Multiplayer

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Starters Guide:
  1. Gameplay
  2. Acquire EECH
  3. Installation guide
  4. Multiplayer guide
  5. Quick start

System requirements

To play this game in multiplayer mode, you need to do 2 things:

  • Set up your internet connection
  • Set up your game configuration

Set up your internet connection

Port forwarding

The next ports should be forwarded:

Port Process Protocol Direction
47624 cohokum.exe both1 both2
2300-2400 cohokum.exe both1 outbound

1 Both protocols are TCP and UDP.
2 Both directions are inbound and outbound.

ICMP requests

Beside this, also incoming ICMP requests must be allowed.

  1. Windows Firewall (program)
  2. Advanced (tab)
  3. ICMP (sub box)
  4. Settings... (button)
  5. Allow incoming echo requests (check box)

Help with port forwarding

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.

See also

Set up your game configuration

  1. Start the game
  2. Go to Options
  3. Go to Multiplayer
  4. Click on field next to Connection, till it tells Internet TCP/IP. Be sure the field next to IP Address is left empty.
    It should look like this.
  5. Press OK
  6. Go to the Combat screen
  7. And press Campaign
    Notice the –Multiplayer– item. Now, available at the top of the list.
  8. Press –Multiplayer–
    Multiplayer.png
    • Servers 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.
    • Selected items are yellow.
    • Campaigns are colored green. With the name of the map at the end of the line.
  9. Choose a server
  10. Select a campaign to play
  11. Press OK
    Connection to a server.

Notes

  • The game version of the client has to match the version of the server.
  • 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:
    1. Exit the game
    2. Adjust the eech.ini file accordingly
    3. Restart the game

Host a game

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.

Servers Currently Online

To check if there are servers/players currently online. This webpage shows the servers currently running.

See also

External links