Dedicate and Join

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Hes Vital
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Dedicate and Join

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I wanna know if I can create a dedicated server and join from the same machine.
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Post by Boom »

I know u can c the game by typing "dedicated", not sure if u can play thoug. Dont think so...
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Post by King »

Yes. Typing dedicated one or two times should do the trick.
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Doing that does have a tendancy to crash the server, though.
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Good to know.
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Sorry, but I didnt understand, someone can explain me best how to join the game that I hosted?
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Post by Zopharks »

You can only run one copy of giants on a single machine, so you cannot join your own game.
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[NEO]Z0PharX wrote:You can only run one copy of giants on a single machine, so you cannot join your own game.
One copy, and if I install again?
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Post by RichardMH »

You cant have two installations on the same OS
you need a 2nd computer....
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I am speaking about some crack or hack thats allows me to open two Giants.
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not possible
and any computer are having enough trouble running ONE
set up of Giants.
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Re: Dedicate and Join

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Hes Vital wrote:I wanna know if I can create a dedicated server and join from the same machine.
whats a dedicated server?
and whats the difference between a normal and dedicated server?
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Post by Hes Vital »

I can explain in just:
Normal you are playing.
Dedicated your machine is dedicate to the server, in some games you cant play from the same machine.
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Post by Baldrick »

If you want to install a second copy of giants, just delete the giants
registry entries.

1)Go to start
2)Click on run
3)Type in regedit, then press okay

You should now get a window popping up.

On the left of the registry editor, you should see a tab called My Computer, under that, you should see a folder called HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Expand that box, you will see another folder called software - expand that
Look for a folder called "Giants citizen kabuto" or something like that, highlight that (click on it once :P ) then press the delete key.
Simple :)

I would backup the registry entry before you delete it, so you don't get any complications later on (like with the uninstall or any patch updates)
To do that, you select the giants citizen kabuto registry entry, right click and press the "export" button.

Select where you want to save the registry entry, press save.

If you ever need to put the registry entry back in, just double click the file that is exported.

You may run into a few complications, if you do, just ask and ill tell you how to fix it.
If you need anything explained better, just ask.

I am not too sure if you can join your own game from the same machine though (it has to be tested), but you CAN install 2 copies of giants.
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