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Sorry please bear with me :) 06/06/2011 at 17:42 #3163
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I'd like to play both Bristol and Exeter simulations together or Bristol and Gloucester together on the same computer. How do you do this ?

Could some please provide a step by step guide please? or a direct link to how to please?

I know this has more than likley been covered 1001 times but I cant find a step by step guide.

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Bluebird.

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Sorry please bear with me :) 06/06/2011 at 17:42 #16378
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I'd like to play both Bristol and Exeter simulations together or Bristol and Gloucester together on the same computer. How do you do this ?

Could some please provide a step by step guide please? or a direct link to how to please?

I know this has more than likley been covered 1001 times but I cant find a step by step guide.

Thanks
Bluebird.

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Sorry please bear with me :) 06/06/2011 at 17:51 #16379
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http://www.SimSig.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=usertrack:ssrun:simmp30
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Sorry please bear with me :) 06/06/2011 at 18:00 #16380
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to clarify...becuase the diagram doesnt explain it.. would i enter the ip as my internal ip adress or the external one with port number?
"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Sorry please bear with me :) 06/06/2011 at 19:47 #16383
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Probably needs to be added to the Wiki but to chain internally the IP address is 127.0.0.1

Actually it's here.

Peter

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 11:02 #16441
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Thanks for that gentlemen, so I can chain Bristol and Gloucester together and have one long scroll from Bridgewater right through to Bromsgrove ?
Using the same computer?

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 11:33 #16442
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you could have didcot all the way through westbury and to exeter, and upto bristol and bromsgrove
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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 11:34 #16443
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not sure if the sims are available as such but its maybe possible cos they all have been released in the past.
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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 12:36 #16445
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Bear in mind you also need to have a compatible timetable for every sim in a chain, otherwise you'll get some odd train behaviours when they move between boxes.
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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 13:10 #16447
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Any Sims that are chainable across the internet can be chained within a single computer. Chaining between three or more different Sims can also be done within one computer. For reasons of your sanity SimSig does not encourage such action!

Peter

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 13:13 #16448
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Peter Bennet said:
Any Sims that are chainable across the internet can be chained within a single computer. Chaining between three or more different Sims can also be done within one computer. For reasons of your sanity SimSig does not encourage such action!

Peter

If your megalomania is sufficiently florid, however, this can hardly make it worse.

Oh, and I know a good therapist...

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 13:30 #16449
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kbarber said:
Oh, and I know a good therapist..
Call Simaritans?

I can only help one person a day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look too good either.
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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 13:33 #16450
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AndyG said:
kbarber said:
Oh, and I know a good therapist..
Call Simaritans?
Groan...

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 16:50 #16451
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Thanks for all the information, but Ive followed the intructions and there are some bits that dont make sense (to me) such a click the chained tab...I cant see anything with that on in Network Play section?
Do I need to copy and paste the IP address into the slave sim also ? even though it is on the same computer ?
All I get is attempting to connect to server please wait.......
Then.
Failed to connect to server or XX server diconnected......
Any ideas ?
Thanks.

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Sorry please bear with me :) 09/06/2011 at 21:25 #16453
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Based on 2 Sims:
You start both sims through the "network play" option.
Both sims are launched as servers but with different PORT numbers.

You then choose one and link it to the other through the multiplayer/connect to external signalbox options.

There you enter the IP address (whatever we said it was ) and the port number - which I think is that of the target sim.
If you are getting the message you are getting then maybe you are using the wrong port so try the other. Otherwise you may need to check your ports are actually open there's a thread on "Port Checker" somewhere if you do a search or search the internet for the download.
If you still have a problem then it maybe firewall or something like that.

Peter

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Sorry please bear with me :) 10/06/2011 at 13:36 #16464
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Cheers mate, will give it a go!

Thanks - Bluebird.

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