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post Apr 5 2009, 01:13 PM
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I thought id post this after someone had this problem,
Thanks to hyper for identifying the problem when i was editing my Best of Beta exe.

How to fix play Lan play

Simple visit this site and download the lan patch
http://www.understorm.net/cnc/lan/ts_ra2.phpTHIS DOWNLOAD LINK DOESNT WORK
understrom is down please download the patch from my post further down this topic.
You should now be able to play TS and some TS Mods over Lan but not all Mods will work.

How to play a Mod with a custom exe With the lan fix

You should find the mod dosnt work
There are 3 ways to fix this
1) remove the Lan patch (wsock32.dll) This will fix the problem but stop lan play from working.

2) Rename the mods exe from what it is (eg Dawn.exe or Best of Beta.exe) to gamemd.exe
This allows you to play lan via that mods exe however limits you to 1 mod with a custom exe

3) This is more for the modders/hackers that have made the mod with the custom exe
You can search the wsock32.dll using a hex editor and replace Gamemd with any 6 symbols and
if you call youre mods exe what you renamed the Gamemd.exe it should work.
(there are ways to extend it so you have space for more than 6 symbols but i currently do not know how to do that)

There is a complet turtorial on option 3 by Nyerguds here http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18939

Why
The wsock32.dll is set up only to work with a exe file called game (used by RA2 and TS) and one called gamemd (used by RA2:YR) if the exe being run has any other name the dll will not recognise it and the game send out an error.

Originally posted by Revolutionary (me) on Project Perfect Mod then updated and posted on cnc-comm

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post Apr 5 2009, 08:45 PM
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For Option 3, don't you mean "game" rather than "gamemd" ? I mean, this is a TS forum, not a YR one...


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post Apr 6 2009, 08:13 AM
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no i mean gamemd

the wsock32.dll is set up to recongnise 2 exes 1 called game (for TS and RA2) and 1 called gamemd (for RA2:YR) since gamemd isnt used for TS if you change it TS will still work and youre mods new exe (that you replaced gamemd with) will work.

basicaly its there for RA2 but is unused by TS so it can be used to help us


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post Apr 6 2009, 02:06 PM
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In fact, if you read Nyerguds' tutorial, you disable the check for gamemd.exe and then replace the "game.exe" check string with your mod's executable's name. Since you can only replace existing bytes, removing the check for gamemd.exe makes it possible to have your mod's executable's name to be longer than 8 characters.

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post Apr 7 2009, 04:22 AM
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If i remember correctly removing the gamemd.exe check lets you use the gamemd.exe and the game.exe space for your exe name. Also Dawn of the Tiberium Age has the wsock in it.


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post Dec 31 2009, 04:46 PM
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Sorry to bump, but, the link for the LAN patch is broken.


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post Dec 31 2009, 08:29 PM
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it use to work

(darn that was on my to be backed up list)

i have uploaded the lan patch here, if any one has any problems with me doing this ill take it down
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Attached File  ts_ra2_lanpatch_1_00.zip ( 23.18K ) Number of downloads: 1876
 


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post Dec 31 2009, 08:51 PM
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no problem with me, thx


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post Jan 10 2010, 07:08 PM
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Woah, understorm is gone? :|


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post Jan 10 2010, 08:19 PM
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It appears so hmm.gif


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post Jan 14 2010, 12:19 AM
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Damn, better back up the patches, anyone have to TD/RA one?


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post Jan 14 2010, 05:56 PM
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Here you are: Attached File  cnc95_ra1_lanpatch_1_01.zip ( 22.66K ) Number of downloads: 328


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post Jan 14 2010, 09:50 PM
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Thanks.


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