Looking for a server hosting guide

HuntingAnteater

Hey guys I’m looking for a guide that explains how the steps on getting a server running so my old man and I can play together.

I’ve been bouncing around on this forum, videos posted 12 years ago, and other forums with even older posts but I can’t find anything like a step by step guide.

I was able to get a server online and see it on the global server list after changing my ini file, but I wasn’t able to connect.

I know this forum has been here a while and this seems like a longshot but if something like this exists I’d love some help finding it.

Thanks everyone!

HuntingAnteater

Both of us are able to see the game and since I’m local so I’m able to join, but he still is unable to. This was with a fesh download, with only the HD mod

Skotty

Are you both on the same network at home, or is this via internet?
For internet, you will need to open your local TCP/UDP ports on 2300 to 2302 for Freelancer, so the other can join properly.

Zyos

As above, you will need to port forward. When your friend is trying to connect your internet router doesn’t know which device of yours to send the request to. It needs a port forwarding rule setting to point it to the IP address of the PC running Freelancer server.

HuntingAnteater

I looked into that as well but Comcast decided to remove that functionality from it’s newer modems and their website only sees WiFi devices as available for port forwarding. I also saw that disabling IPv6 would fix that but that was from a early 2000s thread and didn’t think it would apply. Appears that it is still a thing??

I’ll give it a shot and report back!

Thanks guys! Gotta say I’m blown away by how much support and community still exists around a 20 year old game

HuntingAnteater

We got it working! Thank you all so much!

rsabatino

comcast does not allow gaming servers and port 80 will crash or DDOS your server I went through it running the Evil Empire Revolution server with my custom mod

SPisces

rsabatino wrote:
comcast does not allow gaming servers and port 80 will crash or DDOS your best plave to server I went through it running the Evil Empire Revolution server with my custom mod

Can you please tell me that Evil Empire Revolution server will work ok?

rsabatino

the mod works okay it is the order mod. I called the server evil empire revolution you can name your server anything you want.

rsabatino

if you want to run a server with this download this https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-order-mod/downloads/the-order-mod-server-operator-kit