I can't host a game to save my life! (AAAARRRRGH!)

[EvilGrins]

Well, not entirely true. I've hosted LAN games no problem. Ironically my current problem is I'm stuck that way.

I wanna host games online, I can play on other people's servers but I can't seem to get my own going. Couldn't figure it out at first but then I found out I was still doing LAN.

Nobody's perfect.

1) How do I get my games online where people I can't see can come play?

2) How do I switch my IP away from the LAN one I'm currently stuck in?

3) See 1 & 2.

Thanks in advance!

[UT Sniper (SJA94)]

i can help a bit on 1.Have you ticked advertise on master sever(This will make it so players can see your sever on the list) in the mulitplay options(Sever settings) Also a good idea to dedicate the sever so if you want to play on a different game you can. i have done a online sever but no one played it it was a temp sever tho.

There are some people in this community that are admins to great severs im sure they will point you in the right direction.

What games are you going to host?

[EvilGrins]

Monster Hunt, and the usual basic stuff with some odd mutators and such. Like LMS but with monsterspawn set to 10 minutes if the game hits a standstill with hiding players.

Yeah, I've got advertise set. My problem is that everytime I setup it goes to lan. My IP is stuck on unreal://192.168.1.6:7777 and I can't figure out how to change it so my game gets advertised properly.

Currently it's only visible to my other computer, which is kinda useless as that one's dead.

Currently can't do dedicated server. Like I said above, my other computer is kinda kaput.

[UT Sniper (SJA94)]

Sorry don't know much aboup ip address so can't really help you with that . Someone here will have a idea of what to do.

I'm thinking off try out monsterhunt soon(played an odd game) i loved the horde on gears of war 2 so i should like monsterhunt just as much.

good luck with your sever

[Hermskii]

Hey there EvilGrins,

I don't have time this second but I will on Monday or so. I'm betting you find a solution by then but if not, I will be happy to help you then. Be sure to search around on this forum since I bet the answer for you is already here somewhere. This place is awesome for finding solutions and supporting members. You came to the right place is what I'm saying. After you try searching around here, get a look at the PM I sent you and see if anything in it might help you. Good luck!

[EvilGrins]

I've seen a lotta folks ask a similar question but so far nada. I suspect that it's due to my being great with computers but a big dope about certain things...like switching the IP settings.

[UT Sniper (SJA94)]

i almost forgot what version of ut do you have im sure 451 is the best for severs.

[>@tack!<]

i have some ports opened for this,
7777 to 7900
8080
29700
(both UDP and TCP (just in case))

[EvilGrins]

I've got version 436.

Hermskii: I've been reading the manual you linked me to. Question, I've only got the one computer but your guide seems set for a server on one computer while playing on another. Is the setup you've detailed significantly different when going with a single computer?

[Skillz]

You are probably behind a NAT router/device that is preventing your local client from communicating correctly with the master server. Once you forward the right ports to your internal (LAN) computer that is hosting the server you should be fine, given that you have the game selected to advertise.

[EvilGrins]

Does it make any difference that I'm on wireless (WiFi)?

[JackGriffin]

Yeah, your game will have a local IP in that case (192.168.X.X). You need to set up a DMZ on the router.

If you want to admin/play my MH server you are welcome to it, I've been done with MH for a while. I'll add any mods you might want (within reason). The residual MH servers are pretty dead. UM, dU and the German server ([UT] i think?) pretty much own the player base.

[EvilGrins]

Appreciate the offer but I gotta a lot of things, not too big, that I need to run for my stuff. The skaarj stuff alone is...

...let's say complicated.

So, help me out here. When I started all this my IP was unreal://192.168.1.6:7777 but that only worked, so far as I can tell, on my LAN. Whats a DMZ?

[JackGriffin]

Whats a DMZ?

Your chance to learn something about networking.

This is like Jeopardy. I've given you the answer, now you need to know the question. I'd try Google, but that's just me.

[Hook]

Also, sometimes it can be obscure settings in a router.
Settings in "Attack Detection" can also block a server from the net or WAN. (if your router has that feature)