BASH Digital League

Direct IP is the type of connection that will be most prevalent in the BASH Digital League. You will be using this method to connect if you are trying to connect to your opponent and both of you are on the internet and are not using Hamachi. Even if you are using Hamachi or are on a LAN, you still may find yourself using part of the Direct IP method to connect to other computers on the network if your network configuration is preventing games from being announced over the network. This guide will teach you how to…

• Create a direct IP game
• Join a direct IP game

Before following the steps in this guide you must have already…

• Signed up and registered your team for the BASH Digital League
• Both coaches must have downloaded their updated team from OBBLM
• Be in contact with your opponent and ready to play

Create a Direct IP Game

LAN Game Screen

Creating, or hosting, a Direct IP game is simple and easy to do. It does require you to do a few steps first to get ready. First, if you have a firewall you need to make sure the firewall will allow connections for Blood Bowl. Second, if you have a router, connect through a LAN, or have other network hardware that gives you an internal IP address you will need to forward port 16962, both TCP and UDP, to your computer. The next thing you will need is to know what your IP address. Since those behind a router will see their internal IP address when they try to check this an easy way to do this is to goto www.whatismyip.com. That will display to you the IP address that all other computers see you as on the internet. Now that you have that information you need tell your opponent what your IP address is.

LAN Game Setup

Once you have done all of this you’re ready to go into the Blood Bowl game itself and create the game. Launch the game and click on the “Multiplayer” option. From there click on the “Local Area Network” option. This will pull up the LAN Game Screen. On this screen you can set your name by changing the text in the box that says “Player Name” in the screen shot on the right. From here click on the “Host a Game” option in the lower right hand corner, then click the “Classic” game type. This will bring you to the LAN Game setup screen. On this screen you can give your game a name, but that won’t matter for a Direct IP game. You can also select the stadium you will play on. Click the “Create Game” button. You now need to tell your opponent that you have created a game and they need to connect to you. Once they have done this you will see a message stating they have connected in the chat box in the lower right hand corner. Once they have joined each of you will need to pick your teams from the drop down boxes and they you just click “Launch Game” to start your Blood Bowl Match.

Join a Direct IP Game

Enter in the IP address and click "confirm"

To join a Direct IP Game you need to launch the blood bowl game and click on the “Multiplayer” and “Local Area Network” the same as if you were creating the game. You can also set your in game name at the top of the LAN Game Screen. However once you are on the LAN Game Screen you will need to wait for the host of the game to contact you with both their IP address and the message that the game has been created. When you have been told both pieces of information by the host of the game click the “Direct IP” option on the LAN Game Screen. You will then need to type in the

Get out there and play!

(copy and paste works great for this too) IP address you were given by the host of the game and click confirm. Once you have done that you will be taken to the LAN Game Setup screen and you can then talk with your opponent through the chat box. Select your team from the drop down, wait for the host to launch the game, and then get ready for an exciting game of Blood Bowl!