Icewind Dale HELP! Interent

[L1nVx]

Hey can anyone tell me step by step on how to play with someone on icewind dale over the INTERNET NOT LAN? I searched on google and i couldnt' find anything and me and my friend want to continue our game over internet that we played at his house.

[BicycleOfDeath]

I'm doing this off the top of my head, so I may be off a bit.

• 1) Make sure you have the nodes(?) the same in the config program as well as anything else needed for mutliplayer enabled. Also make sure you're running the EXACT same version and mods.
   
  2) Get your IP address and share it with the person(s) you are going to play with.
   
  3) Launch IWD and select multiplayer & host it.
  - The joining players will select join and put in your IP address.
   
  4) Create your character(s) whilst waiting patiently for the players to join and they make their characters.
   
  5) Launch game.
  

When I get home I'll review this to make sure it's correct, and if you have any problems; my contact information is right here.

[Craigboy2]

Does the other person have to know your ip? You can't just start hosting a game and wait for people to join?

[L1nVx]

Does the other person have to know your ip? You can't just start hosting a game and wait for people to join?

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he tried to join by internet ip and it did no work.. it said couldn't connect or something.

[Spider]

Does the other person have to know your ip? You can't just start hosting a game and wait for people to join?

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If they don't have your IP, how do they know what game to join? Or rather, how will they find your game since there is no list of servers or anything when you play online.

[BicycleOfDeath]

L1nVx: try playing online with your friend via Gamespy. That eliminates a lot of issues, especially if you're new to IE mutliplayer. Also, are you behind a router or firewall that you know of?

[L1nVx]

L1nVx: try playing online with your friend via Gamespy. That eliminates a lot of issues, especially if you're new to IE mutliplayer.  Also, are you behind a router or firewall that you know of?

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we tried gamespy... we might be behind the DSL router... do ports have to be open?

[BicycleOfDeath]

Yes. I'll try to find out which ones.