What's with hosting?

[Jellybones]

I can usually host fine, but to do so I have to host, then end the game and host again several times until I finally appear on the master server list in game. It's pretty annoying, and I think there should be an easier way of joining private games. Something like a password that the host picks or something, because it's unnecessarily difficult to join a private game right now.

 

[Drake Spyker]

I don't see how it's difficult to join a private game, considering we've been using IP addresses to do just that for years before anyone had the bright idea of a master server for networked gaming.

 

[D00D64]

I can usually host fine, but to do so I have to host, then end the game and host again several times until I finally appear on the master server list in game. It's pretty annoying, and I think there should be an easier way of joining private games. Something like a password that the host picks or something, because it's unnecessarily difficult to join a private game right now.

HOSTING PRIVATE

1: Get your IP address
2: Post it
3: Host w/o Internet Advertising
4: ???
5: PROFIT!

JOINING

1: Get the other guy's IP address
2: Write it down somewhere
3: Join via IP
4: ???
5: PROFIT!

Remind me how this is hard.

 

[Kopper]

HOSTING PRIVATE

1: Get your IP address
2: Post it
3: Host w/o Internet Advertising
4: If you're not hosting on port 5029, post that too
5: ???
6: PROFIT!

JOINING

1: Get the other guy's IP address
2: Write it down somewhere
3: Join via IP, entering the port after a colon if it's not 5029
4: ???
5: PROFIT!

Remind me how this is hard.

Fixed it for you. ;)

 

[D00D64]

Ah, forgot forward port.

I'M A MORON FOLKS :D

 

[Goddratini]

How do you change what port you do use?
Edit: Nvm, I found out.

 

[Someone]

Try either:

-clientport xxxx, xxxx being said port
or
when joining via ip, do xxx.xx.xx.xx:yyyy, yyyy being the port you want to join on.

(If needed, combine both.)

 

[Jellybones]

Private netgames just don't work for me. I've given my IP, fowarded the correct port, and it nothing works.