Age of Empires: Conquerors and Vista

[Don Purvis]

Does anyone have a way to allow AgeII: Conquerors to run multiplayer? I
can't host or connect to a lan game with a Vista computer. It appears to
time out. When connecting to a different computer hosting the game, it will
show up on the screen as the player name on the hosting computer but any
selection for team and race won't show. After a while, it
says it could not join. It appears to time out. When connecting to a
different computer hosting the game, it will show up on the screen as the
player name on the hosting computer but any selection for team and race
won't show. After a while, it says it could not join.
So far, I have gone into the firewall program control and given it access
and am doing run as administrator.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Having the same problem, and getting nowhere. the only hint I can find is
changes to DirectPlay in Vista. There is a note that the DP NAT helper has
been discontinued in Vista, but I don't know if thats the culprit.
It will be a real shame if conquerors bites the dust. I don't suppose that
Microsoft games studio will release a patch after all these years?

 

[Guest]

Having the same problem as well. I called micrsoft and their recommendation
was to "upgrade" to Age of Empires 3. Aren't they just so helpfull.

 

[Dale M. White]

in the words of Marcus Fenix "Nice !"

Having the same problem as well. I called micrsoft and their
recommendation
was to "upgrade" to Age of Empires 3. Aren't they just so helpfull.

 

[Guest]

Try downloading the LLTD responder on the xp machines in windows, and the
latest directx updates on the Vista machine. I think it was the lltd
responder that did the trick.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

I was just fixing the network mapping, and lo! after installing the LLTD
package, I was able to host a game on the xp machine which the vista machine
joined. And this was with windows firewall on!

Brian Wilkie