Public Homeworld Hamachi Server

[Tom_Robbo]

Ive been playing homeworld for a long time now and WON seem to have completely abolished their servers now! Darn them so have switched to hamatchi. I have followed all the instructions on this forum and i hav ppl in the hamatchi lobby can ping them and everything but can't actually see them in the homeworld lobby.

On the LAN menu i only have the option to use the TCP/IP option and it is greyed out. All my 3 friends are running windows vista and we have tried downgrading the version but still no luck. Any ideas???

Thanks

[ORCACommander]

you may have to install additional protocols on the hamachi driver such as IP 7

[178thBG]

how many of the HW games do you host for? or are they all on the same servers? also does any one still play cataclysm?

regarding hamachi: i went to play one time with monk but couldn't figure out how to use hamichi, what do i do when i find some one to play with and start the game?

this was a while ago idk a few months but i want to do some hard core playing now.

i think i also had the internet tcp/ip lan grayed out, but im so clueless i don't even know if i need to go there 2 play with others.

my OS is XP



Ps: ORCAcommander how much will a good server cost for 3 months? one that you can administer and keep neat.

this last bit is directed @ Zephyx:
i play hw2 on the regular gamespy servers it still has good traffic, depending on the time of day. let me know and ill set something up.

[AdmiralTheon804]

178thBG and Tom Robbo- I had that problem the first time I played Hamachi.

To use Hamachi, run it (duh), and go into LAN (like you know you have to). If there's STILL no one in the lobby, even though you planned to play with someone, then go to your Network Settings. I don't know how to get there in Vista, but in XP, to get there, go to Start>Connect To>Show All Connections. This should bring up your Network Connections window. Click 'Advanced' on the toolbar menu (it's by File and Edit and all that) and click Advanced Settings.
There, under the Adapters and Bindings tab, you should see two white boxes with listings in them. Look at the top box. You should see three items in the list; your Local Area Network, Hamachi, and Remote Access Conditions.
Most likely, Hamachi is the middle item. Click it, and then click the green arrow pointing up (next to the box) so that Hamachi is the above item. This will make your LAN network connect to Hamachi automatically.
Reboot your PC. Then retry to connect to LAN with Homeworld and see if you can see your friend in the lobby. If not, I have no clue why. =P

Hope this helped. =]

[ORCACommander]

technically speaking I am not hosting any of the games. I just set aside these networks I made for Homeworld Series use only that means all three of them. also you all have to be using the same connection. TCP IP is the preferred method on here because it works with vista but if both of you can do ipx you can try that aswell.

[178thBG]

ok i haven't tried that, next time im on my XP and not my windows 98 -.- .. ill do that and it should work, i know where your going with that and i cant believe i didn't think of that XD, lol duh hamachi doesn't work cuz my lan default isn't set up to run it. i have that comp set up to a home network i made a while back, but then never used again and ended up forgetting about it.

[Dahak2150]

Trying to get a LAN game going with a friend of mine, both of us on Vista, and we're still having problems where we cannot see each other in the game lobby, despite having a solid Hamachi connection that works for other games like Sins of a Solar Empire.

Was anyone ever able to resolve this issue?

[-Universaali-]

if u wanna play with me hw2 hw1 or hw cata... also hw2 mods
my x-fire is Universaali
And if u wanna play in lan/network. i use Wippien(http://wippien.com/) it is similar like hamachi but it is more user friendly and it is free...

my wippien account---> Universaali@wippien.com

And in wippien u have to do only 1 account and if u have to reboot u computer u dont have to create new account just remember u account JID(xxxx@wippien.com) and password. And wippien dont have rooms it is like messenger...

[Dot]

Hmm, will look into it.

[AdmiralTheon804]

I will look into it also. Thanks for the tip.

[Oligarth]

as will i. gotta have some easy-to-use alternative to that curse WON and its servers.

[Sky_walker]

hm... alternative to hamachi? Could work

[Dahak2150]

The Wippien program did the trick, thanks much.

[monkguru]

If you are having trouble with hamachi, and your using vista, you may have a bit of an issue. The problem may not be on your end, but those using vista.

First make sure you prioritise the adapter, even xp users must do this. goto network properties> tools menue> advanced> advanced settings then move hamachi adapter to the top. Vista users will need to hold the Alt key to view the tools menue. ppl on both ends will need to do this.

