okay as a newbie to the site, i just have a couple of questions about this download.
Does it differ from the original retail version (after patching)? If so, I hope there's been improvement to have it run under XP>
What is the term "ISO" mean. Now that shows I'm a newbie!!!
As for copyright issues I don't see an issue. they don't support the game anymore, they've given up on the franchise, and keeping it alive thru a download only helps to recruit future purchasers of their product if they ever do decide to revive it.
And hey, great site! I thought Close Combat had died a lonely death...
Well, I give it a try after my buddy replaces his linksys router. Guess he downloaded the wrong firmware upgrade and wrecked his router. Spent several hours with linksys tech support to no avail.
Amazing how hard it is to run this game via the internet.
Told him to buy Combat Mission and catch up with the "real world", but let's face it, CC is fun to play and has a great campaign mode!
After several hours of touring the forums, downloading GameSpy, and even talking to Linksys tech support (in India), I still cannot successfully host a game of CC5, either by TCP/IP, or UDP, or at Gamespy...
I've got a buddy who ONLY plays CC, and I've finally gotten him to fight a human (me...), instead of the AI, but only on my home LAN.
Very frustrating...
I went so far as to change my port forwarding settings for my router to those recommended in another post (47624 to 47624, and 2300 to 2400), but to no avail. My opponent still sees only the LAN IP address not the real external address, and cannot connect. I've turned my Windows XP firewall completely off to no avail, then turned it back on with an exception for both GameSpy and for CC5.
Anyway nothing is working.
Ready to bypass both of our routers and play "naked" on the net.
Any "how-to's" out there?
Thanks in advance!!! Glad to see the CC community still exists!
In August of 2004, Zappi, Homba, Bambam887, RedScorpion and MOOXE all pitched
in to create this Close Combat site. I would to thank all the people who have visited
and found this site to thier liking. I hope you had time to check out some
of the great Close Combat mods and our forums. I'd also like to thank
all the members of our volunteer staff that have helped over
the years, and all our users that contributed to this site!
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