Can't join LAN game - Linux Mint

[CommandandPrompt]

Running this as a project with some students. We have a network set up with 1 windows machine and the rest Linux Mint.

 

The windows machine can start the LAN game just fine, but the Linux machines won't cooperate. We choose 'LAN' at the login screen, but when we click login it reverts back to 'Online' and nothing happens.

 

Any suggestions would be great.

[FunkyFr3sh]

Just tried it quick with a fresh Linux Mint 17.3 installation, it works fine here.

 

 

Does it revert back to Online instantly? That would mean there's a problem on the Linux Mint machine.

 

If it actually takes a few seconds and then reverts back it means that it can't find the server. Could be a firewall/anti-virus related problem on the windows machine.

 

 

If you can't get it working then you could try one of the following options:

 

 

 

 

Option 1 - Use Online mode instead of LAN mode

 

If you have an active internet connection then this might be the easiest solution. In most cases the client will establish a Peer-To-Peer connection and there is no difference to LAN speed wise.

 

 

 

 

 

Option 2 - Run the LAN server on one of the Linux Mint machines

 

Note: If there is any gecko/mono installation prompt, click no.

sudo apt-get install winetricks
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.cncnet" wine wineboot
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.cncnet" winetricks -q dotnet35

 

 

if you get the following error message "dotnet35 conflicts with dotnet2sp1..." then:

rm -r -f "$HOME/.cncnet"

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.cncnet" wine wineboot
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.cncnet" winetricks -q dotnet35

 

 

 

 

Option 3 - Direct ip connection

 

First start cncnet in LAN mode on the windows pc to get the LAN server up and running.

 

On the Linux Mint machines you'll have to locate the following file and rename it from "_Servers.ini" to "Servers.ini"

"$HOME/.cncnet/drive_c/Games/CnCNet/RedAlert1_Online/CnCNet5/Others/_Servers.ini"

 

Open Servers.ini and replace the hostname in the first line with the ip of the windows machine:

e.g. "IRCServer1=Prothid.NY.US.GameSurge.Net:6667" to "IRCServer1=192.168.0.50:6667" where 192.168.0.50 is just an example

 

Start cncnet on the Linux Machine and go into Online mode (Not LAN!)

 

 

 

[CommandandPrompt]

Thanks for the reply, and the effort you went to! That's really above any beyond!

 

I will give this a try with them tomorrow and see if we have any luck