Locally hosting a game...

[Asholay]

Is this how you setup a locally hosted game?

There is an option to run an OINC server within MMF2 games - which I guess needs to be activated before you try to host a local game.

Then, do you need to have the 'host' connect to localhost (127.0.0.1) while other players connect directly to the host's IP address?

Is it as simple as that? Should I leave the MMF2 OINC server running permanently while the game is being run?

There is also an exe file which runs a server on your computer - if I ran that, would that negate the need to start an OINC server from within MMF2 - and would that speed things up overall?

Cheers

[Dynasoft]

The separate server is much better for performance than the in-mmf one.

It needs to be running the whole time the game is being played multiplayer, or the players are in a lobby between matches or whatever. When not using the multiplayer part of your game, it should be closed.

[Asholay]

Hmm - is it possible then, to run the external server via MMF? I.e. install the server into the directory with the game, then from MMF, when instigating the multiplayer stuff to just run the server, perhaps as a background task or something (there must be an object to support that)

That way you can save resources, but the player won't need to mess around starting servers and stuff.

[James]

The inbuilt MMF2 server has the same performance as the external one. You just host it, connect to localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the other clients connect to your external IP address.

The port you host on does need to be forwarded in the firewall or router.

[Asholay]

Well... that's a whole word of easier cheers Jamie