EmperorLauncher is a project to patch Emperor: Battle for Dune to run well on modern systems, with:
- High resolution support
- Working online multiplayer with direct ip connection
- Coop Campaign mode
Download v1.0 here
There is a a blog post explaining the technical details here
Youtube video of me and a friend playing Coop Campaign in 4k
Just run EmperorLauncher.exe, and the app will prompt you to insert or mount your Emperor CDs. It will not work with an existing install, the app will create its own install folder from the CDs. Only works with the English version of Emperor.
- One player must choose to host in the launcher
- Other players must enter the host's IP in the launcher
- You can use the button in the launcher to test connection, but only after the host has launched the game
- Click multiplayer in the main menu
- Choose any username (must not be the same as other players), and type 8 random characters for a password
- Click login
- Click Custom
- Hosting player click Host, others can click refresh if they don't see the host's game
- Host chooses Deathmatch or Co-op Campaign
- All clients click Accept
- Host clicks Play
Don't click random buttons or change settings. I didn't make everything work, only the bare minimum.