Global War/3-5 Player/Team Viewer

[NCommander]

I've got SMF setup, and will send PMs to all confirmed players right now. Still hoping we'll get one or two more, but if not, we can start with 4. Probably by EOD today we'll get things rolling.

[gw15]

Put me on the list. I'll play any country.

Gerry

[Pax25]

I can try taking Italy. Just let me know what I need to do in order to get the game going.

[NCommander]

PMs sent, welcome to the game

[superval]

Hi NCommander
Im very interested in how you set this up on EC2 and what is required to get this going. I assume you need an EC2 instance with Windows running? Also, by setting up this way, does it allow for simultaneous user interaction or do you still need team viewer?

Any guidance you can provide would be gratefully received!

Cheers

[NCommander]

ORIGINAL: superval

Hi NCommander
Im very interested in how you set this up on EC2 and what is required to get this going. I assume you need an EC2 instance with Windows running? Also, by setting up this way, does it allow for simultaneous user interaction or do you still need team viewer?

Any guidance you can provide would be gratefully received!

Cheers

Create a EC2 micro instance (free tier if you're new account) with Windows Server 2012. Get the password for the machine and connect via Remote Desktop Connection. Install TeamViewer in unattended mode (which allows for simulatious user interaction, you can't do it with RDP at with with the out of the box setup. It might be possible with terminal services but I haven't tried).

Upload the MWIF 1.0.0 installer from the DVD or download addition, then install the 1.3.1 beta on it, install the hotfix to 1.3.1.5. Its worked beautifully thus far, aside from some minor resolution hiccups.

[superval]

Thanks NCommander, much appreciated.

[Zorachus99]

Interesting thread

"AWS Free Tier includes 750 hours of Linux and Windows t2.micro instances each month for one year. To stay within the Free Tier, use only EC2 Micro instances."

That would bug me long term.

BTW, I did some testing with XP mode with a Windows 7 VM, and then converted it to VMWare and tried VMWare free player. VMware with the free player works much faster.

I'm currently running my own Teamspeak server and the Windows 7 VMware Player on my PC for multi-player sessions for free. This is a pretty good price. The other nice thing, is I can browse the web while those Brits are doing their tedious naval moves. VMware runs at a much lower resolution than my native 2560x1440 so that I have compatible screen dimensions for everyone. Teamspeak is much easier to connect to, and deal with than with Skype IMO.

Not everyone has a 100Mb connection at home though. I'm shocked I pay less than $70 a month for it.

[bigred]

Just looked into Wif forum. Dont have the comp version. Interesting, and may buy the game.

[Enforcer]

How did this game go? was it successful up on ec2 with teamviewer?

EC2

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: Enforcer

How did this game go? was it successful up on ec2 with teamviewer?

EC2

It is still running with three players - presently in SO41. Unfortunately, none of us has had the time to continue with the AAR (Ragnarok).

Part of the reason for that, besides RL commitments, is all our spare time is going into playing the game, and we are having a ball.