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Multiplayer solution for Windows Vista and Windows 7

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willthegreat:
Thanks, much appreciated!

lushan:
Hello guys, I've just tried it today and it didn't work :(

When I click on the "Multiplayer Games" button, it takes me to the SP menu, with the campaign.

Did I do anything wrong?

Should I uninstall and reinstall?

Thank you.

Arparso:
Did you do anything special to your Nexus installation? I think the same happens to me, when I extract the nexus_00.dat into Nexus' installation folder, for example... it just won't load multiplayer.
(Or was it something else? Can't remember...)

Some mods, mostly campaign mods (which don't just reside in the "mods" subfolder, but also modify your base installation folder), might have the same effect. Try uninstalling those and see if that fixes your issue.

lushan:
I had the Stargate campaign installed a while ago but not anymore. I will try an uninstall and reinstall. Will I have to go through the same procedure with the fix after reinstalling Nexus?

Thanks.

Arparso:
No, you don't need to apply the multiplayer fix a second time. Simply leave the DLL there and it should work just fine.

The reason why Nexus multiplayer doesn't work in Windows Vista or above is Microsoft removing some old parts from their DirectX package in these newer operating systems, including "DirectPlay Voice", a voice-chat protocol for multiplayer games. Nexus tries to use DirectPlay Voice, which isn't available anymore, and then crashes when trying to join or create a multiplayer session. The fix above simply registers a custom DLL pretending to offer DirectPlay Voice functionality, but which in fact does nothing at all. Still, the game will happily run, because it thinks it is actually talking to DirectPlay Voice (although voice chat still won't work, of course, and should be disabled in-game).

The fix basically installs itself right into your Windows installation and isn't tied to Nexus. In fact, other games with the same problem might get fixed as well, although I don't know any other game with that particular error.

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