Local multiplayer, same aacount, 2 pc, possible?

[theis81]

Hi

I have civ on my old and my new computer using the same account. Is it possible to start a game with a friend on my two computers?

I tried a lot of stuff, both being online and being offline. Nothing seemed to work though.

Regards Theis

 

[Smote]

I've done it before, but I'm not sure exactly how. A friend set it up. There's some way to manipulate it that makes it work. Perhaps one person hosts then goes offline then another goes online and joins in LAN?

 

[BluebeardRex]

Anyone else an idea how / if this works? I've finally got my wife interested and I know she'd enjoy a simultaneous game more than this pseudo hotseat described by Smote.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

You can not have the same display name, that will cause the "can't connect to game" mesage. You have to log one computer off steam, offline mode. And login with the other computer and change your display name in the steam client.

Then you can log both off steam and select LAN game, and that should work.

CS

 

[dirlei671]

try to install HAMATCHI
its a virtul server that you both can use to find each other and set games.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

try to install HAMATCHI
its a virtul server that you both can use to find each other and set games.

Hamachi doesn't work with Civ5, that has been tried by many people.

CS