Why do online multiplayer games crash frequently?
Marc Huppke writes: “The problem is Anno 1602 was not programmed to be played via Internet, it was programmed to be played on local area networks, only. Although it is possible to play on the internet via TCP/IP, we unfortunately can not guarantee that playing online will work without any problems. We can only give you the following hints to minimize the chance that errors occur during Internet gaming. To play via Internet check out the following points: • make sure that ping time is below 200 ms, • make sure that packet loss is below 5%, • do NOT use the PAUSE key, • do NOT accelerate the game by pressing F6 or F7, • switch off cutscenes (movies). We apologize for not being able to provide a bug fix for this problem because this is a result of the basic structure of the game. If you follow the points mentioned above it should minimize the problems.
Marc Huppke writes: “The problem is Anno 1602 was not programmed to be played via Internet, it was programmed to be played on local area networks, only. Although it is possible to play on the internet via TCP/IP, we unfortunately can not guarantee that playing online will work without any problems. We can only give you the following hints to minimize the chance that errors occur during Internet gaming. To play via Internet check out the following points: • make sure that ping time is below 200 ms, • make sure that packet loss is below 5%, • do NOT use the PAUSE key, • do NOT accelerate the game by pressing F6 or F7, • switch off cutscenes (movies). We apologize for not being able to provide a bug fix for this problem because this is a result of the basic structure of the game.
