george, in the bat file for server you have this
multiplayer8.exe -sv -cl -pl Server

were in there should i put the actual server? i mean will it run from a directory on my domain?

My examples run on a single computer; start server.bat first, and then client.bat

sorry i never made myself clear, i meant if i wanted to test it online. do i not use those bat files for actual online play? I was going to try and set up a lobby system on my domain quite the task for me as i know not a lot about multiplayer codeing lol

Oh, I see. First of all, you need to get server's IP address. Use something like http://whatismyipaddress.com/ for that. Then, create a bat file for the client that connects to server's IP address using "-ip". Look up "starting the engine" in the manual for more information.

cheers mate.