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| bgcolor="#C7E2C4" | '''Starters Guide:'''<br />
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#[[Gameplay]]<br />
#[[Acquire EECH]]<br />
#[[Installation guide]]<br />
#[[Multiplayer|Multiplayer guide]]<br />
#[[Quick start]]<br />
<font size="1">[[System requirements]]</font><br />
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To play this game in multiplayer mode, you need to do 2 things:<br />
* Set up your internet connection<br />
* Set up your game configuration<br />
== Set up your internet connection ==<br />
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=== Port forwarding ===<br />
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The next ports should be forwarded:<br />
{| class="prettytable"<br />
! '''Port<br />
! Process<br />
! Protocol<br />
! Direction'''<br />
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| style="background:#DDFFDD"|'''47624'''<br />
| cohokum.exe<br />
| both<sup>1</sup><br />
| both<sup>2</sup><br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#DDFFDD"|'''2300-2400'''<br />
| cohokum.exe<br />
| both<sup>1</sup><br />
| outbound<br />
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<sup>1</sup> Both protocols are TCP and UDP. <br><br />
<sup>2</sup> Both directions are inbound and outbound.<br />
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=== ICMP requests ===<br />
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Beside this, also incoming [[ICMP]] requests must be [[ICMP# Allow ICMP requests under Windows Firewall|allowed]].<br />
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# <code>Windows Firewall</code> (program)<br />
# <code>Advanced</code> (tab)<br />
# <code>ICMP</code> (sub box)<br />
# <code>Settings...</code> (button)<br />
# <code>Allow incoming echo requests</code> (check box)<br />
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=== Help with port forwarding ===<br />
Your computer communicates via ports with the internet. A firewall (software) and/or a router (hardware) could block ports and thus disallow communication. This game needs some ports to be forwarded in order to run a multiplayer game online.<br />
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'''See also'''<br />
*More help about setting up firewalls and routers at [http://www.portforward.com/ Port Forward].<br />
*About [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_%28networking%29 firewalls] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routers routers] at Wikipedia.<br />
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== Set up your game configuration ==<br />
#Start the game<br />
#Go to <code>Options</code><br />
#Go to <code>Multiplayer</code><br />
#Click on field next to <code>Connection</code>, till it tells <code>Internet TCP/IP</code>. Be sure the field next to <code>IP Address</code> is left empty.[[Image:tcpip.jpg|thumb|400px|none|It should look like this.]]<br />
#Press <code>OK</code><br />
#Go to the <code>Combat</code> screen<br />
#And press <code>Campaign</code><br />
#:Notice the <code><nowiki>–</nowiki>Multiplayer<nowiki>–</nowiki></code> item. Now, available at the top of the list.<br />
#Press <code><nowiki>–</nowiki>Multiplayer<nowiki>–</nowiki></code>[[Image:Multiplayer.png|thumb|250px|none]]<br />
#:*<font color="#C00202">Servers</font> are colored red. Starting with it's name, players currently online and maximum allowed players are inside brackets, and the game version ending the line.<br />
#:*<font color="#EBDD00">Selected</font> items are yellow.<br />
#:*<font color="#06C102">Campaigns</font> are colored green. With the name of the map at the end of the line.<br />
#Choose a <code>server</code><br />
#Select a <code>campaign</code> to play<br />
#Press <code>OK</code>[[image:connecting.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Connection to a server.]]<br />
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=== Notes ===<br />
*The game [[timeline|version]] of the client has to match the version of the server.<br />
*The clients [[eech.ini]] configuration lines have to match the ones in the server's eech.ini. If not, the user may be notified about it in the box currently prompting 'Sending info request...' and it could eventually result in connection failure or game crash. In case of an invalid eech.ini:<br />
*#Exit the game<br />
*#Adjust the eech.ini file accordingly<br />
*#Restart the game<br />
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== Host a game ==<br />
When you set up your internet connection and game configuration correctly, other people are able to see you as a selectable server. They are able to join your game regardless if you chose single player campaign, skirmish or even free play.<br />
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== Servers Currently Online ==<br />
To check if there are servers/players currently online. [http://hoxdna.org/eech/ This] webpage shows the servers currently running.<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[eech.ini]]<br />
* [[multiplayer troubleshooting|troubleshooting]]<br />
* [[dedicated server]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://hoxdna.org/eech/ Server List]<br />
*[http://home.planet.nl/~ek000114/gotcha/install.html#MP Multiplayer guide] – at Gotcha’s website.<br />
*[http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/13/1/EECH_EEAH.html SimHQ] – Forum about EECH.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_%28networking%29 Firewalls] – at Wikipedia (the Free Encyclopedia)<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router Routers] – at Wikipedia (the Free Encyclopedia)<br />
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