Solar on 12/6/2007 at 20:38

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My friend and I have played SS2 together for a long time. In the past, he alwaus hosted, because I was on a router and he wasn't. But recently, he had to setup a router too. To continue playing, we both got Hamachi and seem to have no trouble running it. But we still cannot connect to each other on SS2.

We both have the final patched version of SS2, both have the same mods installed (SHTUP, Rebirth and my own continuation of the two). And we are using the correct Hamachi IPs

I've looked online, and the only thing I found, was a post indicating that SS2 only likes to work with the first IP it finds, which in both our cases now, is our router IP. I don't know how true this is, concidering countless people seem to have been playing over Hamachi already. But I am out of ideas. Here's some basic information on both our computers:

OPERATING SYSTEM
Mine: Windows XP Media Edition
His: Windows XP Home Edition

CPU
Mine: AMD 3800+ 2.4GHz
His: Pentium 2.4GHz

MEMORY
Mine: 2GB DDR2 RAM
His: 2GB DD2 RAM

FIREWALLS
Both: Disabled Windows and Routers

On a side note, in case anyone is wondering, my own mod does not alter gameplay. It does have an altered GAM file, but we've tried playing without the altered file too, with no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. SS2 is too fun to give up on =P

Solar on 14/6/2007 at 00:10

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Hmm, one question, for people who can get SS2 to work on Hamachi. When you load the multiplayer options, does your Router IP come up, or the Hamachi IP? So far, I'm still having no luck. The guide link was helpfull overall, but niether my friend nor I can connect to each other still

Oh, and I almost forgot. I did try the disabling internet trick. When I do this, it does show the Hamachi IP, but as soon as I reenable my internet, it changes back to my router IP. Very annoying

Solar on 15/6/2007 at 03:40

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Yeah, I just alt-tabbed. It just didn't work. When I'd bring SS2 back up, it'd still be at the host screen, but the IP would be my router IP

I'm still working on the Firewall thing. Windows firewall doesn't let me block anything, and my router firewall lets me block ports, but it has no affect on SS2

Solar on 15/6/2007 at 20:23

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I know, I never count Windows Firewall toward anything except annoyance after annoyance, even when disabled, lol. I'm searching around for a software firewall now

Nameless Voice on 16/6/2007 at 13:32

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I've never had any trouble with Kerio Personal Firewall, and was about to recommend it; but I'm talking about the last version of KPF that was still Kerio, before it was bought by Sunbelt, and more of the features were locked out of the free version. I have no idea what the Sunbelt versions are like.