A Newbie asking things...willing to play MP!

[Jim Musketeer]

Hello! I signed up today! This place is wonderful. Anyway, I'm a bit confused with the multiplayer system and the Civ Fanatics MultiPlayer List thingy. How does it work? Also, how am I supposed to know the other person's IP Address ? My IP Address is 212.251.123.9 if anyone is interested... Please! I urge to play with me once in a while! I am a rookie, true, but I might be a worthy challenger... MY MSN Messenger is dimitrishall@hotmail.com! PLEASE! I absolutely NEED to play CivII Gold in multi.

 

[pigpen]

hey im new too this site truly is awesome...the MP list is to find people to play with, but its not to learn their IP address, but their ICQ number, a message system like AOL messenger...when you have a list of ICQ members who play CIV, you can message people and get a game started...when the game starts, the host will tell you their IP address...you wont need to know it until then...

the best way to use the list in my opinion is to enter the version of civ you have in the search field (gold or tot) and then select search by: version, sort by: country...then you will have a list of people who play the same version as you and live in the same country as you...you can email them or message them...

does any of that help?

 

[Jim Musketeer]

Of Course! Just tell me, you say the host will tell the players his IP Address...how?

 

[GenShwartzCough]

Welcome to CFC Jim and Pigpen. While I am not the seasoned veteran of forum or game, I can help with some things. Like getting started. The first thing I would recommend is getting ICQ. It is the IM service of choice among most Civ II players. And it is free!!
To answer your question about how the host lets you know his/her IP#, it is typically done by way of IM at game time. Another reason to get ICQ as soon as you can.
Just post any other questions you may have in this thread, and the members of this great forum will be glad to assist you. Good luck and good Civving!

 

[Jim Musketeer]

Thanks, Gen! This forum is friendly to newbies (unlike other forums). But, noone seems to be online. What do I do?

 

[pigpen]

there are probably several people online when you are posting, but most choose to use an "invisible" option so that they can't be seen at the time and can reply to messages at their convenience...most everyone will tell you your best bet is to get ICQ and form a list of civ players...i have done this with the MP list on this site and already have enough players listed to usually be able to start a game whenever i want with at least SOMEBODY...

per the IP address issue, it seems your real question was how does the host find out his IP address to give the players: when a host starts a game, the GAME ITSELF tells the host his IP in case he doesnt already know, and then the host uses ICQ to message that address to the other players, yet another reason to get ICQ...of course you could do all these things with email, which would needless to say take a very long time, or you could use any other message system like aolmessenger or yahoomessenger, but ICQ is still the best because its the most widely used among civ players.

you really should get ICQ, and then add me, pigpen: #171312317...i'm ready for a game right now =)

 

[dr_eamer]

met you guys on icq already... but the best way to find ip is open a command prompt {which any decent puter user knows how to use} and type in ipconfig... XP might have a different command but its an evil OS anyway... Jim icq me again, need it for bsd...