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Window's firewall will not let my Tales of the Sword Coast 'connect' with Multi-player format??

Eadwyn_G8keeperEadwyn_G8keeper Member Posts: 541
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From a complete but eager newbie-- Trying to set up a multi-player format for myself as a single player learning the game, so I can import one or two pre-made characters in the early game. Pushing Connect button from Multi Player option brings up a screen saying Tales of the Sword Coast has stopped working.

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  • DeucetipherDeucetipher Member Posts: 521
    Try this.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Allow-a-program-to-communicate-through-Windows-Firewall

    You should give us some more information.

    Are you running the Enhanced Edition? It seems as though you are running the original from your reference to TotSC. If so, you may need to manually enable communication protocols (IPX, I think), though I don't remember that causing any crashing.

    Does it crash regardless of the connection type you use? Have you tried changing from tcp/ip? What version of Windows are you using? Anything post-XP is an enormous pain to play BG MP on.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I just tried it and whoa, and it does indeed crash (BG2, Win 7). O.o I tried all connection types. This is weird; I never had those issues under XP and Win 98.
  • baaddarebaaddare Member Posts: 145
    edited January 2013
    well i tried it with BGEE and with BG2 win 7 just now to see what the issue is and both worked fine for me. As for firewall I am running norton 360 with BGEE set for allow as oppossed to auto in the firewall settings. Can you provide more information as to your set up?
  • Eadwyn_G8keeperEadwyn_G8keeper Member Posts: 541
    TotSC downloaded from a Baldurs Gate Gamestop code purchase. Win-7. I will investigate baddare's comment to see if I can find those settings. Thinking about just bagging this and shopping for the EE. So far really enjoying what is my first Online RPG game. There are enough things still jamming my learning curve, such as multi-class versus dual class Fighter/Mage builds and just how hardcore I want to be in the early game to name a few, that resolving this can wait a couple of weeks and maybe benefit from instruction from some WoW addicted nephews. ty for comments.

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