new players need help

[forgotten]

hello i am a new player of ctp and i have a friend who is a new player , i would like to know if theres anyway to play ctp online with another person we both have version 1.2 ..

[Lung]

You need the 1.2.1 patch. Beyond that i can't help you because it doesn't work on my PC!

Better still - play by e-mail (PBEM). It's the game played by champions

[Gavrushka]

Re: new players need help

Originally posted by forgotten
hello i am a new player of ctp and i have a friend who is a new player , i would like to know if theres anyway to play ctp online with another person we both have version 1.2 ..

You don't actually need 1.21 - but it makes game play less buggy - You should easily be able to play online by selecting Internet from the Multiplayer option - typing in a profile and you will see a list of servers - IF you do not see any servers, you need a new servers.dat - Attached to this - Just locate the existing servers.dat with the Find file windows option and copy it over the top. Job done! File is usullay in the ....../ctp_program/ctp directory.

Obviously unzip it first

[FlameFlash]

I'll do a test to see if this servers.dat works with Mac version of CTP... the last one I downloaded from 'poly didn't work... I'd like to jump in on the online arena this summer though.

[Solver]

I tested it out and went to the servers listing today. They were empty. Man it's no Counter-Strike.

[FlameFlash]

The servers were empty and nobody was looking for a game or the connection to find a server was empty?
Counter-Strike?

[Solver]

No, the connection wasn't empty. My files are OK.

Well, CS severs are always full.

[FlameFlash]

Oh, okay... didn't even know about the game "Counter-Strike" that's what confused me...
I'll try when I get home if my net connection is working.

[Solver]

I don't play CS either, it's just that it's the most popular MP game at the date.

[FlameFlash]

*nods* Okay... about to test after I play all my PBEM turns.

[FlameFlash]

the servers.dat file didn't work...

[hoarfrost22]

Hey...I am completely new to this site, and am totally STOKED to se such a following for CTP. I am really wanting to get back into it, ane so is my friend in another state. We want to play online, but I can not get servers either. I am a Mac user as well, so if you could please let me know how to find servers, I would appreciate it. Also, I am seeing comments about a 1.2.1 patch. Is that Mac as well. What is the latest patch for Mac?

[Gavrushka]

Hoarfrost22 - 1.21 is not essential it does not really change gameplay, just makes it a little less buggy - I can attach the PC servers.dat, but I guess that will not help for a Mac user will it??

Flameflash do u know any Mac Users who play online?? The 1.2 parch would not have had an MP option if it was impossible surely?? What do u get when u go to internet option under multiplayer? Is it just an empty list??

Hoarfrost in the meantime, I could start a PBEM between you and your friend whilst we sort this problem out?? - And if Flameflash is up for another we could call the game the three macateers!!

[hoarfrost22]

Thanks for the reply...when I try online it does not progress past the "finding" or "locating servers". The green slider slides back and forth, and it just stays there at that screen. I have to cancel out.

Other issue...like I said...I am completely new to this site and online CTP! What threads could I look at or where should I go to read up more on the PBEM games...I am not entirely sure how they work.

Third issue...I am in Tulsa and my friend is in Austin (that is not the issue, just unimportant info. We used to be roomies and play networked all the time, now we just wanna play each other again.) The issue is that while I am on Mac, he is actually on PC, and through a little thread reading it appeared that that has also posed some problems for others. Again...What threads or links do I need to check out?

[faded glory]

I must protest to your location lung. Since when have I spouted drunken Jiberish on this forum?


Theres a 1.2.1 patch?