Multiplayer problems with BG2 via Hamachi

[Toverkol]

Salutations

Me and a mate of mine are trying to get Baldur's Gate 2 (with ToB) to work via internet. However we are going trough several problems in getting it to work with any coherence.

-disclaimer-
I have read all topics on the first several pages, several other fora and (official) faqs, our problem isnt spoken of there, most people dont even get to stage where we arrived.

-version history-
Partly because it was advised here and on other places we are playing with a fresh install, and the same patches and mods, in the same order.
the package is as follows:
[SoA install, ToB install, patch 26498, baldurdash gamefixes 1.12, baldurdash gametext update 12, Gibberlings 3 Tweakpack (gather party sound, cloakmirrorani, imoendialogfix, romancebugfix, no xp cap, d&d spell progression tables, force paused dialog, multiple strongholds, bonus merchants, shapeshift rebalance) D0Tweakpack (summoning cap removal, dimension door), Solaufein Romancable Character, King DUthka's Thief 1.1]
our firewalls are turned off btw.

-situation-
We have been trying to get thing to work over TCP/IP last thursday, but to no avail, probably mainly due to the router at the other end. We could see each others games, but not join them. We scavenged a number of forums and came up with the Hamachi utility, which emulates an IPX network. We tried using it last weekend, with moderate success.
We have been able to connect to each other on three occasions, every time when we had freshly restarted our computers, hamachi and BG2, creating a new game and loading our save from the new game (in irenicus' dungeon, that is)
In all other situations upon connecting to the other I arrive at the party-screen (where you set the permissions and such) but with the message that 'the server is waiting until it can admit new players'.
This situation arises with any other sequence of actions, like joining the saved game, trying to connect after a session was ended, or after using Hamachi or BG2 for any other means.
I have made a screenshot of the problem we come across, look at it here

If anyone knows of the problem, please help us out, it would be greatly appreciated.

[another disclaimer, considering the threads around here, please only reply when you KNOW something about the problem, don't come with those questions about whether we have the same versions or are using routers, i suppose that information is written out quite extensively above, and considering Hamachi, all this doesnt matter, especially since we had occasional success, thank you.]

[rookeiroach]

Sorry to revive such an old topic but I've the same problem with Ice Wind Dale II. Help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[Scatman]

Originally Posted by Toverkol

Salutations

Me and a mate of mine are trying to get Baldur's Gate 2 (with ToB) to work via internet. However we are going trough several problems in getting it to work with any coherence.

-disclaimer-
I have read all topics on the first several pages, several other fora and (official) faqs, our problem isnt spoken of there, most people dont even get to stage where we arrived.

-version history-
Partly because it was advised here and on other places we are playing with a fresh install, and the same patches and mods, in the same order.
the package is as follows:
[SoA install, ToB install, patch 26498, baldurdash gamefixes 1.12, baldurdash gametext update 12, Gibberlings 3 Tweakpack (gather party sound, cloakmirrorani, imoendialogfix, romancebugfix, no xp cap, d&d spell progression tables, force paused dialog, multiple strongholds, bonus merchants, shapeshift rebalance) D0Tweakpack (summoning cap removal, dimension door), Solaufein Romancable Character, King DUthka's Thief 1.1]
our firewalls are turned off btw.

-situation-
We have been trying to get thing to work over TCP/IP last thursday, but to no avail, probably mainly due to the router at the other end. We could see each others games, but not join them. We scavenged a number of forums and came up with the Hamachi utility, which emulates an IPX network. We tried using it last weekend, with moderate success.
We have been able to connect to each other on three occasions, every time when we had freshly restarted our computers, hamachi and BG2, creating a new game and loading our save from the new game (in irenicus' dungeon, that is)
In all other situations upon connecting to the other I arrive at the party-screen (where you set the permissions and such) but with the message that 'the server is waiting until it can admit new players'.
This situation arises with any other sequence of actions, like joining the saved game, trying to connect after a session was ended, or after using Hamachi or BG2 for any other means.
I have made a screenshot of the problem we come across, look at it here

If anyone knows of the problem, please help us out, it would be greatly appreciated.

[another disclaimer, considering the threads around here, please only reply when you KNOW something about the problem, don't come with those questions about whether we have the same versions or are using routers, i suppose that information is written out quite extensively above, and considering Hamachi, all this doesnt matter, especially since we had occasional success, thank you.]

I don't know if it will help, as I have never played online BG2 before, mainly to the lack of people doing so, but perhaps port forwarding would help. To do this port forwarding, you have to find the ip of your computer and your router, and then have the port that Baldur's Gate uses send the information from the other person to whoever is hosting. It's similar to forwarding a port for a minecraft server, I would suggest looking that up as it's a much more common game. Finding the port that BG2 uses might be difficult though. Again, I'm not sure if this will help, but it's worth a shot.