warcraft 3 - simulating a LAN?? - Found a Solution!!!!

[blurredvision]

Hey guys. I don't think this has been covered to full effect yet, so I'm reposting for a clear answer. First off, I BOUGHT my own copy, so no crying of piracy, ok? I'm not much on playing on Battle.net, mostly because I get my ass stomped each and every time I barely step foot onto the battelfield. I suck, ok? But my real passion lies in playing with a friend (who BOUGHT his own copy too) against the computer, co-op style. He lives down the street, and there is NO way to rig up a LAN over 500 feet (who would try anyway??). Battle.net proves to be a little laggier than we like, and want smooth gameplay as we beat down the comp. Now I know of two things previously discussed to simlute a LAN so we can play with the LAN option, kali.net and VPN. Kali was said to be free, and it is, but only for the first 15 minutes, and I'm not forking over 20 bucks for this program. And VPN is a complete mystery to me, and would it even work between two stand alone computers on the internet? What can we do to get this to work?????

 

[Joemonkey]

been wondering this myself as well... couldn't get VPN to work through XP, have a long thread about it networking

 

[dexvx]

Battle.net is only as laggy as the connection you're on (different from diablo2)

There is no alternative way, unless you set up your own bnet server with bnetd, but i doubt thats going to happen because I think bnetd isnt available publically. War3 has no IP internet play support, so pretty much Kali is the only thing left. I hear they are giving away free accounts.

If you do decide to play on battle.net, use a private custom game play with computers. I would also make note that the AI in war3 is great at micro'ing (although its can be stupidity at macro'ing supercedes itself sometimes). If you cant beat lvl1 guys on battle.net, then the last thing I suggest you try is playing against the AI (unless its a cheese).

 

[aswedc]

Haven't tried this personally, but linky

 

[Maleficus]

There are Battle.net Emulators you can play on, i play on the Pure-Evil server and it isnt too bad but it is down sometimes :\, Kali is also another viable option that i use when Pure-Evil is down.

 

[dexvx]

Although I would be careful if you play on one of those emulated bnet servers. Since they are emulated to bnet, they have the ability to check your CD-Key like a real bnet server. There were reports during the war3 beta that real war3 beta users logging in to an emulated bnet that got their CD-Keys stolen. If you play on one of those, I suggest you install the game using a CD-Key thats found on many of the pirated War3 distros, not your own.

 

[TNTrulez]

Wow that's a nice link you gave there. So do you know how I can view the MPQ files for war3? I tried using various MPQs but in the 10 mins I tried couldn't get any of them to extract the movie mpqs.

 

[blurredvision]

You guys aren't understanding my question. I'm not trying to get around the CD-key check. I'm looking for a way to play on a simulated LAN. I may have to check out this Kali thing if they are giving away free accounts. If anyone knows of a way to play without going through battle.net, let me know. Thanks.

 

[blurredvision]

I found a solution that works great!! I found this at GameCopyWorld. It is, of course, under the Warcraft 3 section. This site is totally legit, so hopefully I don't get booted out of these forums for providing a link. This site is ONLY for those who OWN the game!!! But there is a great program called LANcraft, which works perfect. So for those who want to play a LAN game over the internet, this is the simplest way to do it!! Enjoy.