IPX connection, LAN-ing older games

[Kno_Mad]

So, I didn't know where to post this, it's not really a tutorial, or news, or anything to do with War3 modding, but I found an easy solution to IPX lanning and decided to share!


I recently installed StarCraft BroodWar on my Win7 system. The problem being that SC 1 LAN only works with an IPX connection (as does many other old games). I did some research and apparently Microsoft discontinued the IPX after Windows XP (for various reasons, including 'the Internet') and only provides a TPC/IP as standard nowadays.

I found a little app here that kinda fools your PC into thinking it has an IPX connection enabled. This thing is easy to use and it works!

How it works:
1 - Download the latest IPXWrapper zip file.
2 - Extract all the .dll's to your game root directory.
3 - If you use more than 2 PC's in the LAN; ectract the IPXRouter file to the game root dir. too, and run (double click) it. [you should see a IPXRouter.txt appear in that folder.])
4 - Run the Game as normal, your PC will think the IPX exists.

Disclaimer

By the way, I am not this 'Sloemn' person (Hell, I wouldn't know where to even start making a .dll file! XD ), so don't think this is me trying to get you to use my shit, coz its not... I just found it and thought I'd share. Enjoy!

 

[Mechanical Man]

You can do UDP for sc1 too, but it's true that I managed to make resolution expander work only on IPX :3

 

[andreasaspenberg]

this should have been in the computer tech forum. therefore it should get moved there.

 

[Joe-black-5]

Moved to comp tech.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

this ipx wrapper is very helpful to me. the biggest problem is that my anti virus programs block it as if it were a virus.(ipxconfig.exe to be exact.)