Can a server be run without an internet connection?

[Flakface]

I’m trying to run a server on my pc, but it doesn’t have the net. Fl server runs fine, says everything is ready.

I am running flak 88 on win 10. Game works fine but I can’t see my server in the list at all.

I have tried: everything in the Flak88 faq, enabling and disabling firewall, -localhost:2302, running freelancer.bat. can’t “forward my ports” cause I have no connection.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. I have even tried running fl and flserver in compatibility mode to every version with no luck.

Thanks in advance.

[adoxa]

Is [c]-localhost:2302[/c] what you actually tried, or just a typo? It should be [c]-slocalhost:2302[/c].

[Flakface]

I used -slocalhost.

Strange thing though:

I decided to try tethering the net through my phone to the pc, and immediately as soon as it had a connection the server popped up and I could play. I played for 4.5 hours and no problems, at all.

So wtf? Magic internet voodoo lmao