I have no idea which forum this should be in... so i'll post it in Old FIFA titles forum and Hardware, Internet, Networking etc. forum

I am trying to play my mate on FIFA 98... I have 2 computers both running the same installation of FIFA, with the same settings in the way the computer is set up (Network settings).

Yes i do have IPX enabled etc Enabled

I can access the game... I can 'Initiate' only... i cannot join... this occurs on BOTH computers!!!

can someone help me

I am running XP Home on both computers!

so ure using a Xover cable connected to two LAN cards.
Right

in XP make sure you turn your firewalls off
yes... you do that

I am using a Xover cable on 2 PCI Network cards

Firewalls on BOTH computers are OFF...

it still doesn't work!

Originally posted by Jono82
I am using a Xover cable on 2 PCI Network cards

Firewalls on BOTH computers are OFF...

it still doesn't work!

try to set ip address for both machine... can you see each other on windows??

it is quite difficult to set up your network if you are using xp... not impossible just difficult...

make sure youre both on the same workgroup and subnet mask

Check and set the IP Address....

...but FIFA RTWC 98 doesn't use TCP/IP...

...but FIFA RTWC 98 doesn't use TCP/IP...

So did this ever get resolved.

I dug out my old FIFA 98 RTWC to play a LAN game at his house over the wireless LAN. We installed the game (v 1.0). The games run.

Added the IPX network protocol. Now we both can get the "Initiate Network Game" option going. I can then see the blank "message box" and see my machines name, and the X at the bottom that goes back.

So what do you do ?

I assume one person initiates a game, then the other can join, but I cannot get through the initiate game sequence.

All I can do is click my machine's name (which changes the text from white to yellow. Nothing else doable.

Is there an FAQ out there?

Is it that we are both playing off of the same CD (one is a copy of the original CD) ?