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Connecting to Other Games

Smoothping fully supports World of Warcraft, Aion, Rift, Star Wars, Tera, Dragon Nest, Tibia, Darkfall, Eve online, Apb Reloaded, and Vindictus, using our Smoothping Elite client. We also offer limited support for other games that you can connect to using third-party programs.

What "limited support" means is that you should be able to connect to them through our service by using ProxyCap and PuTTY, but we cannot guarantee that this method will continue to work or even be available for that game.

Many game formats continue to change as the game develops. A game that you can play today using Smoothping may not be available tomorrow for any SSH tunneling services at all if they opt to include UDP components, and some that you have been enjoying for awhile may suddenly change port numbers which you will then have to research on your own.

That being said, here is the method which you can use to connect to other online games.

First, you will need to download PuTTY as your telnet device. PuTTY is a freeware program available here:

Download our PuTTY bundle:
http://www.smoothping.com/downloads/smoothping.zip

PuTTY is a stand-alone program that doesn't require any installation.

Next, you will need ProxyCap. Please note that ProxyCap is a 30-day trial. Your subscription to Smoothping DOES NOT include ProxyCap. You will have to purchase it separately.

We have worked with Proxy Labs and you can get 20% off ProxyCap using this link: http://www.proxycap.com/smoothping

Download ProxyCap
http://www.proxycap.com/download.html

Now download the ruleset for the game you wish to play from the listing below:

Download Ruleset(s)

Age of Conan
http://www.smoothping.com/files/conan.prs

Battlefield Bad Company 2
http://www.smoothping.com/files/bbc2.prsx

Lineage
http://www.smoothping.com/files/lineage.prs

Warhammer Online
http://www.smoothping.com/files/sp.warhammer.prs

These rulesets will be used by ProxyCap to determine port settings and routing information. It's recommended that you create a folder somewhere and label it "rulesets" so that you can easily access it later.

Lastly, download the current Smoothping server list here:

Download Smoothping Server List
http://smoothping.com/downloads/servers.zip

Extract the server list file and place the "sessions" folder into your PuTTY directory. If there is already a "sessions" folder present, overwrite any of the entries that are there with the updated entries.

Install ProxyCap. You will need to restart your computer to complete the installation. Once you have installed ProxyCap and restarted your computer, open the program. Click the "Ruleset" item in the tree, and click "Load".

Load the ruleset you downloaded. Once you have done that, your "Rules" in proxycap should look like the screenshot below.

ProxyCap Rues

Open PuTTY and you will see a list of all of the Smoothping servers. Select the Server that you wish to connect to and Click Load. Note: If the Smoothping Servers list does not show for you, you may need to click the "Sessions from File" checkbox and you should then see all the Smoothping Servers. PuTTY Server

Pick your server from the list of servers (as Smoothping grows the list increases, so you will have more servers in your list than this screenshot) and then click okay

Enter your Smoothping login and password. The very first time you connect to each Smoothping Server, PuTTY will present a security warning (picture below) asking if you are sure you wish to connect to this server. Just select YES. Now you will be connected to the server that you selected and you should see our welcome message. You can minimize PuTTY now, and it will go to the System Tray. PuTTY Alert

Security warning that opens the first time connected. Don't be alarmed, all Smoothping server are 100% secure.

PuTTY Login

Login to PuTTY. As you can see no password appears visually for security (although it is actually being entered - this often confuses first-time users of PuTTY). Hit ENTER on your keyboard, and PuTTY will login.

Please note that your user name should be all lower-case - that is, "user", not "User" - and your password is case-sensitive, so be sure to enter it exactly.

PuTTY Connected

Success!

Now just open up your game and you should be connected using Smoothping!

Try giving a few of our servers from around the US to see what one give you the best ping.

Enjoy!

Bad Connection?

For most overseas players, it's common to see Ping times of 400ms or more. Some players in far away places are even dealing with Ping times of more than 1000ms!. By using the Smoothping service, most people see their latency times lowered by 50-70%. So if you normally play with 600ms, you might see as low as 210-230ms!

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PVP Player?

Having the absolute lowest ping possible is critical in PvP. If you have 300ms and you are facing off against someone with 50ms, you are at a HUGE disadvantage. When your opponent does something, it will take around 300ms for you to even see it. When you respond, it takes around 300ms for it to get back to the WoW server. That's more than half a second disadvantage compared to your opponent.

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Hardcore Raider?

If you are a serious raider, having the lowest Ping and the most stable connection possible is essential. It's no secret that having a lower ping will increase your DPS. Even going from 200ms down to 85ms will make a difference as your rotations become tighter and more accurate. Heals will fire a fraction quicker! But most importantly, no more disconnects during laggy boss fights.

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