Need Help With Stronghold Crusader Extreme Multiplayer?
Question by Alexander: Need Help With Stronghold Crusader Extreme Multiplayer?
Hi, I have been having trouble with Stronghold crusader.
I was playing on it with my brother, and unblocked the program so it would let us play, we enjoyed a good game together until he quit, I turned off the game and it the Computer wanted me to unblock some sort of “Microsoft Direct Help” (I cannot remember the precise name for it) and not seeing any harm in it, unblocked the thing, thinking it would help our gaming further, but when I went to turn on the game again for another Multiplayer game on Crusader with my bro, It crashed when I went to join his game, realising my Mistake, I went onto Firewall and attempted to find the program again, but I couldn’t find it, so seeing as I couldn’t find it anywhere on my computer, I decided to reset EVERYTHING to default properties, thinking it would get rid of it, but it didn’t.
Please help me, what am I doing wrong? How can I play with my Bro again on Stronghold Crusader Extreme?
Please note I am using Hamachi and i did work like a charm, It only stopped when I allowed that Microsoft thing.
Best answer:
Answer by Scott Kevill
Stronghold Crusader (and Stronghold Crusader Extreme) can be pretty unreliable by itself for networking even on a home network. Your best option for trying to play Stronghold across that network is for you and your brother to use GameRanger. Even though GameRanger is primarily designed for online play, it also solves the problems you are having.
GameRanger is a multiplayer online gaming service supporting over 600 games (including Stronghold) that lets you play online in a friendly community without the hassles of network connection problems.
You can set up private games on GameRanger so that you can play only with your brother, or allow others from the internet as well.
Thousands of people play Stronghold Crusader online on GameRanger every day (of all skill levels), so you should have no problem finding a game. It’s THE most popular place to play because of its ease of use.
UPDATE: I’m fairly sure that GameRanger should continue to work even if Hamachi has stopped working.
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