Just tried this twice with TF, it crashed near the start of Medsci1 in both cases. This will probably not be fixed, since it's a fairly small issue. IP addresses are not displayed in the game staging screen for any player other than the host, and the host's internal network IP address will probably be displayed rather than their external one. dll at startup, and connecting to or hosting multiplayer games should be much easier than it was before. The game will automatically load the wrapper. If you are hosting a game and are behind a router, you may need to forward port 5198 in order for others to connect to you.ģ. zip into your System Shock 2 directory, making backups where appropriate if you'd like.Ģ. Stability and latency should also be improved under DirectPlay 8. dll for System Shock 2 that converts the old DirectPlay 4 calls that are made for the game's multiplayer support into DirectPlay 8 ones, thereby making multiplayer playable under Windows Vista and eliminating the need to use Hamachi to connect to a host that is behind a router.

System shock 2 multiplayer join crash