Stronghold 2 - 19th August

[Lord_Chris 251]

August 19 2014: Stronghold 2 Multiplayer

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• Game: Stronghold 2
  
• Version: 1.4.1
  
• Maximum Participants: 8
  
• Current Participants:
  


1. Lord_Chris
   
2. Lord Vetka
   
3. EaglePrince
   

[*]Other Information:

1. GameRanger Room Name: StrongholdNation
   
2. GameRanger Password: shn
   
3. Map: Paths and Passages
   
4. Start Rank: Freeman
   
5. Starting Villages Per Player: None
   
6. Teams: 2 Players Per Team
   
7. Please Read: SH2 Multiplayer Rules
   

Global Start Times:

1. 18:00 (6 PM) GMT +1 - London, United Kingdom
   
2. 13:00 (1 PM) EST - North America
   
3. 09:00 (9 AM) PDT - Vancouver, Canada
   
4. 19:00 (7 PM) CEST - Belgrade, Serbia
   

 

We will be using Game Ranger - Look at EaglePrince's thread here for my Game Ranger ID to friend me. This will make such events in the future easier to co-ordinate. We will wait a maximum of fifteen minutes after the event time for latecomers - so please be prompt!

 

Feel free to ask any other questions about the event.

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[Lord Vetka 63]

Well I might have got into this game but I missed it!

 

That will give me enough time to complete a bit of map work then I can update to 1.4.1, great!

[Lord_Chris 251]

No it's on the 19th, not today - unless you were meaning you couldn't make it because you haven't installed XP yet?

[EaglePrince 230]

I may join as well!

[Lord Vetka 63]

Sorry , I was being a smart a**! your first comment has July instead of August :-)

 

I just finished my map update and will uninstall SH2 and reinstall it and patch up to 1.4.1.

 

I should be ready to play.

[EaglePrince 230]

Also, we were speaking about this before... If you want, we could exchange the crests we're gonna use, so we could see each other just the way we want.

 

This is the crest I would use.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z427/samir89ns/Stronghold%202%20crests/crest1.png

 

I don't know, maybe we just shouldn't do this - and simply play. :/

 

 

Those who don't like the idea, and don't want to do anything with those crests, don't have to do anything. The downside of this is that we would have to pay attention to that who should be be player 1, player 2, player 3 etc...

 

Maybe I'm just complicating this thing - in that case I don't know, maybe we just shouldn't do this - and simply play. :/ I'm sad how FireFly didn't enable this option.

Edited August 17, 2014 by EaglePrince

[Lord_Chris 251]

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Sorry , I was being a smart a**! your first comment has July instead of August :)

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Well spotted. I just copied it from the last one. I've fixed it know, thanks for pointing that out. :)

 

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I should be ready to play.

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Great! Added you to the list ^^

 

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Also, we were speaking about this before... If you want, we could exchange the crests we're gonna use, so we could see each other just the way we want.

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Yes, I like the sound of that: however, there is one limitation (which is that you've already stated). We would need to decide now who was which player - I'm obviously player one as I'm hosting, but it depends on who gets SH2 loaded the quickest from GameRanger & into the lobby as to who will be the next player - not who gets into GameRanger first. So we would have to decide now who would go in second and it may over-complicate things - but certainly worth a try! I've added you to the list in order of who replied to the thread first, so I'll add your crest as player three's on my game. My crest: http://cdn.stronghold-nation.com/article_images/sh2_crest.png

Edited August 17, 2014 by Lord_Chris

[EaglePrince 230]

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so I'll add your crest as player three's on my game.

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OK, and I will make your crest to be crest1 in my crests folder.

It does complicate stuff a bit, but it is worth a try like you said. :)

[Lord_Chris 251]

I've added your crest into my game.

 

Do you want a custom crest in Lord Vetka?

[Lord Vetka 63]

Sorry, but the crests don't mean a lot to me, the work you guys are doing with them is great, just not for me. I never zoom in close enough to see them!

 

You can add one in for me if you want to, it's up to you. I am planning on playing tomorrow.

 

Is there a way to test Gameranger to see if my setup is going to work properly?

[Lord_Chris 251]

You could go into GameRanger and join a random game, or attempt to host a game - if you can do that, then all is well.

[EaglePrince 230]

I just saw your message. If you want, you can try with one of us, as there are not many rooms for Stronghold 2 at GameRanger.

 

I come online there, so if you read this, you can come. If you don't have time, don't worry - I will just leave it online, while I'm doing other stuff.

[EaglePrince 230]

Hi, guys. I'm sorry for letting your down, I fear I will not be able to play this time. I would be able to, but I spent too much time during the day in the town, and I have little time to do other stuff I have to do.

I'm sorry. :(

[Lord_Chris 251]

That's fine, it will just be a 1v1 game this time then, we'll look forward to playing you next time. If you do manage to get them done in time, just let us know.

[Lord Vetka 63]

I went into gameranger yesterday and got the same NAT message.

 

Then checked to see if I could make any changes to my router, but it would not let me.

 

Called my internet provider and they knew right away what I wanted to do, they took me to the online router site where they found my new modem is an old modem and does not allow me to change the settings.

 

So now I will be getting a new router and then I can make the changes needed for online play.

 

They explained that I need to open all of the ports for every one to be able to play, but it will leave you open to security risk, they suggested changing the settings back to default when your game is over.

 

I can still play and am looking forward to a game.

 

To bad EaglePrince, maybe next time.

 

Lord Chris I just saw your post come in, 1v1 will have to do, see you there!

[Lord_Chris 251]

Sounds like you've has a problem there, glad it's solved (at least partially for the moment until your new router comes)

 

I'll see you there :)

Edited August 19, 2014 by Lord_Chris

[Lord_Chris 251]

@EaglePrince: We've just finished, so if you want to play any time from now on just let me know.