Baldur's Gate ... LAN parties?
#1
Posted 27 June 2007 - 11:20 PM
I did a search on a popular program I use, Hamachi, and found no results, so I thought I'd mention it here.
Hamachi is a Virtual Networking Tool. So, for example, if I wanted to play Baldur's Gate with you, I would download Hamachi, make a network, say SpellHoldStudios for example, and anyone could join it. With this, anyone can play BG together, assuming they have the same mods installed... which may be a problem that can be fixed by synchronizing drives through windows.
Anywho, I thought it was a useful tool for Baldur's Gate, and any other game (my friends and I use it for Warcraft III a lot).
LINK: https://secure.logme...oducts/hamachi/
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#2
Posted 28 June 2007 - 01:04 AM
Besides, when multiplayering BG2 you need to manually enter the IP address of the host (it doesn't perform a DNS lookup, you have to enter the numerical IP), so I'm not sure how a VPN can help.
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#3
Posted 28 June 2007 - 05:50 AM
"She was a fire, and I had no doubt that she had already done her share of burning." - Lord Firael Algathrin
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#4
Posted 28 June 2007 - 07:57 AM
Doesn't take much time to make 9 to 13 keystrokes.
And I think it would be great for multiplayer. The only problems I have with it is pausing, and the user-chat seems "bleh", and would be better if it blended in with the rest of the text, or used floating text above heads. (both likely moddable)
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#5
Posted 28 June 2007 - 08:11 AM
Keep in mind that many people's IP address varies every time they log in, or (worse) every X hours, making this harder to set up every time.For the IP problem, Hamachi shows the IP address right next to the person. For example, on the network I use with some friends, the IP addresses are: 5.127.96.3, 5.60.103.143, 5.60.169.85, etc...
Doesn't take much time to make 9 to 13 keystrokes.
I don't think you can mod the way user-chat works, but you can surely use some sort of voice chat program to do that (didn't BG2 ship with Roger Wilco for that kind of stuff? or you can use Ventrilo, or Skype/MSN conferencing, etc).And I think it would be great for multiplayer. The only problems I have with it is pausing, and the user-chat seems "bleh", and would be better if it blended in with the rest of the text, or used floating text above heads. (both likely moddable)
Italian users: help test the Stivan NPC!
Author or Co-Author: WeiDU - Widescreen - Generalized Biffing - Refinements - TB#Tweaks - IWD2Tweaks - TB#Characters - Traify Tool - Some mods that I won't mention in public
Maintainer: Semi-Multi Clerics - Nalia Mod - Nvidia Fix
Code dumps: Detect custom secondary types - Stutter Investigator
If possible, send diffs, translations and other contributions using Git.
#6
Posted 28 June 2007 - 08:46 AM
The Hamachi IP address is static for each network, I believe.Keep in mind that many people's IP address varies every time they log in, or (worse) every X hours, making this harder to set up every time.
I didn't think so, but the floating text may be possible. I have no idea what functions are available in the code libraries.I don't think you can mod the way user-chat works, but you can surely use some sort of voice chat program to do that (didn't BG2 ship with Roger Wilco for that kind of stuff? or you can use Ventrilo, or Skype/MSN conferencing, etc).
What is IEMI?
Please provide feedback on IEMI.
#7 -Astralus-
Posted 27 April 2015 - 07:44 PM
Hey do y'all still play BG TOTSC? Let's play online!