JGRAY

what is happening is I am playing multi player with people that are on the same LAN line. I will register to the server "connecting" but will never connect. Also i reseve all my posistions east or west and what solider i am. then my screen goes to recieving and a red and or yellow box will show up on the bottom right hand section of my lap top screen. On the top left will say no message reseved for 10 seconds. What can i do to play