[Cynphur]

Hi, my friend and I are trying to play Age of Empires 3 together but he can see my game but when he tried to join it he gets a 'Failed to connect' message. When he hosts i can't see his game at all and all the ports are opened fine etc.. What is a problem though is when he hosts at the top of the screen he doesn't see his Tunngle IP but rather his normal ip 192.168.X.X etc. Is there anyway he can get that to be a solid tunngle address? I think that's causing the issue.

Thanks in advance.

[Brioche]

Hi . Check that your adapter is on top http://www.tunngle.n...tunngleadapter/ on both systems.
If it's on top and you still have problems (and the game is not a Game for Windows Live) then you can try to check this: http://www.tunngle.n...-t23092/p1.html .

[Cynphur]

Both adapters are top priority. Although he says his Tunngle adapter has a red X beside it? (Windows Vista) I'm not sure what that means.. I'm on Windows 7 and i have no X. Also tried the ForceBindIP but when he loads the game it still uses his normal IP rather than 7.X.X.X! Any more ideas?

Edit: Oh i guess he wasn't logged in Tunngle that's why he had the red X. Nevermind
Edit: We done the Red Alert test too and it worked fine. I'm confused!

[ZAX]

You must start AoE3 like this:

"D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="7.0.0.2" (7.0.0.2 - your tunngle ip)

[marzzbar]

Seems like you've got the same problem we had with Age of Mythology.
In which case, you each log into tunngle, go into a room, disable your internet connection, open Age of Empires 3, host a game to check your IP is your tunngle IP, reenable your internet, and then join your friend's game.
Tis a bit tricky, but it worked for me and Versatile

[Cynphur]

'ZAX said:

You must start AoE3 like this:

"D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="7.0.0.2" (7.0.0.2 - your tunngle ip)

This worked. Thanks dude

[Versatile]

Of course it works. Enjoy.

[fcuser]

'ZAX said:

You must start AoE3 like this:

"D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="7.0.0.2" (7.0.0.2 - your tunngle ip)

I'm trying to play aoe 3 with my friend and that works with him, but i still get the same 192..... ip. I have done what the video of versatile in youtube says but i still cannot make it work . Thanks in advance!

[Brioche]

Hi . Maybe the link is wrong? Did you use the right Tunngle IP? If you have vista or 7 try also to run it as administrator.
I do not know this game. Maybe our friends here know something more .

[fcuser]

'Brioche said:

Hi . Maybe the link is wrong? Did you use the right Tunngle IP? If you have vista or 7 try also to run it as administrator.
I do not know this game. Maybe our friends here know something more .

thank for the instant reply... i solved my problem. I just had to update to the last update. thank you.

[Versatile]

'fcuser said:

'Brioche said:

Hi . Maybe the link is wrong? Did you use the right Tunngle IP? If you have vista or 7 try also to run it as administrator.I do not know this game. Maybe our friends here know something more .

thank for the instant reply... i solved my problem. I just had to update to the last update. thank you.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I cannot help you if its based off of user error. I am glad you got it working!

[fcuser]

'Versatile said:

'fcuser said:

'Brioche said:

Hi . Maybe the link is wrong? Did you use the right Tunngle IP? If you have vista or 7 try also to run it as administrator.
I do not know this game. Maybe our friends here know something more .

thank for the instant reply... i solved my problem. I just had to update to the last update. thank you.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I cannot help you if its based off of user error. I am glad you got it working!

Of course not. You have said it in your video, but i didn't pay attention to it, because my friend was able to login with the tunngle ip, using the (!) stock version. But when i saw again the video I realised what i've done wrong....

[AgeOfEmpiresUser]

Ok i have nearly the same problem ... i get a "failed to join the game" message when i want to connect.

we got both the Tunngle Ip in AoE3 with
"D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="7.0.0.2" (7.0.0.2 - your tunngle ip)

and we can see our games, UPnP is not acivated, ports open both adapters are top priority and if we use hamachi and the hamachi ip it works correctly but it legs with huge battles ...

when we use tunngel we disable the hamachi adapter and use windows 7

i searched for long time with google etc but nothing works... has someone a idea?

