Posted March 21, 2014
Hey guys. For the longest time I've been wanting to play Redneck Rampage with my friends online, but I found that there was an issue with Rides Again multiplayer. Redneck Rampage runs fine for multiplayer, but there seems to be an issue with trying to run RA under Windows 7 or higher.
It turns out the problem was something very simple: It involves making a small adjustment to the dosboxRA_client/dosboxRA_server files.
When you open these files up with notepad, they will read as follows (This is the HOST or server CONF file):
[IPX]
Enable=1
Connection=1
ipx=true
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C "..\Redneck Rides Again"
imgmount d "..\Redneck Rides Again\RRRAGAIN.inst" -t iso -fs iso
c:
cls
IPXNET STARTSERVER
ra.exe
exit
Look at the line that says ra.exe. That is the Rides Again main game exe. This is the source of the problem! When running Redneck Rampage games for multiplayer, you MUST be launching the game through the setup.exe file, NOT the normal RR or RA.exe file. It is the only way you can access the "Network Game" command that is in the setup.
To fix this, all you have to do is change it to setup.exe, like so:
[IPX]
Enable=1
Connection=1
ipx=true
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C "..\Redneck Rides Again"
imgmount d "..\Redneck Rides Again\RRRAGAIN.inst" -t iso -fs iso
c:
cls
IPXNET STARTSERVER
setup.exe
exit
And there you go! It seems like the GOG programmers that set these files up for Rides Again forgot to set it to use the setup.exe file for multiplayer. Be sure to make this adjustment for both client and server CONF files.
Also, I've noticed that there is a missing space in the CLIENT command line that might be causing the "automatic window close" effect.
IPXNET CONNECT x.x.x.xsetup.exe
Directly after the spot where the IP goes, the ra.exe/setup.exe command line is pressed up against it. You need to put a space between those so it reads like:
IPXNET CONNECT x.x.x.x setup.exe
I also want to mention that I removed the EXIT command that is at the very end, but that was for my own purposes. The only downside to doing this is whenever you are done with the game, you have to minimize the window and close it manually when you are done.
It turns out the problem was something very simple: It involves making a small adjustment to the dosboxRA_client/dosboxRA_server files.
When you open these files up with notepad, they will read as follows (This is the HOST or server CONF file):
[IPX]
Enable=1
Connection=1
ipx=true
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C "..\Redneck Rides Again"
imgmount d "..\Redneck Rides Again\RRRAGAIN.inst" -t iso -fs iso
c:
cls
IPXNET STARTSERVER
ra.exe
exit
Look at the line that says ra.exe. That is the Rides Again main game exe. This is the source of the problem! When running Redneck Rampage games for multiplayer, you MUST be launching the game through the setup.exe file, NOT the normal RR or RA.exe file. It is the only way you can access the "Network Game" command that is in the setup.
To fix this, all you have to do is change it to setup.exe, like so:
[IPX]
Enable=1
Connection=1
ipx=true
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C "..\Redneck Rides Again"
imgmount d "..\Redneck Rides Again\RRRAGAIN.inst" -t iso -fs iso
c:
cls
IPXNET STARTSERVER
setup.exe
exit
And there you go! It seems like the GOG programmers that set these files up for Rides Again forgot to set it to use the setup.exe file for multiplayer. Be sure to make this adjustment for both client and server CONF files.
Also, I've noticed that there is a missing space in the CLIENT command line that might be causing the "automatic window close" effect.
IPXNET CONNECT x.x.x.xsetup.exe
Directly after the spot where the IP goes, the ra.exe/setup.exe command line is pressed up against it. You need to put a space between those so it reads like:
IPXNET CONNECT x.x.x.x setup.exe
I also want to mention that I removed the EXIT command that is at the very end, but that was for my own purposes. The only downside to doing this is whenever you are done with the game, you have to minimize the window and close it manually when you are done.
Post edited March 21, 2014 by GordonFreeman21