Multiplayer gaming

[Web79]

Hello
Anyone in to play some multiplayer games? Running alone is kinda boring.
First time for me trying this without battlenet/LAN so please write me which additional tools you got and I have to install to make this possible.
Cheers
Web

 

[fearedbliss]

Welcome to the forum @Web79!

Most people are just time traveling and playing in Single Player, but if anyone does MP, you most likely won't need any tools and will just do normal TCP/IP, Port Forwarding, Firewall stuff.

 

[Manny]

Hi @Web79,

Welcome aboard!

What version/patch of Diablo II are you interested in, or playing currently? I'm happy to schedule some TCP/IP gameplay with you.

 

[thrasher_565]

i wondered my self how to set it up need like a dum people guide...

wonder if you can get hacked...

 

[Web79]

Thanks for your answers gentlemen. After posting in 5 big facebook Diablo 2 groups without getting any resposne I am positively surprised to read answers. I My Lod is at the actual patch but I am open to playing older patches too. I think its not too difficult changing the patches even back.
I read somewhere that TCP/IP shown in Diablo 2 is not correct any more and doesnt match the real routers IP but I am open for trying it. If it doesnt work, there are tools which can help.
@Manny: How we get startet? If you got WhatsApp I can send you my mobile nummer for for fast chat communication.

 

[Manny]

@Web79 Haha, I never thought to look for any Diablo 2 groups on facebook. Are they pretty active? Do any of them discuss old school / classic Diablo 2, or are they more oriented towards D2R?

Also, TCP/IP definitely still works, so perhaps some people don't know how to configure it correctly, which would be understandable since it's pretty much legacy tech at this point.

IMO the biggest challenge with TCP/IP isn't setting it up per say, it's that it's super reliant on the host for stability/latency, and it can sometimes be finnicky once connected. The host is literally the server. And you also have to make sure that your copy/platform/shard (to use a Cactus term) matches that of the host. Anyways, it's absolutely playable, and also ton's of fun. I have a stable 1G fiber connection at home, so we shouldn't encounter any issues if I host.

And sure, go ahead and DM on the forums with your Whatsapp, and we can coordinate on there.

 

[thrasher_565]

shrimp is making a 1.06b server thing its august something it gos live. atm its testing.
looks like you need a tool to add a server to the list like usa asia so on is how they do it...
might be mods with it thow but i think first ladder might be vanilla

 

[fearedbliss]

Please link @thrasher_565. That sounds pretty cool.

EDIT: Just saw @Manny's post.