Gears of War over Hamachi and playing games online without cd-key
Posted on 07 December 2007 by Stereohype
Did you ever wonder if it’s possible to play a game online without a cd-key? Perhaps you lost your cd-key or it got stolen/banned. The answer is yes, for most games it is possible. Theoretically any game which has LAN support can be played over Hamachi.
Hamachi emulates a LAN (LAN over the Internet), this makes it easier for all of us to connect to each other, just by looking under LAN games of a game we can see who is hosting a game. With Hamachi you can also chat with people (you play with) and arrange multiple computers into their own secure network, just as if they were connected by a physical cable. This tutorial is not only about getting GoW running but explains in general how to play any other LAN enabled game.
Okay, now that you know the essence, there are 2 easy steps before you start playing a game online over Hamachi.
First you will need to join an exciting network so it’s assumed you already installed the Hamachi client from here.
To join a network you will first need to know who is running one. Planethamachi is the most used site for such purpose and you just need to enter the name of the game (Gears of War) you want to join and a list of public networks will show up.
Now, on the right side you will see a join button to join a network. If it’s full/does not exist or you get some other error then just pick another one until you see a network appear in your Hamachi client. You can also do this manually once you know the login/password of a network.
Hamachi client has 4 buttons on the bottom:
* Power Off
* Set online status
* Create or Join networks
* Configure Hamachi
Click on the Second button (Create or Join)
A new window will pop up, it will ask you for a Network name and password. Everything is CASE SENSITIVE!
Second step is to see who is hosting a game at the moment, so in most cases people will put “Hosting GoW” or similar in their name and thats what you also should do when hosting a game. Every person connected to a network displays his numeric address next to his nickname. You will need to connect to that address once you are in the LAN option of a game. For example in Gears of War when you are in the game, open the console by pressing ` usually the button above TAB and type:
open “hosts address”
Where “hosts address” will be replaced by the hosting players Hamachi address.
For example:
open 5.113.22.123
Finally, to play Gears of War online using Hamachi you need a client fix that will bypass the maximum of 30ms ping for LAN games.
Download it from here:
Rapidshare
or
MiHD
Make backups of the original files in your GoW install folder that this fix will replace.
(note: this fix will remove any of your old profiles, such as your saved campaign, keyboard configuration, and you are only allowed to use one player profile per machine)
Also install this registry file to force GoW to use the Hamachi adapter instead of your internet adapter:
http://malawar.net/upload/gears_hamachi_fix.reg
After you replaced the file, you will be named Player1 and to change that you need to follow the instructions from here.
Do not patch GoW because the fix is not made for it (yet).
That’s it boys and girls, now join & enjoy!
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Tags | gears of war, hamachi, playing games online
December 8th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Great tutorial that helped me lots and workd fine for me
thanks for the tips
December 11th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Thanks fo this tutorial i had been looking for a good GOW hamachi tutorial for a while and this is about the best i have found
been playing a few friends for a couple of hours now no problems, there goes my life hahaha
December 18th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
hi, there’s a way for to keep saved games…if i copy them is it ok?tnx
December 20th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Phobos,
Of couse, if u copy them they will be saved
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:06 am
Hello. After doing all this my friend and I can play the game over LAN properly.. we have legit copies but the Live service refused to accept my 1 month trial key for Gold from the card in the box.. so we went this route
HOWEVER is there a reason why text chat ( by opening the console with ~ and typing say whatever whateveR) isnt working? I mean I see it when I type it, but my friend doesnt.. and I dont see his. I can’t find any information! I’m so frustrated..
December 25th, 2007 at 1:29 am
It’s true, the in-game chat does not work for some reason and will hopefully be fixed with patches soon.
December 29th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
guyz how do i install the registry file.its not an exe file so how can i install it.plz helppppp me.
December 30th, 2007 at 4:11 am
wahabwajahat – it’s not an exe it’s a reg file, what you have to do is just save the file as *.reg and double click on it, widnows will run it and ask you if you want to load it, click “yes” and that should do it.
December 30th, 2007 at 4:13 am
wahabwajahat – so, save the file to something like myfile.reg and double click on it. Hope I was clear.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Anyone had any luck with getting checkpoints to work? When I try to continue a game where we’ve completed the first few checkpoints, it loads back at the start.