This resolves most issues after a reboot. If you still have issues, goto hamachi properties, tcp/ip properties, look for auto metric . there are two places one may be on the gateway tab, but its in there. One will be checked already, the other must be checked. Reboot. As an alternative, uncheck auto metric and type in 1500 in the box. Reboot. Use this only if all else fails. Ive only seen this needed in two occurances.


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[ORCACommander]

Do to a reformat I lost the sirect access to the saga servers however in an act of foresight I enabled web administration of those servers and can still evict people.

[ORCACommander]

why no more sticky?

[ORCACommander]

bump

[monkguru]

Hey guys, Im on an active server the one moleman made. NOt much, but atleast I can get my daily fix. One or two skilled still drop by.
Oh and the Premium hamachi thing has already been tried. Think we can get 256 ppl paying 40 bux a yr. hmm. Thats right your 40 bux a yr just excludes you from being one of the 16 freebies.

molemans server...

HomeworldSERVER1
pass = Homeworld

[Hensa]

clean some stuff , they are kinda full.

[hellfire[bg]]

Thanks for the wonderful idea of playing Homeworld via hamachi! I`m a huge fan of the Homeworld series but i`ve never played any games of the series in multiplayer simple beacuse they don`t appear to be that popular. However i`ve played through each of the games several times (about 10 times for Homeworld 1) and i would be very happy to play it in multiplayer. I checked one of the servers but there was nobody online, so i`m going to try angain in several days. My timezone is GMT+2.

[Dot]

Sorry for the bump, but is it not possible to use WON2 instead?

[ORCACommander]

what is won 2?

BTW I no longer have access to the majority of these networks so I can not empty them.

[Hensa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WON2
http://v4.steamlessproject.nl/

[LeviathansWrath]

I added 5 more homeworld 2 networks for hamachi for those that want to add them to their thing.
server names are
HWU 1
HWU 2
HWU 3
HWU 4
HWU 5
pw= hwu
i made it so peeps that wanted to play the hwu mod could and i could help em out.

[XxSeether1992xX]

Been a big fan of homeowrld ever since i played the demo when i was 6 xD Would love to do some Co-Op if anyones interested!
Server - Homeworld Co-Op
psw: HomeworldRocks

[lizardfolk]

I am infinitely surprised at how many fans Homeworld still has. Joining this asap, thanks for the Hamachi Server organization

[Thecain]

Hey guys!

Anyone playing on Hamachi nowadays?

[Madgrenade]

Please please spread the word homeworld is supported on gameranger now we have players every day anyone is welcome.

[burninator]

Does anyone still play this game? What's the best way to get matches together these days?

[Madgrenade]

If we can get people out of Hamachi servers and onto gameranger it would be a boon. There are no limits to the number of homeworld players that can play on gameranger.

www.gameranger.com
+
homeworld 1.05

= Gameage.

Why are all the hw players still lingering on capped hamachi networks when we could all get together on GR and have a blast?

Even shitty rts games like generals, and age of kings get loads more traction than homeworld. Getting a decent bunch together would help homeworld grow. As it is sometimes I have to wait ages. The hw community is no good scattered to the solar winds on clogged up hamachi servers.

As to how toget a game, HOST on gr. If you are new on GR noone can see you are a hw player unless you host. Then you will attract a player.

Its worth nothing that games a lot worse than homeworld have communities (think populous matchmaker, i mean holy freaking cow if populous the beginning can have a dedicated client and hundreds of players why cant hw get together enogh players to have a community). If you wanna play HW you need to get on the gameranger and HOST if you can, even if its just a way for other players to see you exist and make contact.

Please everyone I wanna play homeworld! Stop this hamachi rubbish and come to gameranger posthaste! RAnt over.

[burninator]

I'm going to be hosting homeworld 1.1 matches every day at 5:00pm PST. Need people to play to bring this game back from the dead.

[Madgrenade]

Ok thats a great idea shame I am in England and wont get to play with most of the yanks regularly.

However if you plan on playing hw1 then you need to patch to 1.05

That is the latest patch. Everyone OL plays with this patch. So its no good teying to get a non patched group of hw players together as in effect you will be makeing it harder to find matches.

Again hw1?

Patch to version 1.05. Its not hard.

[pipnina]

I have set up server 8.
please put it on your first forum post

[Liquidaire]

I applaud your work. I'm an awful multiplayer,but i'll drop by sometime and see your work!

[ORCACommander]

I really ought to get someone to lock this topic. i have no control over the previous severs because of system wipes before log me in went to web administered networks. also logmein reduced then umber of clients per network now to 5. further functionality has been better replaced by gameranger