Playing the CD Version over the Network? - Monopoly Online
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What if I'm not using a Player Matching Service?
Assuming the game is installed, find a friend to play against and do the following:
- Figure out who will host... just pick one of you, preferably the one with the better computer. If it doesn't work the first time, have another one try to host.
- Figure out the host's IP address, write it down and have every other play write it down. The easiest way to get this is to have the host click here. For privacy and protection, many people do not feel comfortable giving their IP addresses out to strangers. After all, the IP address is what hackers use to access your computer. If you don't want to give out your IP address, you can get a DNS name.
- Each of you should launch the game.
- Click the PLAY button.
- Click PLAY A GAME ONLINE. Next the game will minimize, and present you with a dialogue box asking if you'd like to be to host or join a game. Each network game will have only one Host, and one or several "joiners". Every joiner's computer must be able to "talk" to the host computer over the network (or Internet). The computers identify each other by their "IP addresses." Don't freak out about the terminology, hopefully we'll get past that.
- The Host will click HOST; the Joiners should click JOIN.
- Next the game will ask how you are to connect, select "Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay". Then click OK!
- The Host will then be brought back into the game, and given the opportunity to select his name and token.
- The Joiners will be shown the "Choose Game Session" box, where they'll be shown the game session (hopefully, if there are no firewall or routers blocking the host's Internet connection).
- The Joiners should select the game, and click OK! The game will then launch and everyone will see all the players in the game.
- The Joiners can then select their name and token, and the host can configure and begin the game.
- To turn chat on and off, players can press the TAB key.
- To speed the game play, players can select the OPTIONS tab, and disable many of the silly animations and sounds in the game.