Jan 12, 2010 Hello! Im looking to play a bit of old school age of empires with a friend- can we connect our laptops via a cable and not over the internet?

If you are facing any problems with GameRanger, this is how you can play Stronghold Crusader in multiplayer with no such multiplayer client. It is possible to play Crusader without GameRanger using with Internet TCP/IP Connection for DirectPlay (no application needed - it all works directly from the game), although this way it will be harder for you to find some opponents. This is what you should do (and your friends which you would like to play with): • load the game • go to MULTIPLAYER GAME; • the one who wants to be the host should type his IP address and send it to others - the he can click HOST (have a look at the picture below); • others should type the IP address of the host, and click JOIN; • after the game of the host has been found, click JOIN again; • then you can choose a map and everything, and start the game. If you are not finding the game being hosted by your friend, then your, or hosts Stronghold Crusader game is being blocked by firewall, so you should unblock it. Also, I believe it would be the best for host to be the one with best internet connection - I don't know exactly how it works. Steve Mcconnell Rapid Development Ebook Pdf Converter. If you want to find more players to play with, I would suggest to you find players on community forums like this one.

Is there a way to repair the DirectPlay8, because for some reason i get blue screens. Ive checked my memory changed the video card and formatted my hard drive and reinstalled XP sp2 then upgraded to sp3 it seems to occur when i installed Fallout 3 for PC The BSoD has been seen in any game running Shader Model 3.0 such as TrackMania United Forever Fallout 3 and some older games using diffrent shader models such as World of Warcraft Wrath of The Lich King Please help. Here is the DX Diag results for network ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: The file ati2dvag.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer. Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider' is missing or damaged.

You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider' is missing or damaged.