Now that WON.NET has finally met its maker, we now have had to find alternate methods of playing our league games. One method is the use of Kali servers. However, before using Kali, you will need to follow these instructions.

 Go to http://www.kali.net/ and download the latest version of Kali. It used to be that Kali was free but now that is no longer the case. You can download a "trial" version of the software and play via the MNF Lobby Server but there is the possibility that you could get bumped off at any time as the trial download is only supposed to allot you so much time. You can get a lifetime license with Kali for a mere $10 fee.
 

There are basically three methods for setting up a game in Kali

1)Game Lobbies(the option that is listed below)

2)The Monday Night Football Room. For Instructions on how to use the MNF Room, click here.

3)Server Mode. For Server Mode Instructions, click here.

There are some basics to setting up FBPro98 for Kali.  Steps 1-24 show how to set the game up for game lobby play.However, there are some configuration settings that need to be followed in order to have smooth game play. To get further information on setting up  for the MNF Room and Server Mode, you can click on the links above for each respective method of connectivity.  Steps 25-35 are what need to be followed once the game has started via Kali. 

Before playing a game in Kali, please be sure to do the following.
1) Turn off firewalls and any virus software. You should be able to use your router with Kali.

2) Turn off built in firewall in Windows XP. Also, set compatibility mode to Windows 95. Win98 will tend to kick out coaches who try to start a game.

3)Prior to setting up FbPro98, it might be a good idea to go in and change some proxy settings within Kali. This can be accomplished by going to File and then Clicking on Settings.

4) After clicking on settings, select Proxy. From here, you will need to put a check in "Enable Special NAT/Proxy Handling."

5) Highlight the game resources folder and right click and choose “Add Custom Game”.

6) Where it says Game name your game. (Ex: FBPRO 98)

7) Where it says program you need to browse to where the hike.exe is kept.

    (Ex: C:\SIERRA\FbPro98\Hike.exe)

8) Command line is where the –l (-"L" but lowercase) goes so that a log will be created.

9) Make sure that the “Needs WinSock support” box is checked.

10) Now Click on "Change" which will change the Question Mark

11)From there, find your Hike.Exe  file and click on "open"

12) It should now look like this.

From here, you will need to make sure that some additional settings are made prior to starting a game.  Go to the "Special" tab under the Game Settings box and make sure that both boxes are unchecked. However, there have been some who indicate that for those who use Dial Up against a Broadband connection, that it would be best to have "Allow Kali to drop packets to speed up game" CHECKED but leave the "Drop packets that are out of order" UNCHECKED. This will lead to shorter hangups and still allow the game to continue keeping packets in order. For those with fast connections, the extra packet setting should be at "2." However, if you are using DialUp connection, it is recommended that the extra packets setting be moved to "3."

13) Hit ok.

14) It will now show under game resources folder under My Games.

15) Go up to Game Lobbies and see the FBPRO 98.

16) Highlight it and select “Start New Game

17) Game options come up.  Change the number of players to two and also change extra packets to 0.

18) Hit ok.

19) This screen will now come up.

20) Now the other player can join the room.

21) See the Ready to Rumble that’s the chat line to talk to each other before game.

22) Now the visitor will click the launch button and hit ready.

23) The host will now click the launch button and select start game.

24) Now the actual FBPRO 98 game should launch.

25) Select Online Remote Play.

26) Select League

27) Select On-line and your GAMExxxx.in

28) Choose Network/Modem

29) Now this screen will come up.

30) Check the low latency.

31) Don’t select "Internet TCP/IP Connection for Direct Play" as is shown here. You want to check the IPX for direct play. If you DO NOT see that option available, that means your computer does not have the IPX protocol installed on your computer. You may need to install it. If so, I would recommend finding your Operating System CD prior to installing it on your system.

Note: If you would like steps for installing the IPX Protocol then click here if you are a Windows 98/ME user. If you use Windows 2000 or XP then click here.

32) Now create game. As for the opponent, he will need to "find game"

33) You will see waiting for other player then the game will launch.

34) Now PLAY!

35) Don’t do anything at half it will continue.

Thanks to Chartuck for taking the time to write most of this out and for the screenshots as well as Paul Cabrera and Nolan Denson for their work on this project as well.

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