...sry for my bad english

edit 1: tunngle works with other games like CSS CoD4 WcIII etc but not with AoE

[fcuser]

'AgeOfEmpiresUser said:

Ok i have nearly the same problem ... i get a "failed to join the game" message when i want to connect.

we got both the Tunngle Ip in AoE3 with
"D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="7.0.0.2" (7.0.0.2 - your tunngle ip)

and we can see our games, UPnP is not acivated, ports open both adapters are top priority and if we use hamachi and the hamachi ip it works correctly but it legs with huge battles ...

when we use tunngel we disable the hamachi adapter and use windows 7

i searched for long time with google etc but nothing works... has someone a idea?

...sry for my bad english

edit 1: tunngle works with other games like CSS CoD4 WcIII etc but not with AoE

As far as I could make out from my short experience with the game, I can tell that if you do the following things I'm going to tell you, then I can not advise you at all....

Firstly as the video of versatile recommends, update to the last version of the game(if you haven't done it yet) and do the procedure with the user.cfg... moreover I believe strongly that this helps a lot, download and follow the instructions: BindIP . This helped me a lot. I hope you solve your problem.

[AgeOfEmpiresUser]

thanks for your answer ...

our version of Age of Empires 3 Aisan Dynasties is 1.02 (i think the latest version)

the thing with the user.cfg is the same as this step --> "D:GamesAge of Empires IIIage3.exe" OverrideAddress="tunngle ip" isn't it?

and if we host a game it shows our tunngle ip for example "7.3.218.xxx" not the usual 192.168..., and we can see the games but not connecting to each other ...

we (3 persons) tried it many times with different hosts, firewall on/off, Kaspersky on/off but we can't connect with each other...

tunngle works with other games correctly (firewall on kaspersky on everyone can host) so i think the settings are correct but aoe3 just works with hamachi .. and this sucks

edit 1:
i watched the vid, but as already said the ipchange from pc ip (192.xxx.xxx.xxx) to tunggle or hamachi works but i can only connect with other people if we all use hamachi ip ...

[NinjaDropkick]

I am having the exact same problem. I have done all of the above. OverrideAddress, forwarded the port, made sure it was first on the adapter list, made an exception in Windows Firewall, and tried every other possible solution to this problem. I've watched Versatile's videos on troubleshooting and making aoe work, and I still have the exact same problem as AgeOfEmpiresUser. I can see people's games, and people can see my games, but when I try to join it, or they try to join mine, it times out and says "Failed to Connect". This also happened with Hamachi. This only happens with my Windows 7 laptop and not my XP one. I can connect to a XP-Vista server and Vista-Vista server, but it seems I can't connect Windows 7 to any server. I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me, you guys do a great job helping others on this forum.

The IPs at the top of the screen are the Tunngle "7.x.x.x" IP's on both computers.

[Versatile]

It doesn't make sense, does it? So you have the game updated to the latest version, and did the override trick? When I did my setup, I hosted a game on Windows 7, and I got my XP to join me I do believe. Or was it the other way around? Regardless, this is what I suggest you do.Read this guide here. If you did options one through seven, then we need to be creative and get Brioche involved. http://docs.google.c...vc52g_6gv4v6gcj

[NinjaDropkick]

I have successfully forwarded the ports, and I am able to connect to my friends aoe3 Vista server using my XP laptop, and vice versa.
When I click test on both computers, it comes back saying the ports are blocked, but on my XP laptop I had no problem playing with my friend who has Vista.
My aoe is up to date
The IP Override works on both computers, I see the 7.x.x.x IP at the top of the AOE screen on both computers when I host.
My windows firewall is off and aoe as well as Tunngle have exceptions to them in Windows Firewall
Changing the DMZ settings did nothing
The Red Alert test was successful, I was able to connect to my XP laptop using my Windows 7 laptop
I disabled all my antivirus / firewall software, my AVG and MalwareBytes and UnHackme
When I host a game on either laptop, with both connected to the aoe network, I can see the games, but when I double click to join it times out and says Failed To Join Game.

I have truly tried everything I possibly can, and I have a feeling this has to do with something in Windows 7. I'm trying to play against my wife as we both enjoy playing this game. I also wish to play with my father who enjoys this game as well and is the owner of the XP laptop. So my father and wife can play against each other, but I cannot because of this Windows 7 laptop. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.

[ZAX]

I believe it's a firewall issue. I've read about playing with success on XP - Vista and Win7 vice versa. Check AVG again!

EDIT: It must be a firewall or the game itself because you've got succes on the RA1 test

[NinjaDropkick]

That's what it seems like but I disabled every AVG module and still have the same problem . Age of Mythology and Age Of Empires 2 both work and connect on all of the computers, just not Aoe3.