Hi Guys,
I am an old time BC3000ad player who finally got copies of BCMG this christmas. (Only turned up on Australian shores then ) The game is great and all the new features and enhancements rock!
Now to my problem. I KNOW this is an unsupported feature but I am hoping I can get an answer to the problem anyway.
I bought 2 copies of BCMG, 1 for me and 1 for my son so we could play multiplayer. I set up my machine wich is a Athlon XP2000, 1 gig ram as a server and got my son to log into it. All was fine and working well. I then logged in myself on the server machine with the client and all was good until about 10 minutes into the game then disconnected.
I scoured the manuals and tried many variations on connects etc and in the end I cam across a line in one of the FAQ's (I am trying to find where it was) stating that you needed another copy of the game for the server??
Have I missread something here? Do I need a 3rd copy of the game regardless of using the unsupported client/server on 1 machine or even if I have a 3rd machine as a dedicated server?
I would have thought buying 2 copies would allow me to play multiplayer on a LAN. There are no speed or packet issues and its about the only thing I can thing of that would disconnect me religiously each time I try to play MP.
Both computers and copies play great in single player mode it is only when we try and get into a multiplayer game that we have problems.
Anyway if anyone can help with this it would be appreciated, if I dont need another copy theoreticly I will do some more testing and try and get some more solid facts. If I do need a 3rd copy to play 2 player MP on my LAN then.... then I spose I will be playing single player....
Cheers,
Mungo