Giskard on 10/10/2017 at 06:14
Thank you for your reply. Meanwhile I tested it with a friend on net and it worked perfectly. So the problem is in my Laptop. (For example Hexen2 also crashes at starting)
I don't know it's matter or not, but my Laptop uses WinX, my PC uses Win7. Tried to set the compatibility, but the result didn't change.
IAmTheWalrus on 14/1/2018 at 07:17
So how would I go about getting this to work? Which version of NewDark do we have to get? And using Hamachi, what do I have to do to start a game and to join?
voodoo47 on 14/1/2018 at 08:40
you need to get oldDark, that's the catch.
Winprox on 9/10/2018 at 11:56
Hey there, I'm trying to get things working on both Steam and Original CD Release version. Followed instructions but unfortunately multiplayer window never shows up. There are actually two instances of game executable running. I'm on Win 10. Any ideas?
UPD: So, for some strange reason Build 215 works fine. I guess, I'll stick with it. So what's the problem with 218 though?
Amorphous on 16/10/2018 at 02:28
I had a similar issue following that guide. The game ran fine, but there was no sign of a multiplayer window. I will try again with build 215 soon
Edit: Tried with build 215. Installation appeared successful, gave me a multiplayer window, and all that. Problem: When I attempt to host a game, the moment it should take me to the mission's objectives screen, the entire thing hard crashes. Any ideas what could be causing that?
Edit 2: Aight wtf adding a password causes it to hard crash
i dont even
Edit 3: Alright, after some significant time spent trying to figure out how this works, I think I may have to give up. How does one actually connect to a server (using hamachi or otherwise)? I am hosting, I have the port forwarded, I am in a hamachi network with a friend. He tries to connect with the hamachi ipv4 address, the connection times out. Every time. Any ideas? Are we stupid?
sNeaksieGarrett on 5/1/2019 at 09:16
I'm not sure why folks are using 215. The latest version of the patch is 218 and I think it would be best to use the latest version.
I know this is several months late but here goes. Amorphous:
For the Christmas holiday a friend came over and we played around with hosting a server. We had some trouble getting it to start at first (see below*)... Main thing is making sure you both are connected to a hamachi group, then the host needs to give their hamachi IP to the client player. The client player needs to put that hamachi IP into the manual connection feature of the T2MP window, after the host has set up the session.
Once both players are connected, you should hear a loot grabbing sound. (sounds like you just picked up gold or other valuables)
*We were getting the time out thing as well but I think our first mistake was us not both being on hamachi at the start. Also, if one of you is timing out with the other, try flipping who hosts and who is the client. That seemed to work when we had the time out issue. Then later, after we refreshed our games and made sure we were connected with hamachi, we switched again who hosted and it worked that time. And the correct IP is the IP formatted like 25.xx.xxx.xx , in hamachi.
It might also be which version of hamachi you are using that could cause a problem but I don't know that for sure, just throwing it out there as a possibility. (I've got Version 2.2.0.607; "LogMeIn Hamachi")
As for crashing, I'm uncertain whether that is a game to system issue, or if it's due to how the multiplayer patch is set up and the mission that is installed. Some more details would be welcomed, such as what system set up do you have (t2mp + ddfix, windows version, etc) and what mission were you trying to play (OM or FM), etc.
Finally, on another topic:
Do we have any news on NewDark having the source code released, or any kind of peep from the NewDark developers regarding thief 2 multiplayer? So reading back through old posts, I got that really all that can be done, without having the source, is making improvements to the existing T2MP version for T2 1.18. I wouldn't even know what improvements we could make to it, or how to modify it. Also reading through these old posts again I saw that Hound was looking into the code at one point but not a lot had been said and the latest posts have been regarding troubleshooting.
Of course, the other thought would be that Le Corbeau or whoever could just take Tos' code and try to implement it into NewDark themselves, which I know has been suggested by demagogue in this thread. I know some communication was sent off to the french forum regarding the patch but I haven't heard anything further.
Niborius on 5/1/2019 at 21:34
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
I'm not sure why folks are using 215. The latest version of the patch is 218 and I think it would be best to use the latest version
In my guide I mentioned to use version 1.1.1 (I think it was) because it ran the fastest for me and gave me the best look in the game. Newer versions made the game look worse and more laggy for me, probably had something to do with the widescreen version and/or ddfix not working well together with the multiplayer mod.
About the other thing; I really hope as well to see multiplayer integration in NewDark, but there has been no news about if someone is working on it. At least not to my knowledge.
Still enjoying Thief MP to this day but a lot of missions (even OldDark ones) just don't work well.
Amorphous on 13/1/2019 at 05:38
Personally I used 215 because 218 simply didn't work at all. No multiplayer window, no functionality of any kind. Just ran as if I hadn't installed anything new.
As for the methods, it sounds like we were almost there. The only problem being that my friend and I just couldn't connect to each other. We weren't doing anything wrong. I will try again with someone else now that I know the method was theoretically sound.
Edit: Confirmed, it does work. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrSu77KVNmk) Multiplayer speedrunning achieved. I had to specifically check that t2mp.exe was allowed through windows firewall.
Hyron on 31/1/2019 at 03:02
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