Others will be more able to talk about the CC specifics, but in theory it should be possible. In terms of creating a server, I think the term used in the lobby is Host. The client would then connect to the IP address of the hosting machine. Using TCP is more likely to be able to route through the ...

Did you try reinstalling the CRT download?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2008-vc-90-sp1-no-longer-supported
(direct link) https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/D/8/5D8C65CB-C849-4025-8E95-C3966CAFD8AE/vcredist_x86.exe ...

You would need to contact support so they can move one of the registrations to a different account login for MP.

support@slitherine.co.uk

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You should repost this in the CMO forum, as it will get seen by people better suited to answer your query.

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Please don't reply to spam, no matter how tempted you are.

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Depends on the kind of game you mean. Strategic or Tactical.

Battle Academy 2 has a robust random map generator for both skirmish and that can be used in the map editor.

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wevilc wrote: Wed May 28, 2025 7:40 pm I can’t send PMs. I get logged out when I hit send. Anybody else have this? Is there a fix?

It just worked for me in a test, but I am something of a special case.

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It does a wrap based on the number of portraits, so with less portraits you get some more mixing up (IIRC), but if you add more it will pretty much just be static.

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It looks like that is how the portrait logic works - it uses the name as the base of the index. This is coded, so I'm not sure there is a workaround. Sorry.

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It's something we're talking about right now. It's hard to prevent actual people from bypassing our restrictions, but we'll always keep trying!

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A question for you.

Is there a way that your filters can block certain IP and MAC addresses? If it is the same people posting from a ...

It's something we're talking about right now. It's hard to prevent actual people from bypassing our restrictions, but we'll always keep trying!

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My guesses:

+ something is preventing the mss32 dll from being correctly run. Likely AV.
+ Windows Folder Protection is enabled? It might be that the prior game EXE was given an exemption (and the editor EXE is likely unchanged).

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That error log shows that the game has shut down cleanly, which is very odd.

Is it possible that this is an AV issue? It looks like the firewall is stopped the game from connecting to the internet, but that shouldn't stop it running.

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You're best off asking this in the forum for the game itself

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... hp?f=10664

Generally MP passwords are shared out of band, usually by people who know each other. If you don't know the challenger, than I imagine that game isn't for you

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Does the game launch if you remove the error.log file? How about if you rename the whole folder (in Documents/My Games/CloseCombatTheBloodyFirst)?

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I'm locking this thread.

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Your best bet is to contact support@slitherine.co.uk - they are best placed to try and reconnect you with your old account.

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Glad you like the system. I'm not sure what game you are referring too (most keep a full log of all messages) - it might be better to post in the game's forum.

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I would suggest reaching out to support, they can grab your IP from you and we can try to work out what the problem is.

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This is clearly a political thread. I'm locking it.

And consider this a warning, Elvis.

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