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duke3d_1 Hail to the King, Baby! - 1996 released its still one of the coolest Computergame ever! The LAN Mode offers Deathmatch and a great COOP Mode.

Enjoy the short tutorial for playing Duke as network game....


How do i play Duke 3d witht Windows (2000/XP):


I tried to make this tutorial very simple:

Its very easy to play Duke, we use a opensource "port" to play the game with Windows. Everything you need is the DUKE3D.GRP (from the original CD), this file contains the gameplot.

So at all we need two files:

- DUKE3D.GRP (from the original Duke3D CD)
- Install file from JonoF's Duke Nukem 3D Port (JFDuke3D) DOWNLOAD HERE (only 800KB freeware)


I dont have a Duke3D.grp file?:

If you dont have a Duke3D CD you can try it with the shareware. (SHAREWARE)


1. Step:


Execute the downloaded file (from JFDuke3D) and install it (its a standard Setup).

2. Step:

Activate the checkbox "execute GRP Installer" and finish the setup. Choose your DUKE3D.GRP at the popupwindow and click "next". Thats all, the good old Duke3D is installed!

3.Step:

START -> PROGRAMS -> JFDuke3D -> SETUP

Here you can make your game-settings, change your video resolution and (very important) choose your sound!
Save the settings and now you can start the game with:

(START -> PROGRAMS -> JFDuke3D -> JFDuke3D


So ...."What are you waitung for...!"

Multiplayer - How to play in LAN (network):


Playing Duke3D with JFDuke3D im LAN is a little bit tricky..

So i made an example "game" with 3 players:

Step 1:

All players start the game from the commandline. Go to Start->Run  and type CMD in the field and press ENTER.

First of all change to your duke folder with:

cd C:\YOURDUKEFOLDER\JFDuke3D


Step 2:

One of the players has to open the game as "server", he starts (in the dukefolder) with:

duke3d.exe /net /n0:3

The 3 stands for 3 players -> The server is now open and waits for connections from the other players.

Looks like this:

 

dukean1

 




The other players use this command to start (again in the duke folder):

duke3d.exe /net /n0 192.168.x.x

192.168.x.x means the IP adress from the server.

Step 3:

The game starts automaticly and at the entrance-screen everybody has to press ENTER.

IMPORTANT: Only the "server-player" goes to NEW GAME, makes the game-settings and presses START GAME -> all players are now together in one game.


Setupscreen:

 

dukean2


After starting the game you can play together :) Here two ingame screenshots :

duke3d_2
duke3d_3

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not bad!
MiXer 2009-02-13 12:51:29

thx a lot!


WORKING !
Patrick 2009-08-26 17:10:46

Wicked mate. THX 4 that. Working great


I 2009-11-17 01:33:08

This will be woirking in win98 ?


Anonymous 2009-12-12 14:26:54

Works fine in Vista too


Network setup
lookin2rock 2010-01-18 17:50:59

Having a tad problem maybe someone can help regarding playing lan line intra
network games. I followed all instructions above and the games works great by
itself (have the CD)

I got to as far as setting up the game in the CMD
command, but when I try to set one of the computers as server, I get two boxes
that appear. One is the jfduke box image above (without the startup info or the
waiting for players text) and another box that pops up above that (with an ok
button if pressed closes everything). So in other words, the server doesnt load
up correctly I guess.

Part II, if that problem is resolved, where
specifially do I find the Server IP address?


Solutions
Douglas_Quaid 2010-01-20 23:18:39

This is a reply to lookin2rock.

1) The problem you have with two windows
appearing is because in front of /net and /n0:3 there is a space.

2) To find
the server IP address you go into CMD on the server computer and type in
"ipconfig". It should be in the first paragraph. After that you can
replace 192.168.x.x with the servers IP address.

Another thing you can do is
create a shortcut insstead of always typing in CMD. Just right-click and create
a new shortcut and then paste in what you would type into CMD.
Example
"C:\duke\JFDuke3D\duke3d.exe /net
/n0:3"

OR

"C:\duke\JFDuke3D& #92;duke3d.exe /net /n0
192.168.x.x"


lookin2rock 2010-01-21 05:08:34

That did it! You are my hero and I love ya no homo! Game runs super smooth even
with monsters and 6 players!


NOTE
Douglas_Quaid 2010-01-20 23:19:56

& #92; is meant to be a \


lookin2rock 2010-01-18 18:00:46

To add on the above, the grey box that appears over when launching after typing
in duke3d.exe/net...etc is the command line help with text. Do I have to
download all 4 files from the JoFo site or just the 1st one?

PLease help!
Playing Lan games really kicks ass and I miss playing!


Only 1
Douglas_Quaid 2010-01-20 23:20:58

Just download the first one


3 player LAN game
lookin2rock 2010-01-29 22:31:14

Would you happen to know why the game launches with only two players even though
the server is set to host 3 players? The game launches right away, leaving the
3rd player waiting (in the JFDuke pop up box) and never being able to launch
with the other two (the server computer is set to n:03)

Game works great but
even better if I can solve this issue.


playing duke on vista
roo 2010-03-30 12:32:53

i downloaded duke the other week cos i wanna play online with it and lan, but i
have no idea how too. i got it working on single player just fine. I run Windows
Vista and need some help, please help a newbie for both internet and LAN! :)


Using User Maps
Vladick 2010-04-04 19:25:45

After 15 years I'm back playing Duke and I want to share the meaning of
"Come Get Some!" with my 12 year old son. I had no trouble setting up a
LAN game using the command prompt, but when the game launches, I only get the
generic maps from the SP game to choose from. 15 years ago I made a bunch of MP
user maps that I would love to play again with my son. But the option of
choosing a user map is "blued" out in the setup menu for launching the
game. Does anyone know how make the user maps available in a LAN game? Thanks
for your help!


Anonymous 2010-06-05 01:58:34

Thank You!! this is amazing! you are my idol!
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