retired_samiam

Hello,

I've started a network game with 2 friends. They live together and I live in a separate house. I am the host.

I found out what my IP address was and gave it to those 2 and we started the game fine, and have been playing for 6 months or so.

However, tonight, I'm going round to theirs for the boxing match and to pass the time until it starts, I want to bring my laptop around and continue the game.

However, I've just thought, because I'd be connecting to their internet and not my own, the IP address will be different. Will this make a difference - will we be able to load up the game properly?


I have asked in the FM Online forum but no-one ever looks in there and I'm sure you understand that I need some advice before tonight, so I hope people don't mind this being in the wrong place. Once it's been answered, it can be locked if people prefer.

Thanks very much!

retired_samiam

Also, on a small side note, has anyone played a network game between 3 PC's all sharing the same connection? How slow is it? The connection is a 2MB one.

Thanks.

retired_samiam

Anyone able to give me a quick answer so I can sort out my evening. Thanks people.

retired_bird62928

If you get on their network you should have no trouble. When you host it it should show up in the local servers list for them.

If it doesn't they should try and enter the network address. It's the first list of numbers where it says IP address in game status.

retired_samiam

Thanks!

retired_yamin

Yeah, the relevant ip always shows in the game status screen, nothing to worry about.

That shouldn't be a problem. However, I once tried a scenario where two of us were connected locally and the third was in another city, so he came in through the internet proper - that messed it up, slowed everything to a crawl. Thats a few versions back, though, havent tried it since.