[SOLVED] Civilzation IV Direct IP problem

[cameran]

Hello,

I'm trying to get a direct IP connection game of Civilization IV going but it doesn't seem to work at all. My friend can't connect to me and I can't connect to him. Has anyone gotten CIv IV to work with Direct IP yet?

Thanks,

Cameran

[conjur3r]

It sounds like a networking issue. Have you punched the relevant holes into your firewall(s) and applied any necessary port forwarding yet? You need to do this to allow for the traffic to go through.

I use Cedega to play lan games without any problems at all. I haven't tried wine so I can't confirm that networking games work on it.

[Èync]

i have same problem :( ...

[cameran]

hi,

i opened up UDP port 2056 (supposedly the port that is needed for civ4 direct ip) with firestarter but when i do a portscan of my box it never shows up as open. i'm thinking that's the problem but no matter what i tried i couldn't get it to appear through the portscan. i have also opened up the port on my router but no luck.

any suggestions..?

thanks!!

cameran

[conjur3r]

What are you using to portscan your computer?

You may have to port forward the port from the router to your machine.

[JG6_oddball]

what model router? and does it have origianl firmware?
and where are you getting the info on your PC's IP?

[cameran]

well i got it figured out today

the commands in this post: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3373631&postcount=4

were all i needed.

cameran