Download Now - Steel Beasts

1. Installation 2. Finding online games 3. Tactics 4. Sharpening your skills 5. Goodies 6. Etiquette 7. Credits
Getting into a game is fairly straightforward. First, grab a pen and something to write on; there's going to be an IP address
to keep track of soon. Also, if you've been having any connection troubles you'll want to disable any firewall you've got
running (especially the WinXP firewall) and shut down any antivirus programs. If you have connection problems, your best
resource is the Steel Beasts FAQ area.
Your first stop is www.steelbeasts.com - more specifically, the link down the left edge that says "SB Chat".
This is where 98% of the Steel Beasts games start. (And I don't know where the other 2% come from.) Lots of idle chatter
goes on, but the event you're waiting for is someone posting an IP address. This will look like 133.59.234.116 or
something like that (I made that one up). Write down that number, or highlight and Copy it if your chat system permits.
If you have a low-bandwidth connection (56k or poor DSL) you might want to exit the chat room at this point. If your
connection's good, by all means stay in chat, but you might want to change your nickname to indicate that you're in a
game because if someone sends you a private message, Steel Beasts will minimize to the taskbar. (This normally
happens at the worst possible time.) To change your nickname, type /nick FooBar, where FooBar is your new name.
Now, start up Steel Beasts, click through the title screen and select Multiplayer.
Your
status
defaults
to Host -
click on
that
word
and it'll
change
to
Client,
and a
box
will
pop up
to
receive
the
host's