New to Warzone, semi-new to TA

[blindwitness]

Hi I used to play TA quite a bit, and then I just recently started playing it again with a few friends. Then I saw this Warzone thing and wanted to try it out to play against other people.'

Though everytime I click on a server and it tries to connect it just shows the TA intro movie, loads a bit then a window pops up saying timed out while connecting to DirectPlay lobby. Is there some sort of fix for this? Or am I screwed?

To give a bit of data of what I've got, I have the original TA and that 3.1 patch downloaded. That's basically it.

It would be pretty sick to play some TA with a bunch of people though and see how good I am.

[downside]

Open the correct ports on your router and it should work.

[locmachine]

forward 2300- 2400 thats direct x ports needed. then to host games u need that and 47624 - 47624. also check that firewall is allowing ta, direct x helper, and the wz client.

to play online you will need more than what you have installed. i can give you many links or i can give you a all in one installer that will require u to uninstall ta.

www.mystoragelocker.net/ta

[blindwitness]

Thanks for the links and everything.

I downloaded the all in one thing and I can play with people when they put a server on bypass or something.

But I'm not sure how to forward ports if that makes things faster. Do you know where I could get some info on that?

Thanks for the help guys.

[locmachine]

www.portforward.com you forward ports to your router (default gateway in internet browser address)

[robbo101]

www.portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/Total_Annihilation/Total_Annihilationindex.htm

then find your router