Close Combat: Playing Over the Internet

SUMMARY

You can play Close Combat head-to-head over your Internet connection.

To play Close Combat head-to head over the Internet, the initiating player must know the IP address of the waiting player. Your IP address may be different each time you connect, so Microsoft recommends that you tell your opponent your IP address while you are connected, using an Internet phone, second phone line, e-mail, chat program, etc.

Additionally, both players must be connected to the Internet before you start a 2-player game. You can connect to the Internet using any of the following methods:

• Start your Web browser.
• Use a dialer program provided by your Internet service provider (ISP).
• Use a Dial-Up Networking connection through your ISP.

For information about connecting to your ISP service, contact your ISP.

To play head-to-head using the Internet, follow these steps:

Waiting Player

1. Connect to your ISP.
2. Start the game, and then click 2 Player. The IP address for your dial-up adapter (modem) is listed.
3. If you are accessing the Internet via a corporate network (LAN), click the IP address. The first IP address is your dial-up adapter (modem) and the second IP address is the network adapter card. Use the second address.
4. Communicate this address to your game-play partner.
5. Click Wait For Connection, and then click OK.
6. Click Begin.
   
   NOTE: Begin is unavailable until your game-play partner is ready.

Initiating Player

1. Connect to your ISP.
2. Start Close Combat, and then click either Campaigns or Maneuvers.
3. Choose your side. The other player plays the other side (his/her choices are ignored). Choose a maneuver or campaign, and then provide the commander's name if you are prompted.
4. On the Command screen, click 2 Player.
5. Click Initiate Connection.
6. Type the waiting player's IP address, and then click OK.
7. Select the level of difficulty. If you choose custom, then you must also configure your game-play partners options.
8. Click Begin.
9. When you hear the Artificial Entity announce "connection established," you can each press Begin to start the game.