HOW DOES IT WORK


To play a live game of Empire Deluxe you should schedule a time and day to meet with your opponent by e-mail. When you play, you and your opponent will meet via ICQ. Your opponent must be added to your ICQ list of players or you will not know if he is on the Interent. When he is on the Net his name will appear in a list of On-Line players. Now you can click on his name and begin a chat session and decide on game parameters and then play using com T as a link between games. So, in summary, you need ICQ as a meeting place for your opponent and you need com T as a communications program for Empire Deluxe. You don't need ICQ to play Live ED, it is only used as a means of telling your opponent your IP address. If you & your opponent have another method for reporting your IP address you can use that. However, most Live ED'ers are on ICQ, so if you feel like dialing in and hoping to find someone waiting to play a game, ICQ is your best bet for that.

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..The Live Empire Deluxe Connection Procedure..

Step By Step Instructions by Mark Kinkead & John Rotoloni

Remote Slave:

  1. Connect to your ISP.
  2. Get your IP address number (in Win95 goto the Start Menu and choose RUN and type winipcfg, in NT click on your modem icon in the bottom right of your screen). Note the IP address for most people is different every time you log on.
  3. Give that IP address number to the "master" player, this is done via ICQ's chat window. If, for some reason, ICQ is down you should e-mail the "master" player with your IP address. Hopefully, he will realize that ICQ is down and check is mail
  4. Start ComT.
  5. Select a port that IS NOT the port your modem is on.
  6. Select the enable button in comT. Enabled ports will have a green plus sign (+) next to them.
  7. Start ED.
  8. Select Remote Slave in ED.
  9. In ED, select the com port you selected in ComT earlier.
  10. Select Connected To: Modem.
  11. Select Connection Control: Automatic.
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Wait.
  14. Wait for the connection.

Master Player:

  1. Connect to your ISP.
  2. Start ComT.
  3. Select a port that IS NOT the port your modem is on.
  4. Select the enable button in comT. Enabled ports will have a green plus sign (+) next to them. DO NOT enter any IP addresses in comT
  5. Get the IP of the remote player. Use ICQ's chat window for this information.
  6. Start ED.
  7. Select the type of game you want (advanced, ...)
  8. Select what map/scen you wish to play (random map, ...)
  9. For your opponent, select the com port YOU selected in ComT earlier.
  10. Select Connected To: Modem.
  11. Select Connection Control: Automatic.
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Dial.
  14. Enter the IP address of the Remote player including the periods.(as if it was the phone number) A typial IP address will look like and should be entered like 207.155.129.72

If you’ve played PBEM games you can relate to this, Ever wonder if you opponent is cheating? Sometimes it seems he always sinks your transports with just 1 plane. Well, it is impossible to "Best Turn" someone in a live game, ‘cause you see the results as they happen. And your not left wondering if he played fair, ‘cause you witnessed what happened.