How to play commandos :Behind enemy lines multiplayer

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I have recently bought this legendary game from Steam only to play multiplayer. The single player option is working fine but when selecting multiplayer option the server message is showing aborted.not able to connect to other players and can anybody advise how it could be played multiplayer.

[Sunt Paletă de Tenis de Măsa]

1. Install game.

2. Launch game, select Legacy version.

3. Alt+tab to Windows. Launch Task manager. Go to processes tab. Find mpserver.exe. Right click on it and choose Open File location.

4. Create shortcut to mpserver.exe on the Desktop.

5. Log in to your home router's control panel. Should be http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 . If you don't know what the password is, look at the various labels on the device. There should be one with at least a password, possibly a username as well.

6. Find the 'Port Forwarding' page or section. Might be under 'Security' (it is for my router) or might be somewhere else.

7. Look at the mpserver.exe window. See what IP address it says there. That's your local / private IP address. Not the one you connect over the internet with.

8. In your home router's control panel, set up a port forwarding rule to forward port range 4321-4322 to/from your computer's private / local IP address from/to your public IP address, which is the one you actually use on the internet rather than just on your home / local private network. You computer's local / private IP address will be shown in mpserver.exe.

When setting up the port forwarding rule, please choose to forward both TCP and UDP connections, not just one or the either.

9. Go to : www.ipchicken.com or to www.whatismyip.com . Copy your public / internet IP address from there. Give it to your friends you want to play Commandos multiplayer with.

10. Launch Commandos, select Multiplayer version from the initial pop-up box.

11. Go to new game, multiplayer game. Enter 127.0.0.1 as the server IP address. Enter your name you want to be seen by your friends as. Click Connect to Server.

Your friends cannot use 127.0.0.1. They will need to use the IP address you obtained at step 9.

If your public IP address changes (which can happen if your cable modem / home router is turned off for a while), you'll need to perform step 9 again.

If your computer's local / private IP address, on your home / private network, changes, you'll need to update the port forwarding rule by performing step 7 & 8 again.

However, what you should really be doing is going to your home router's control panel again and, from the DHCP section, assign your computer a reserved / preferred local / private IP address on your home network.

This is done on the basis of your computer's network card's MAC ID (may also be listed as MAC Address or Physical Address), by reserving a local / private IP address for your computer's network card's MAC ID. Then no other computers or devices on your home private network will be allocated that local / private IP address.

And this will also ensure that your computer's local / private IP address on your home private network never changes so that you don't need to perform step 7 again.

This should be stickied.

[Reanu Keeves]

That is a very detailed explanation on how to do it. You sir, deserve a medal.

[mr.Jack]

This is a very long way to play together with your friends. As for me I'm using a more simple method which doesn't requires anything. Plus, everything based on a new version of the game which includes the widescreen resolution.

1) After you installed the game, go to the game folder and run "tcpserver.exe". If you have a dynamic IP address, just use software like Tunngle or Hamachi to make a virtual local connection with your friend.
2) When you launched the server, it will show you your IP address. Write down or just remember the numbers.
3) Run the game in multiplayer mode (not an old legacy version, but you can try to use it as well if you love it), select "New Game -- Multiplayer", enter the IP address of your local server and enter your nickname. Don't forget to tell the IP address to your friend.

That's all!

The cool thing is that you can save your game when you're playing in coop mode as well as in single player mode.
The bad thing is that you can't hear the sounds except main characters voices. If you know the fix or even if you have the same problem, let me know!

[Gakulex]

nouuu juego ta dificil

[Sunt Paletă de Tenis de Măsa]

Publicado originalmente por mr.Jack:

This is a very long way to play together with your friends. As for me I'm using a more simple method which doesn't requires anything. Plus, everything based on a new version of the game which includes the widescreen resolution.

1) After you installed the game, go to the game folder and run "tcpserver.exe". If you have a dynamic IP address, just use software like Tunngle or Hamachi to make a virtual local connection with your friend.
2) When you launched the server, it will show you your IP address. Write down or just remember the numbers.
3) Run the game in multiplayer mode (not an old legacy version, but you can try to use it as well if you love it), select "New Game -- Multiplayer", enter the IP address of your local server and enter your nickname. Don't forget to tell the IP address to your friend.

That's all!

The cool thing is that you can save your game when you're playing in coop mode as well as in single player mode.
The bad thing is that you can't hear the sounds except main characters voices. If you know the fix or even if you have the same problem, let me know!

