Tutorial:Unable to join LAN game

[SIZE="1"]Posted by Perito[/SIZE]

[SIZE="+1"][COLOR="DarkRed"][U]Unable to join LAN game[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[spoiler]So your friend or brother is hosting a game and you can’t join; what to do now? There is a really cool feature in Ghost++, introduced in version 9.x which allows people on same network to play together without any problem. This feature is called the “Admin Game” and was initially designed to do a completely different job. Fortunately for us, Admin Game also solves the joining LAN games problem.

[B][SIZE=+1]First, download and set up Ghost++ or GhostOne, you can find a simple guide to do that [URL="http://eurobattle.net/showthread.php?t=79455"]here[/URL].[/SIZE][/B] [U]After your ghost can enter eurobattle.net and host games normally[/U], we will make a simple modification to the configuration to allow Admin games (and thus people on same LAN to enter). Edit the [b]ghost.cfg[/b] to include this: [Quote]

   ADMIN GAME CONFIGURATION #

           whether to create the admin game or not (see readme.txt for more information) 

admingame_create = 1

           the port GHost++ will host the admin game on (this must be different from your bot_hostport) 

admingame_port = 6114

           the admin game password 

admingame_password = xpam [/Quote]

[B]Note:[/B] You need to set admingame_port in ghost.cfg to the port you want to host the admin game on. It *must* be different from your bnet_hostport *and* from your Warcraft 3 port. [Spoiler][Quote] bot_hostport = 6000 [/Quote] [Quote] admingame_port = 6114 [/Quote] [Quote] Enter Warcraft, Options > Game Play > Port should be different (default is 6112) [/Quote][/Spoiler] Save the file and start ghost.exe GHost++ automatically hosts a Warcraft 3 game (the "Admin Game") and broadcasts it to the local network.

[B]1.)[/B] Open Warcraft 3 and go to the LAN screen. After a few seconds you will see a game called "GHost++ Admin Game" appear. Join it. [B]2.)[/B] Use the password command to enter your Admin Game password (e.g. [I]!password xpam[/I]).

a.) If you enter the wrong password you will be kicked from the game and temporarily banned for 5 seconds.

[B]3.)[/B] Use the map or load command to load a map. (e.g. [I]!map dota6.57[/I]) [B]4.)[/B] Use the priv/privby/pub/pubby commands to create a game. You should wait until it says "Battle.net game hosting succeeded" before continuing. (e.g. [I]!pub AP/Eu/PROS[/I]) [B]5.)[/B] Leave the game and return to the LAN screen. After a few seconds you will see your newly created game appear. Join it. [B]6.)[/B] You are now ready to play. Your game has been created on battle.net. [B]7.)[/B] If you make a mistake and want to unhost the game you can use [I]!unhost[/I] in either game (the Admin Game or your newly created game).

[B]We are aware that this feature is easily abusable, you can choose any nickname in place of yours. This is a warning, if you abuse this feature your IP will be PERMANENTLY Banned From Eurobattle.net. No Excuses. This guide and feature is to help you. DO NOT ABUSE IT.[/B][/spoiler]

[SIZE="1"]Posted by Perito[/SIZE]

[U][COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="+1"]Unable to join own or LAN game (ADSL users)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/U]

[spoiler]Hi guys, after few weeks of trying to solve problem of joining your own game, or game created by other machine in Local Area Network (LAN), i finally managed to get it to work.

[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]PLEASE NOTE: This solution maybe won`t work for you! This settings is usually for ADSL users![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

If you have problem to join your own game, try perito`s tutorial [URL="http://www.eurobattle.net/showthread.php?t=77303"]here[/URL] with loopback first (usually this will work). If you tried that, and you still cannot join game created in LAN, then probably you are behind a router or a gateway that doesn`t support NAT Loopback. The solution for this problem is in general:

1.Turn your router/gateway in Pure Bridge mode 2. Enable PPPoE connection on all of your computers (You will need the username and password from your ISP) 3. Fix your [URL="http://eurobattle.net/showthread.php?t=103947"]firewall rules[/URL] 4. Try to host public game, if everyone (from the internet) can join, then try to join your other machines on LAN

This works for most of routers that doesn`t support NAT Loopback, but the settings about pure bridge mode, may be different, based on your router and it`s own firmware.

Sincerely prijic87[/spoiler]

[SIZE="1"]Posted by prijic87[/SIZE]