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Post by dhruba.bandopadhyay » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:28 am

This is to honor and keep Blood multi-player alive. It is still possible to play Blood over the internet or LAN under Windows XP SP2 or Vista*. There are 2 main working ways:

1 - DOSBox (XP/Vista, handle max 2 players because it's DOSBox)
OR
2 - Hamachi (up to 8 players, 98/XP only, needs PC with 32-bit CPU, eg. original P4)




1 DOSBox
Thanks to aabluedragon (creator of Dukonnector http://duke3d.vachu.com/) who is first person to setup Blood over internet via DOSBox successfully - and now his Dukonnector can help connect Blood players together.

Quick guide to DOSBox multiplayer, client type:
ipx=true
ipxnet connect <server's ip> 23513

(where 23513 is your chosen port and the server has to port forward /open this port on his router. Port number is optional, and the default is 213 for DOSBox (I think).)

The server types:
ipxnet startserver <port>

(if you don't specify a port, then 213 is used by default for DOSBox).

OR

2 Hamachi

I have tested this and it works, even behind a router/firewall.
My working setup:
- Hamachi version 1.0.2.5, or 1.0.3.0
- Hamachi settings default, but ensure you have:
-- System | (check) Do not use Universal Plug and Play
-- Security | (uncheck) Block vulnerable Microsoft Windows services
- In Network Connections install NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol
- In Hamachi Network IPX Properties (not your normal internet connection):
-- Internal network number: 00000000
-- Frame type: Ethernet II
-- Network number: 00000101
- In Hamachi Network TCP Properties (not your normal internet connection):
-- (tick) Obtain an IP address automatically
-- (tick) Obtain DNS Server address automatically

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If you are interested in playing over the internet then please reply to this thread. It will be good to get 4 - 8 player games going on, on a weekly basis.

I will keep here an up-to-date list of players who submitted their MSN/YAHOO messenger usernames publicly:

aabluedragon@gmail.com (MSN)
denizsi@hotmail.com (MSN)
oleolaussen65@hotmail.com (MSN)
rogerhaarr@hotmail.com (MSN)

Just add them to your MSN/YAHOO messenger and hopefully you will have 3 Blood players for a 4 player deathmatch!!!

Also, this is an excellent alternative for Blood Buddies:
http://forums.transfusion-game.com/viewtopic.php?t=1149







* - Vista? only via DOSBox, which is really DOSBox platform rather than Vista itself.












Oh, I forgot to mention, to force DOS games to detect & use your XP IPX network card, you need to do either one of two ways.

After installing there's 2 ways to run with IPX:

1. Get VDMSound 2.1.0 from http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=2071 & install it! Right-click (Blood's) Setup.exe and select "Run with VDMS". Setup custom configuration. Create new configuration from scratch. Click Advanced. Goto Compatibility tab. Enable low-level network support. Done! Thew! You only need to do those config steps once.

Just right-click Blood's setup.exe file and "Run with VDMS" and you should get the setup straight away now.

OPTIONAL FOR 1. Right-click C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe and do exacly the same as above (in step 1). Once finished, a cmd.vlp file will be created. Copy/move this to wherever you want (eg. Desktop). Double-click it to run (if not recognised, right-click it and "Run with VDMS". Click yes to the prompt. Now you have a working DOS prompt with working IPX! Now you can run any DOS games...



OR

(this method is if you don't care about sound and don't need sound)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158214

Open up C:\Windows\system32\autoexec.nt file in notepad. Add

Code:

Code: Select all

lh %SystemRoot%\system32\nw16
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\vwipxspx

to the bottom of the file.
Last edited by dhruba.bandopadhyay on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:45 am, edited 11 times in total.

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Post by Guest » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:59 am

Im all for it
j1ero@yahoo.com

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Post by dhruba.bandopadhyay » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:26 pm

Okay, DOSBox Blood can internet play very very easily and quickly.

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Post by dhruba.bandopadhyay » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:39 pm

Anonymous wrote:Im all for it
j1ero@yahoo.com
That email address is not valid...

denizsi

Post by denizsi » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:32 pm

I'd love to give it a try as well.

denizsi@hotmail.com

denizsi

Post by denizsi » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:39 pm

that was MSN btw

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Post by DOOMLancelot » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:14 am

Guys, stick with my buddy, Cruaich's, HowTo:

http://www.forums.transfusion-game.com/ ... php?t=1149
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Post by Jiero » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:10 am

I wonder why my email was not valid...
Anyway I have a new one as well j1ero@hotmail.com
I've decided to use this how-to and information to install and start up a multiplayer bloodbath with my friends :D

Anyone still play this? :)

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