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Multiplayer not working

RemorhazRemorhaz Member Posts: 26
edited November 2012 in Windows PC (Archive)
When I try to join my friend's game the music stops right when I click the button. My friend experiences the same thing when I host and he attempts to join me. Firewall alerts popped up but we let the game through, so that's not it. It just doesn't seem to work at all. I'm Win on 7 64-bit and he is on Vista.

Single player works fine for me so far.

Anyone experiencing the same problem?

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  • Bynary_FissionBynary_Fission Member Posts: 202
    Yeah - me and my friend are trying to connect, both of us have allowed the games through and they don't work (we're both using Windows 7).
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    Same here. Does yours lock up when you try to join?
  • NullCascadeNullCascade Member Posts: 5
    edited November 2012
    Same problem here. The game locks up. Force closing it the first time caused a blue screen on Windows 7 x64.

    Edit: I was using a single-player saved game that I moved to the multiplayer directory. Bad idea apparently. A clean new game worked fine.
    Post edited by NullCascade on
  • Insert_BooInsert_Boo Member Posts: 12
    Gah, I must say, I really wanted BGEE to do well. But multiplayer being broke from the start is doin nothing for the previous sentiment. Surely they knew this would be the case. Not looking good Overhaul, not at all...
  • ZeckulZeckul Member Posts: 1,036
    Some people have reported success playing multiplayer by using Tunngle (http://www.tunngle.net/). Of course the game shouldn't lock up when it can't connect, that's a serious bug and is currently under investigation.
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    edited November 2012
    I have tried using a virtual IP through tunngle, that didn't work either. Although we really shouldn't have to rely on a third party program just to connect to other players.
  • majinsnakemajinsnake Member Posts: 113
    edited November 2012
    Remorhaz said:

    When I try to join my friend's game the music stops right when I click the button. My friend experiences the same thing when I host and he attempts to join me. Firewall alerts popped up but we let the game through, so that's not it. It just doesn't seem to work at all. I'm Win on 7 64-bit and he is on Vista.

    Single player works fine for me so far.

    Anyone experiencing the same problem?


    Have any of you tried adding the ports?

    Until things get patched...you may very well have to rely on 3rd party. You may want to read all those other threads of people who are also having the same problem as you. It may help you.
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    I have tried all the old standbys from back in the day that helped the original BG. Game Ranger , Himachi and this new one Tunngle...MP is thoroughly broken from every angle for me. It crashes when you try to connect. At a very basic level of error handling, you should at most get an error message. Crashing just reinforces the notion that BG2EE is currently broken for the best part of the game.
  • Kah_thurakKah_thurak Member Posts: 3


    Have any of you tried adding the ports?

    Yes, did not help. Game still crashes when trying to connect.
  • majinsnakemajinsnake Member Posts: 113
    Firewall?
  • Kah_thurakKah_thurak Member Posts: 3
    Firewall is set to accept everything concerning BG. But even if it blocked the connection attempt the game should not crash.
  • majinsnakemajinsnake Member Posts: 113
    Post your computer specs.

    Are you on a laptop?

    Updated drivers?
  • Insert_BooInsert_Boo Member Posts: 12
    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7867/multiplayer-fix#latest
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