Firstly - I'm a civil engineer so I only understand dirt (probably explains my attraction to it when attempting to fly). As such - please make sure all reply's contain small words
1/ I have version 4.10 - is this the right one? [IL2-1946]
2/ do I need port forwarding (or whatever it's called) where I set up a static IP for the computer?
2a/ I can do the static IP thingy with the router and my computer but if someone can link to an idiot's guide to setup the rest I'd be much obliged
3/ Is the IP for the server the same as the one on the other thread? [does someone mind confirming it so I'm not trying to search for the wrong server]
Notes: at the moment, I've tried goint into 'join multiplayer game' and then entered the IP and hit search - it just said searching and stayed that way. I had some dinner and it was still searching so I hit cancel. Not to be dissuaded by Einstein's theories about the definition of madness, I then tried it again - with the same results. Unperturbed, in the finest traditions of the Brittish, I turned the computer off and on again and had another go. Then I gave up, fought the computer, lost badly and went to bed.
On a positive note - I managed to get teamspeak working and I'm going to try to convince the boss to let me go shopping for a mic on the weekend so I may soon be soothing your ears with the dulcite tones of my nasally antipodean strine.
1/ I have version 4.10 - is this the right one? [IL2-1946]
2/ do I need port forwarding (or whatever it's called) where I set up a static IP for the computer?
2a/ I can do the static IP thingy with the router and my computer but if someone can link to an idiot's guide to setup the rest I'd be much obliged
3/ Is the IP for the server the same as the one on the other thread? [does someone mind confirming it so I'm not trying to search for the wrong server]
Notes: at the moment, I've tried goint into 'join multiplayer game' and then entered the IP and hit search - it just said searching and stayed that way. I had some dinner and it was still searching so I hit cancel. Not to be dissuaded by Einstein's theories about the definition of madness, I then tried it again - with the same results. Unperturbed, in the finest traditions of the Brittish, I turned the computer off and on again and had another go. Then I gave up, fought the computer, lost badly and went to bed.
On a positive note - I managed to get teamspeak working and I'm going to try to convince the boss to let me go shopping for a mic on the weekend so I may soon be soothing your ears with the dulcite tones of my nasally antipodean strine.