Hotseat starting problem

[Ville]

Alright finally I got PTW and I would like to play hotseat against my brother. BUT the game don't allow me to choose anything in hosting menu. I use that local thing there. I have v1.14.
Thanks in advance

 

[Ville]

Here is a screenshot:

 

[100games100days]

Ok, make sure you are in the local area and not the internet area.
Then see where you have Turnless in your screenshot, click the arrow and there will be the option of playing hotseat.

 

[Ville]

It is local as I said. And I know that the Hotseat SHOULD be in that turnless thing. But the question is why there are no arrows in my game? It seems that the game does not want me to be the host.

 

[100games100days]

Oh I see, Sorry, I'm not quite sure.

 

[Ville]

Well, thanks anyway

 

[Ville]

Yeah it works again

 

[Ville]

Nooooooooooooooo!
It started again
No arrows!
Why oh why

 

[Ville]

Can't anyone help!?!?!?!

 

[aaglo]

Ville, I have exactly the same problem. And I cannot help either.

 

[Ville]

I messed with Gamespy Arcade so I could start even 1 hotseat game. I have no idea how I did it
But anyway it would be nice to know how to get it working again

 

[SuperMA5TER]

Someone Plz Help!
I orginally played this game on WinXP! Same game same patch and it worked. Now that i have win98 it doesn't allow me to choose anything in host menu(villie's problem). Is this a problem of operating system?

 

[Ville]

It can't be, I had XP when I installed, and have it also now. It think it could be a firewall problem

 

[maverick_mw]

judging by the screenie I can only assume that you are not actually connected to the game yet, even if you are the host.

Like you say, this could be a firewall problem, whereby the game will not start. Are you on a LAN or connected to the internet when starting the hotseat, as I find this makes a difference to my games.

Maybe if you waited, it would eventually work, but thats a but of a far fetched solution.

Do you have any firewalls installed? Do you use the WindowsXP built-in firewall?

Does it connect to gamespy correctly?

Are you on the local zone in the multiplayer browser when you host a game?

 

[Ville]

I'm always connected to internet.
I have 2 firewalls one internal, one external and what actually is XP built-in firewall, how do i change it.
It connects to gamespy as well as you can with firewalls.
The screenshot is in local.
But I can join games and get in games.

 

[Ville]

OK it's firewall problem.
I just change my Zone Alarm to low level and still not working, I haven't tried when it's off but I've gotta try.

 

[Ville]

It worked, once (haven't tried today)

 

[Bluester]

Hi,

Did anyone found a reason for this behaviour. I have exactly the same problem and I would like to hear if anyone knows the reason for this and how to fix it?

-Bluester

 

[sourboy]

try updating your version....and do yuo have Vanilla or PTW?

 

[DisruptiveIdiot]

How would he have the hotseat option in vanilla civ3???