How to play multiplayer Age of Empires 2

I just got Age of Empires 2 for my Mac the other day and now I want to play multiplayer with another mac and a PC. But I can't seem to figure out how.

When I had a PC, I used to use LAN Connection but that's not even an option here on the mac version.

My mac tried hosting, the other mac did and so did the PC. But whenever I tried to get into a game via IP address it says "unable to locate game" and when the other mac tries is just keeps loading forever and nothing happens on the PC. I'm pretty sure that the 2 macs are in a network but the PC is not, but they're all in the same house. 🙂

So how do I play multiplayer games with two other people? I have no clue.....
--Thanks.

Message was edited by: Pop7

Poawer Mac OS X G5 3 GB DDR SDRAM, Adobe, iPod, iLife '06, Final Cut Express, LiveType, Soundtrack

Posted on Aug 1, 2007 6:25 AM

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Aug 1, 2007 7:18 AM in response to Pop7

Hi Pop7,

although I had played AOE II and AOE III on my PC (when I had one), I never tried out multiplayer gaming.

But one thing is certain: AOE II on Mac and AOE II on PC are not compatible in terms of multiplayer. They just don't cooperate.
This goes for the whole Ago Of... series.

Who is to blame for this, I don't know (maybe Microsoft or Ensemble Studios).

Sorry

Stefan

Aug 17, 2007 8:54 PM in response to Fortuny

I have 2 Macs and I am creating and my friend is trying to join but he cannot join. He has MacBook Intel I have Power Mac G5. Both are connected to internet wirelessly. What am I doing wrong? Or Intel and Old Mac do not allow us to play multiplayer games?

By the way, we are trying to play Age Of Empires II version 1.0.5

Thank you.

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