Dedicated server help

[Kopper]

Sure, I can host a dedicated server just fine, but my problem is, how do I join my own ded serv? I have ports 5029 and 5030 forwarded on UDP (As the manual says) but is there a special trick to it? Like hosting on 5030? Cos doing this will be handy. I know it's not connect self not working, because I tried connecting to my IP. Do I need to connect to my internal IP? Thanks in advance.

 

[Chromatian]

You need two computers to join your own dedicated server. One to host it, and the other to join it.

 

[Cue]

No you don't, Chrome.

Host on 5029 as a dedicated server, as per usual, then use

srb2win.exe -clientport 5030

This changes your client's connection port to 5030 and will allow you to join your own game. I use it quite often for testing so I can have three SRB2 instances going at once. :)

How 3? Just keep changing the port, you could have 10 instances running as long as they're on different ports (5031, 5032, etc).

 

[Ezer'Arch]

Nice, worked here. Now I can say hi to myself:

<Ezer'Arch> =p
>say hi
<SERVER> hi
>say it worked!
<SERVER> it worked!

...and ban myself as player:

>ban 1
Ezer'Arch has been kicked (Banned)

 

[Kopper]

No you don't, Chrome.

Host on 5029 as a dedicated server, as per usual, then use

srb2win.exe -clientport 5030

This changes your client's connection port to 5030 and will allow you to join your own game. I use it quite often for testing so I can have three SRB2 instances going at once. :)

How 3? Just keep changing the port, you could have 10 instances running as long as they're on different ports (5031, 5032, etc).

I thought that at first. I just needed confirmation. Thanks, Cue.

EDIT: Sorry to bug you all, but after looking at the wiki, I can't find the command (line or console) to make it not eat all of a single CPU. I think it was cpusleep or something, but... (Hopefully you won't make me look like an idiot here)

 

[Cue]

cpusleep 10, I think...

 

[Kopper]

Thanks, I'll try it out now. Yay, it works. :D

 

[Chromatian]

No you don't, Chrome.

It was what I was told, I think I heard it on #srb2fun somewhere...

 

[Kopper]

Well, now we both know.

 

[SoneiD-Devil]

hi where should I put this: srb2win.exe ClientPort-5030?

 

[Someone]

Sonei, either use the SRB2Net launcher, and in manual parameters use
-clientport xxxx (xxxx being said port you want to use)
or change the target of SRB2 to
-clientport xxxx (same as above)

 

[Kopper]

You did bump a topic that's several months old though... But if you have any questions, refer to the wiki. I linked it specifically to the article I rewrote on dedicated servers.