The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Age of Empires 1 multiplayer trouble

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by AmazingGracePlayer, Feb 1, 2011.

  1. AmazingGracePlayer

    AmazingGracePlayer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    236
    Messages:
    1,737
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    56
    My roommate and I are trying to play Age of Empires 1 together, but we're having trouble connecting to each other. We used online play, and I punched in his IP address, his game shoes up, but I can't join (error message just says "Unable to Join"). While if I host the game, my game doesn't even show up when he punches in my IP on his computer. Anyone know how we can connect and play?
     
    AmazingGracePlayer, Feb 1, 2011
    #1
  2. TomTom2007

    TomTom2007 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    519
    Messages:
    928
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    TomTom2007, Feb 1, 2011
    #2
  3. Jack

    Jack Guest

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    0
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    I remember two main problems with AOE multiplayer.
    1) Firewall Issues
    2) One has a different patch than the other.
     
    Jack, Feb 1, 2011
    #3
  4. AmazingGracePlayer

    AmazingGracePlayer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    236
    Messages:
    1,737
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Is Game Ranger like Steam? Do I have to purchase/register my game on there?

    And our patches are the same - they are both fresh installs. Not sure about firewalls though.
     
    AmazingGracePlayer, Feb 1, 2011
    #4
  5. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    433
    Messages:
    1,748
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I used to play AOE II over gamespy.com ... play there with people u know, cause others used to hack a lot so no fun. The other one was IGZones.com, better players there as well.

    that is for AOE II over internet, so I'm not sure if your problem is over LAN
     
    miro_gt, Feb 1, 2011
    #5
  6. TomTom2007

    TomTom2007 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    519
    Messages:
    928
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    You and your friend need to download and install GameRanger on each of your computers. Then you need to register and create an account, your friend also needs to create his account, then you guys can add each other to your friend list.

    After GameRanger is installed, any supported games found on your computer will be automatically added to GameRanger's game list. From there you can host a game, invite your friend, and the game will start.

    http://www.gameranger.com/support/intro/
     
    TomTom2007, Feb 1, 2011
    #6