From 8f4fc9103a0d6ca1144f913eec691289aa99c6db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: restitux Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:39:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] wc3 multiplayer cleanup --- gaming/Multiplayer Warcraft III.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gaming/Multiplayer Warcraft III.md b/gaming/Multiplayer Warcraft III.md index 652de66..d3177e2 100644 --- a/gaming/Multiplayer Warcraft III.md +++ b/gaming/Multiplayer Warcraft III.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ [*Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_III:_The_Frozen_Throne) is an expansion pack for the tower defense game *Warcraft III* by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. This article will explain how to get multiplayer gameplay working on Linux. -The game provides two options for multiplayer: "LAN" and "battle.net". The LAN option will work out of the box if all players are on the same physical subnet and the broadcast address is working properly. The "battle.net" option, which allows multiplayer over the open internet, is slightly more complicated because Blizzard has shut down the original *Warcraft III* multiplayer servers. Therefore, for this option to work: +The game provides two options for multiplayer: "LAN" and "battle.net". The LAN option will work out of the box if all players are on the same subnet (broadcast traffic is routed properly). The "battle.net" option, which allows multiplayer over the open internet, is slightly more complicated because Blizzard has shut down the original *Warcraft III* multiplayer servers. Therefore, for this option to work: 1. [One player must set up a PvPGN server at a publicly reachable, static IPv4 address.](#host-instructions) 2. [All players must patch Warcraft III to use that server instead of the default.](#client-instructions) 3. Then, either: