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My friend and I have played Age 3 ever since it came out on our Lan. We have no changes at all in anything ever since and play 3-5 times per week with no problems. Then we get new patch thingy from the update game box. NOW our lan does not see either of us. We either do not show up at all in the other person's lan join game thing, or we show up only to have the connection fail. Now we cannot play the game with each other, which is why we bought the game in the first place. We have checked every little stupid thing with our internet, our firewalls, our lan connections etc etc etc. We need some help in getting us back up and playing on our Lan line, please.
Sincerely,
Frustrated

I'm in the same situation. I've changed the settings on my router, upgraded firmware, port forwarding, disabled anti-virus, etc. Ever since the new patch it doesn't work.

It appears that I'm going to need to have both of you contact MS Games Support

Thank you. I have followed your advice. Now I will await a response.

Having the same problem. My brother and I were able to play on a LAN very simply when we purchased the game. However, after the installation of this new patch, we are no longer able to do so. I've checked and we're both running the same version of the game. Also, the computers will not connect to the game via IP address. We're both able to create and host games but on LAN neither computer will recieve the others...
Help?
It's kinda the reason we play the game!

Hi, did anyone ever find the answer to this? I'm having the same problem.. what did MS say?

I have the same problem, is it not just him. We can play LAN with vanilla and twc but not TAD!

I have simulaur problems i once use to be able to play but now i cant when i host a game it say to who joins failed to join game but when they host it says when i join no game was found wierd