[Bug 13348] New: /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

Summary: /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.0-rc1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

You need (amongst others) to modify /etc/hosts to play multiplayer with
DirectPlay. You need to set your hostname to your local ip adress instead of
the loopback address. You should come up with a good solution to this that
doesn't require people changing their /etc/hosts file. It should work
"out-of-the-box". Please!

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail]  2008-05-22 09:49:03 ---
You need (amongst others) to modify /etc/hosts to play multiplayer with
DirectPlay. You need to set your hostname to your local ip adress instead of
the loopback address. You should come up with a good solution to this that
doesn't require people changing their /etc/hosts file. It should work
"out-of-the-box". Please!

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

Juan Lang  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from Juan Lang   2008-05-22 09:59:57 ---
This is a bug that should be fixed with your distro, not with wine.  The way
that apps query the local IP address is broken in Windows too (it just happens
to work more often there.)

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail]  2008-05-22 13:19:14 ---
See, too:
Bug 9839 - Game cannot connect using DirectPlay8.1
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9839

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

--- Comment #4 from [e-mail]  2008-05-22 13:34:36 ---
Should I make a bug report at all ditris with this host file?

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

--- Comment #5 from Austin English   2008-05-22 14:25:38 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Should I make a bug report at all ditris with this host file?

It's not a problem for wine to fix. So yes, file a bug with your distribution.

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Austin English   2008-11-17 13:12:07 ---
Closing.

[Bug 13348] /etc/hosts modification for DirectPlay

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13348

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Platform|All                         |Other
         OS/Version|All                         |other

--- Comment #7 from Austin English  2012-02-23 14:57:56 CST ---
Removing deprecated 'All' Platform/OS.