Jonathan

Is there anyway to spoof the lag? Is it just me, or was Force Commander a pretty cool game?

Hi, my friend and I love playing Rebellion online, but I'm not always at my broadband high speed home, and right now am in Hollywood, using a satillite internet connection. We have to make a VPN(Virtual Private Network), also known as WAN, but you can basically just call it a LAN. Anyway, our computers can see each other, and the VPN works great for little Java servers I create or basically whatever else. Unfortunately in Rebellion, the games don't seem to connect. I can see his game in TCP/IP, and he can see mine, but only to the extent of the name, when he tries to join it doesn't work. It just freezes up and then asks for the IP again. So, I was wondering, does your ping effect connecting to a Star Wars Rebellion game? I have a ping of at least 600ms because of this 80,000 mile travel to and from the satillite. If there's anyway to mod a "time-out" for Star Wars Rebellion, I'd be grateful. I can't figure out why it isn't working. It works at home, and we're both using the same computers that it works on. And it can't be a firewall, because once we're on the VPN that's all torn down. Please help! On another note, SOMEONE MAKE REBELLION HANDLE MORE THAN 2 PLAYERS MULTIPLAYER! I can dream, can't I? Rebellion is probably one of the best Star Wars games out, but will quickly be beaten by both Battlefront 2 and Empire At War.