

the Monk
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Seperate copies, for now I just want to connect my laptop to my little bro's. We dont have a good internet connection where we are right now.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top


Well, I've given you all the information you need.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
This is in short what you need to do:

1. Hook up your Laptops in a LAN (either a cross-link cable, using a switch/hub or a WLAN adhoc network)
2. Disable firewalls (because these usually block most games even in LAN)
3. Start Sins
4. Player 1 Selects Multiplayer->LAN->Create Game, selects a map and clicks "Create"
5. Player 2 Selects Mutliplayer->LAN->Join Game, clicks on Refresh and the game should appear in the list. If it does, select it and click "Join". If not, check if:
a) are you running the same version of Sins?
b) are firewalls and other "port-protectors" switched off?
c) Player 2 may try to enter the IP of player 1 directly in the IP-adress field and click "Join" (IP Address can be retrieved in Windows using "Start->Execute->cmd" then type "ipconfig" and hit return)

If you are having trouble with point 1) tell me which approach you are using and I'll try to help.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Or alternatively - they could add an exception to the firewall rather then turning it off. Both allow you to play. One leaves you unprotected.
You might want to check that you are on the same subnet to.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Agreed. If you are additionally hooked into the internet then add an exception rule to the firewall settings. If your Laptops are not in the internet at all, turn it off.