Could I Play Starcraft On LAN

[nightwishfan]

Greetings all!

I am using OpenSUSE 11.1 and the latest version of StarCraft: Brood War on the new Wine, version 1.1.23.

I would like to ask how I could connect with a Windows Xp PC on a VPN or even just a local LAN to play a game. IPX or UDP, UDP would likely be better. I can both of our PCs in the same room, so it does not have to be a VPN, though if that is easier, I would like the simplest or most reliable option.

Thank you in advance!

[greenmachine]

I play starcraft on a LAN with friends. I run openSUSE 11.0 x86_64 with every version of WINE since about 1.1.15 or so.

There is no extra setup involved other than
- need to use UDP
- the Linux box needs to host the game. For some reason StarCraft in Linux doesn't seem to see the Windows people host games. You can try and use LanCraft under WINE to get around this problem. (This also works for warcraft III.)
- need to have firewall open if you host. or, just the specific ports open in the firewall - which I believe is 6112. You should check that from another source than I.

That's it. I have played Starcraft with my Windows and Mac buddies over the Hamachi VPN network, too, using the same criteria as above.

Good luck,
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[psybernetik]

hey, how'd you install starcraft? Did you do the dual boot method? I don't have a dual boot and I have the new version of SC. It keeps prompting me for the second disk which I can't do due to the linux mounting.

[greenmachine]

I installed starcraft with WINE, which you can installed as a package through the YaST software module.

I also followed these instructions to get starcraft working without a CD:
Blizzard Support

Basically you just do the file copying part of those instructions, and do it into the appropriate directory that starcraft is installed to under WINE (somewhere in ~/.wine/drive_c/ )

g