From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28514 invoked by alias); 23 Nov 2004 16:44:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 27988 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2004 16:44:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web13125.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.174.143) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 23 Nov 2004 16:44:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 12112 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Nov 2004 16:44:47 -0000 Message-ID: <20041123164446.12109.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.164.122.15] by web13125.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:44:46 PST Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:41:00 -0000 From: Elijah Meeks Subject: Re: [Xconq-general] Networking on XP To: Eric McDonald , pcrespy@optonline.net Cc: xconq-general@lists.sourceforge.net, xconq7@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01431.txt.bz2 Hey Paul, I'd be interested in giving a networked game of XConq a try. I can run it on XP or W2K. Let me know when's a good time, what game, et cetera. Elijah --- Eric McDonald wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 pcrespy@optonline.net wrote: > > > Are network games available in the Windows > version? > > Yes. In the Tcl/Tk interface anyway. Just click on > the "Connect" > button in the setup screen. You can host a game or > join another > game. > > >If so, I'd be > > interested in trying it out for XP. > > There are a couple of other Windows users out there > who have > expressed interest in playing a network game against > other humans. > On Linux, the networking seems to be fine. It is > inconclusive if > the Windows networking is okay. My recollection is > that people > have been able to play at least a few turns when a > Windows peer > was in the mix. More testing would certainly be most > welcome. > > >Are there any ports that need to be > > open in order to play through a firewall across > the internet? > > The default port is listed in the connection window. > This port can > be changed if one needs to slip through an existing > hole in a > firewall. > > Hope that helps, > Eric > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com