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raptor · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: Arrive, new challengers!

I had a splendid night yesterday fighting TheMysticMaster in OMF2097 over dosbox until far into the morning hours. Using Dosbox and it's ipx tunnel buildt in software.

The game ran with less problems and less lag/slowness than what have been the standard before with programs like Kali, Zone, Khan etc.

So all of you Start installing Dosbox and give me a fight! I haven't had this much fun in years!

(On annother note, this completelly ruined the fun of playing SF4 for me...)
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Xaronth · Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 6203 Location: Arizona, USA

That sounds fun. Is that a recent thing with Dosbox? If not then I'm surprised it took you this long to give it a shot heh.
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raptor · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:58 am Post subject:

I've just been very innactive latelly. Heck until the game against TMM on Sunday, I had not touched the game in two years!

But that was so fun, that even the thought of picking up SF4 again now is just poo!

edit: On a semi related note, done some changes to my own forum, and been posting there abit about playing. Will try to write up a basic guide to getting omf running on ipx in dosbox eventually as well.

http://www.omf2097.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11
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Dirtbag · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: The Netherworld

*cough* *cough*

well, how does one set up an ipx funnel for OMF, I can be a excellent punching bag Smile

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noobman · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 17

I haven't played OMF in over a year now, but I reckon that I could put up a decent fight.

raptor · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject:

For now TMM has been nice enough to setup a ipx tunnel server for this purpose. This lets us bypass problems with directlly connecting thrugh firewalls, NATP etc.

In short, once you installed Dosbox, gotten OMF to run to your preference. Go to start menu and select the "DOSBox.conf", scroll all teh way to the bottom where it says:

Robyrt · Joined: 09 Sep 1999 Posts: 7606 Location: Virginia, USA

Failed to connect to server... again Sad

Xaronth · Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 6203 Location: Arizona, USA

When I get time I'll try it out, looks easy enough. This could totally revive OMF if it works out as well as it sounds.
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Dirtbag · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: The Netherworld

raptor · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:21 am Post subject:

Just tested it, and it worked here. Don't knwo what the problem is then, might have to try connectiong directlly up to someone else with a ipxnet server setup, with direct routing for the ip.

Xaronth: As for all OMf multiplayer online, it is slow. It has always been, and will always be the way the networking works in OMF. I've nicknamed it OMF GO! or OMF Chess. Simply no way to get it to run as fast as it does singleplayer, it more or less runs like it used to do on old 386SX25mhz with 4mb of ram.

Still fun though :)

You just have to get used to doing the moves a bit slower, and not just mash the buttons down. Also, that you can predict and be predicted far more.
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TMM · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 19 Location: 'the internet'

if you guys want I can now run a more permanent IPX tunnel. I hacked up dosbox a bit to make a 'stand alone' one Smile

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raptor · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:47 am Post subject:

Neat, I'd love to get in a couple of games again. Unfortunatelly my arms are messing up quite a bit, and keyboards are mostly a "no go" for me nowadays. So I don't know when I can play, or for how long.

I hate this entire RSI stuff, I'm getting lots better, and can even use a console controller for quite a while now, but keyboards still wreck me up.

I might have to *shudder* adapt to playing omf with a gamepad!

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