My instructions are specifically aimed at avoiding having to use hamachi or some other VPN program or solution. Also, should ensure a better connection as it's peer to peer and doesn't need a 3rd party server for discovery or negotiating the connection.

Or do you mean that tcpserver.exe is public IP address aware? I haven't tried using that one. I only used mpserver.exe as I managed to get the game working with that one and using port forwarding so I didn't bother trying with tcpserver.exe as well.

I only said to first launch legacy version because that's the one in the directory where mpserver.exe is. So it will enable people to find the the folder where that executable resides using Task Manager => Go to processes => Open File Location.

Later on down the checklist I say launch the multiplayer version.

[ford_niky]

Publicado originalmente por Chiftel Prăjescu:

1. Install game.

2. Launch game, select Legacy version.

3. Alt+tab to Windows. Launch Task manager. Go to processes tab. Find mpserver.exe. Right click on it and choose Open File location.

4. Create shortcut to mpserver.exe on the Desktop.

5. Log in to your home router's control panel. Should be http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 . If you don't know what the password is, look at the various labels on the device. There should be one with at least a password, possibly a username as well.

6. Find the 'Port Forwarding' page or section. Might be under 'Security' (it is for my router) or might be somewhere else.

7. Look at the mpserver.exe window. See what IP address it says there. That's your local / private IP address. Not the one you connect over the internet with.

8. In your home router's control panel, set up a port forwarding rule to forward port range 4321-4322 to/from your computer's private / local IP address from/to your public IP address, which is the one you actually use on the internet rather than just on your home / local private network. You computer's local / private IP address will be shown in mpserver.exe.

When setting up the port forwarding rule, please choose to forward both TCP and UDP connections, not just one or the either.

9. Go to : www.ipchicken.com or to www.whatismyip.com . Copy your public / internet IP address from there. Give it to your friends you want to play Commandos multiplayer with.

10. Launch Commandos, select Multiplayer version from the initial pop-up box.

11. Go to new game, multiplayer game. Enter 127.0.0.1 as the server IP address. Enter your name you want to be seen by your friends as. Click Connect to Server.

Your friends cannot use 127.0.0.1. They will need to use the IP address you obtained at step 9.

If your public IP address changes (which can happen if your cable modem / home router is turned off for a while), you'll need to perform step 9 again.

If your computer's local / private IP address, on your home / private network, changes, you'll need to update the port forwarding rule by performing step 7 & 8 again.

However, what you should really be doing is going to your home router's control panel again and, from the DHCP section, assign your computer a reserved / preferred local / private IP address on your home network.

This is done on the basis of your computer's network card's MAC ID (may also be listed as MAC Address or Physical Address), by reserving a local / private IP address for your computer's network card's MAC ID. Then no other computers or devices on your home private network will be allocated that local / private IP address.

And this will also ensure that your computer's local / private IP address on your home private network never changes so that you don't need to perform step 7 again.

This should be stickied.

[ford_niky]

Thank you guy.. Good Job I try ago.

[Lumen Delune]

Prior to this in-depth guide make sure to have a distant and faithful friend. That’s the harder part in my twisted opinion. It’s strange but with this pre-requisite this guide becomes almost useless.

[Amin]

Publicado originalmente por Lumen Delune:

Prior to this in-depth guide make sure to have a distant and faithful friend. That’s the harder part in my twisted opinion. It’s strange but with this pre-requisite this guide becomes almost useless.

If you don't trust your friend, you can also turn off UPNP on your router and just use a VLAN program like Hamachi. It also encrypts the connections to make them more secure. Still, LAN gaming in either way isn't 100% safe.

[Lumen Delune]

Have you actually tried Hamachi with Commandos? I haven’t. A wonder yet to be cleared up. Maybe in 2022. Happy new year!

[Amin]

Publicado originalmente por Lumen Delune:

Have you actually tried Hamachi with Commandos? I didn’t. A wonder yet to be cleared up. Maybe in 2022. Happy new year!

Hiya o/ Nice to see you again! Yes, I personally use Hamachi for LAN gaming in case port forwarding is not feasible.

[Lumen Delune]

Tell me if I’m wrong: you start Hamachi, then the Commando server and commandos itself. The server connects to thé Hamachi ip automacally. You re usually the Server or the Client?