Router settings.

[Talamane]

I could not find any documentation on what ports are required to be open on a router to play MP Civ4 in Direct IP mode. I did find a page for Civ3/Gamespy. Does anyone know if the settings are the same?

 

[Silt]

The ini file has the following entry:

; NetComm Port
Port = 2056


Guessing port 2056

 

[Talamane]

It's a start.


This is the cf documentation on Civ3's settings:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=41540

I have no idea what 2056 means, however. There is usually a set of ports, but 2056 is, no doubt, meaningful to the game, but not to the router.

 

[slingshotz]

That NetComm port was the correct port entry for me to be able to host a multiplayer game. As soon as I forwarded that port on my router, my friend was able to join my game right away whereas he just timed out before.

The documentation is a bit non-existant for router settings....

 

[Talamane]

Sweet! Did you forward TCP and UDP or just TCP or just UDP?

Well written code for direct IP gaming CAN use just one port. But it begs the question--do you have the port range 2300-2400 open for other DirectPlay games? Any other ports you suspect might be being used? I dont have anyone to test with.

 

[slingshotz]

I have almost all my ports locked down so it seems they made it better for ports compared to Civ3 where i had to open up a bunch of different ports.

I forwarded both ports for now, havent really experimented with closing the UDP port yet, but I probably won't bother cause its only one port.

 

[Talamane]

Thanks a bunch.