Wc3 online game help

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 30, 2004, 7:16 pm

I installed wc3 on my new PC, i can join custom games and play them, but when i go to make some myself noone else can join? What is wrong, if i have to disable something as i have been told, could someone help explain how to do such? Im very computer illiterate in that sence

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » August 30, 2004, 7:20 pm

you need to unblock the ports on your router to be able to host games.
you can check which ports it uses in the game options

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 30, 2004, 7:28 pm

It said port 6112, i tryed to write nine, zero and a different higher number in there and nothing happened. How could i go about "disabling" that port or is there something else i need to type in in that options space?

Asheran Mojomaster · Post by **Asheran Mojomaster** » August 30, 2004, 8:15 pm

I had this same problem back when I played WC3 and could never get it fixed, so if you find something that works please tell me. I would prolly still play it if I could host my own games (so I could actually play my fav maps without waiting on someone to host one).

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » August 30, 2004, 8:49 pm

i mean you have to go into your router and acutally unblock the ports so people can connect to you.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 30, 2004, 9:26 pm

Stragi wrote:i mean you have to go into your router and acutally unblock the ports so people can connect to you.

heh thats what i needed explained to me

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » August 30, 2004, 9:44 pm

http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/s ... adid=24073

Assuming you use a linksys:

Follow these steps to configure your Linksys router for hosting:

a. Type http://192.168.1.1 into your web browser's address bar.
b. Put in the username and password; I think the default is no username and the word "admin" (without the quotes) for the password.
c. Once you're in the settings, click the Applications/Gaming link that you see on the router's home page. If you don't see an Applications/Gaming link, look for an Advanced link. If you see that, click it and then click the Port Forwarding link.
d. In the first row of boxes, put the following:

Application - (whatever you want to call it, i.e. "Warcraft III")
Start - 6112
End - 6112
Protocol - TCP
IP address - the last three numbers of your computer's IP address. To find out what those numbers are, follow these steps:

- Click Start
- Click Run
- Type cmd (Windows 2000 and XP) or command (Windows 95, 98 and Me) in the Run box, then click OK
- When the black box comes up, type ipconfig and hit Enter. The computer's IP address will be listed.

Back to the router settings - make sure the Enable box is checked, then save the settings. Try hosting a Warcraft III game again.

Note: you may want to change the second 6112 to 6119 -- as those ports are also used.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 30, 2004, 10:00 pm

i used a linksys, but that link comes up as nothing when i type it in =/

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » August 30, 2004, 10:14 pm

192.168.0.1
or
192.168.0.0
or
192.168.1.0

has to be one of those

Asheran Mojomaster · Post by **Asheran Mojomaster** » August 30, 2004, 11:05 pm

Well that one won't help me, I dont have a router and I am actually using dialup atm and even with dialup I can't host games on it. Though I guess it doesn't matter, I haven't played WC3 in a good 8 or 9 months (if I was on DSL still I would, but on dialup the patch will take like 5 hours).

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » August 30, 2004, 11:14 pm

The only hosting issues I've seen for WC3 Custom games is with routers

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » August 31, 2004, 12:16 am

you cant always do something about it. My ISP a few years ago blocked those ports on their end

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 31, 2004, 12:18 am

niice i got it, thx man

Neziroth · Post by **Neziroth** » August 31, 2004, 8:27 am

If you're using WinXP your default firewall may be preventing people from joining also.

Asheran Mojomaster · Post by **Asheran Mojomaster** » August 31, 2004, 7:56 pm

Neziroth wrote:If you're using WinXP your default firewall may be preventing people from joining also.

That could be it, because I do use WinXP, but it really hasn't effected me in any other way other than WC3 and since I dont play it anyone guess it doesnt matter.