H3 Multiplayer Server up

[hermanhum]

If you have a server up or are looking for an MP game, drop a line here or look for us on HarpGamer pHp chat room or the HG mIRC chat room.

Some of the other guys might be willing to act as the server if you are unable or unwilling to do so.

[Pegasus66]

Thanks again Herman and Tony with setting up IRC and H3 ANW as server on my PC last nite. It took some time, but we got there at the end. Unfortunatle, when trying to act as server for the first time Herman was kicked out of the game after 5 minutes of play. And then I was kicked. It seemed the internet gateway software had crashed leading to a complete loss of internet and a crash of the server. Luckily I did not have to reboot my PC. But it was very annoying when I tried to launch an attack on that Russian Nanauchka of Herman the computer decided to play against itself [:-].
 
I will try to find out in the windows error logs what went wrong, but I'm not sure I can find the reason for the server crash. My PC and bandwith should be enough; Pentium P4 2,8 mhz; 1 GB RAM; 1 MPBS upload and 4 MBPS D/L speed. And firewall deactivated (which made me feel a bit naked).
 
I hope to play again this weekend against one or more of you! And I still want to sink that boat of yours Herman [8|].
 
Herman

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Pegasus66
And firewall deactivated (which made me feel a bit naked).

Oh, please don't disable firewall alltogether, at a bare minimum leave the XP firewall up and running. You are very naked without it!

[hermanhum]

ORIGINAL: Pegasus66

And firewall deactivated (which made me feel a bit naked).

Naked Harpoon3 play?! Now, that is just wrong on so many levels... [;)]

But I'll certainly keep "Co-ed Naked Harpoon" in mind when we organize our next competition. [:D]

[hermanhum]

We finally got that pesky connection to work and we finished our game. [:)]

We had such a great time that we decided to switch sides and try it three more times. Although I managed to eke out victories, Pegasus really pushed me to the limit. Sometimes, the difference between victory and defeat hinged on the result of a single missile.... [;)]

Thanks for a great series of games and for acting as the server. [8D]

[Pegasus66]

My pleasure Herman! But I still need to learn a lot more. I'm happy we did have no crash at all last nite. Next time a scenario including subs perhaps?
 
Tony, thanks for the tip I have adjusted my XP firewall settings to allow H3 ANW through. I deactivate Zonelabs temporarily during gameplay, and activate XP firewall. It's done in a sec. 

[hermanhum]

We just welcomed Blond Knight to the wonderful world of H3: MP. [:)]

Although BK said that he was a 'noob', he acquitted himself like a real pro! Here is another one of those 'Wolves in sheep's clothing'. [;)]

We tried out "Whose Islands Are These?" from the Original DB and fought each other to a standstill. Of course, I helped BK out by shooting myself in the proverbial a$$ when I sank my most powerful ship with an errant SSM shot! [:(]

Welcome aboard, shipmate, and may we have many more sessions to come. [8D]

[Blond_Knight]

I look forward to our battle tonight. Sea of Ohotsk! Where the remnants of the brave Far East Fleet must defeat the Imperialist Agressors!
This will be fought on my server. Setup lastnight its currently running the default db and scenarios, but I plan to import the Playersdb and scenarios asap.
This server titled : Leningrad Naval Academy is located at: 209.158.203.230:14342
All are welcome to use it.

[hermanhum]

The Leningrad Naval Academy commenced its fall semester, tonight. [:)]

The first class set in the Sea of Okhotsk. Things got off to an auspicious start (at least for me). Detected a submarine lurking across my Path of Intended Movement [PiM] and prosecuted her with Extreme Prejudice. It could have been a long search, but I got lucky and dropped a sonobuoy right atop her. Like the saying goes, "I'd rather be lucky than good." [;)]

Three Mk50 Barracuda torpedoes later, no more sub.

Blond Knight launched a strike from Vladivostok who dumped their missiles in the face of heavy fighter opposition before fleeing back to base with Tomcats in pursuit.

This looks to be a great scenario! [8D]

[Blond_Knight]

The son of a Politburo member was serving aboard that submarine.  They were on a scientific mission to detect fish concentrations to assist the Far East fishing fleet.
(Red Army choir in background) Arise young Soviet men, the Motherland calls....
They will be avenged!!