Letting friend join

[Zilverftw]

how do i make a friend join my EO game. i remember the older versions had a config in the menu where friends could join from. how do i allow them to enter my game in the EO version?

[Lavos]

You might wanna check out this tutorial and read it carefully.
Link: [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,60241.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,60241.0.html)
References:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv0XCaUkfNk

[Zilverftw]

i get that part. but how can the friend connect. thats the question. befor he had to write my IP in his client. ( i am talking local network) and then he was in my game. this version of eclipse doese not seemse to have that thing. how can he connect then?

[Lavos]

@Zilverftw:

> I get that part. but how can the friend connect. thats the question. befor he had to write my IP in his client. ( I am talking local network) and then he was in my game. this version of eclipse doese not seemse to have that thing. how can he connect then?

Read Number 7 on the tutorial. then watch the video again. It seems you have a problem understanding how computers connect to each other.

[Redevenz]

Beating around the bush with stupid answers like "I don't think you understand how that works" is going to solve the problem. Rather than giving the person a guide why not directly respond? One possible problem could be an invalid/non existent port forward. Another could be that the ip could be changed/altered to a static ip thus causing a problem in the web traffic. Please explain the problem more in depth so that a solution can be found.