ip adress

[lordandcount]

if I try to join a game it says The ip adress the game is trying to use is invalid
any idea how to fix this?

[StrokeyBlofeld]

Try renewing your IP address. Most people don't have a static address, so it may be that for some reason the game doesn't like the new one you have.

Are you able to host games?

[lordandcount]

Can't host, how do I renew ip adress?

[StrokeyBlofeld]

Here's a link to some info you may find helpfull:

IP address help

[RascalJones]

Are you using a router? What the message is telling you is that your local network address is different than the ip address of your router. (I recently had to deal with this on my laptop).

I had to create a config file and put in a parameter of "OverrideAddress". That tells the game what IP number to use to play.

Easiest way to achieve this is to use the user.cfg (found in "My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Start Up"). If this file isn't there, create it with NotePad or NotePad++

In the user.cfg, put this line:

OverrideAddress="[IP Address Here]"

such as this:

OverrideAddress="192.168.1.104"

http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/645408.aspx

To find out what IP address to put in "[IP Address Here]", just go to http://www.knowmyip.com it will display your IP Address, and just put it in the file. I think I kept the quote marks in my file.

Worked like a champ.

[StrokeyBlofeld]

Nice one Rascal, never came accross that one before......

[RascalJones]

I think I read that they included that "feature" in a patch somewhere along the line.

[lordandcount]

Thank you rascal it worked.

[Comadevil]

If u get disconnected and connect again u must also change this ip address as well