does this game work on lan with just 2 computers ?

[spidermight]

can i play this on lan with only 2 computers connected through ethernet cable

[Arran]

As long as each computer is connected to the same network then yes it will work like a LAN.

Go into the network connection settings of each computer and open something like "Local Area Network" go to its properties then go to the TCP/IP section and on one computer use the IP address 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 on the other. If you got lost with my rushed instructions try these steps: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-your-IP-A ... Windows%29

You should be able to see the other server popup in the LAN tab or try connect to it in quick connect.

[spidermight]

i can not get it to work, i did as you said but i cant get the server to pop up in the lan tab on one of the computers and when i try to do quick connect it just says connection timed out please help me with this

[Arran]

There could be many causes of that. Make sure that the network connection you're editing is the one which has the network cable plugged into. If the network cards work, the cable works, and the IP addresses are setup correctly then it should work, you could try in command prompt to ping the other computer.

Windows Key + R. Type in: cmd. Hit enter. Type in: ping 192.168.1.3 (assuming you're on the one that has the IP address of 192.168.1.2) If the ping fails try disabling windows firewall in control panel and anything else installed you have that might block it. Try the ping again.

Are you starting the server with MTA server.exe or in the MTA main menu? Either way, check in the LAN tab once its running and see if the local computer is even picking it up in the LAN tab.

[spidermight]

i have tried running mta server.exe and tried it in mta main menu but it fails to even pick it up on the other computer

my computer is on IP address 192.168.1.3

the other pc IP address is 192.168.1.2

[jhxp]

As Arran suggested first make sure that your LAN works fine. Go through the steps he explained in his last post.