Listen Server... how?

[SIL_EL_MOT]

Hello,
i want to play with a buddy vs bots, like the singleplayer-bot-game , just with one or two buddys.
is it possible to setup a listen server?
i tried setting up in console with "map mapname" and "sv_lan 0"
it starts with several bots, but my friend cant join if i invite him and neither with the connect-command via console.

can smbd help?

[[FfF]G4RY BoURB!3R]

You need to setup a dedicated server on your PC

[SHOUBI]

You must open port Check my listen server steam guide on my profile n emulate with ins2

[SIL_EL_MOT]

thx. dedicated runs like a charm, but its quite a lot of work for just one round together with a friend. so i thought there might be an easier way than dedicated.

[publicENEMY]

i cant believe you cant host without dedicated server. even lan play you are required to host ds, and not listen server. very user unfriednly

[Arc]

publicENEMY の投稿を引用：

i cant believe you cant host without dedicated server. even lan play you are required to host ds, and not listen server. very user unfriednly

There is a listen server and it's fully functional

[SIL_EL_MOT]

hmm. maybe since the update.

[publicENEMY]

Arc の投稿を引用：

publicENEMY の投稿を引用：

i cant believe you cant host without dedicated server. even lan play you are required to host ds, and not listen server. very user unfriednly

There is a listen server and it's fully functional

really? i dont see it in the menu? where is it?

[SIL_EL_MOT]

have found this with google:
if you don't want to make a dedicated server, you can set up a listen server with the console by just typing in "map mapname", like "map siege_coop". Mess around google and the source dev wiki for more console commands.

[SIL_EL_MOT]

so its there, but not easy to find. not very friendly for users

[publicENEMY]

SIL - the one and only の投稿を引用：

so its there, but not easy to find. not very friendly for users

Exactly.

[Arc]

open client console, miracle, you found it LOL :D

It's not hard ti find unless you are not familiar with source engine games.

[publicENEMY]

not hard for me at all. yet i cant imagine my wife creating listen server. typing command is one thing. she also have to remember map names. she also have to remember what the maps look like based on name.

convinient? i think not.

[Arc]

publicENEMY の投稿を引用：

not hard for me at all. yet i cant imagine my wife creating listen server. typing command is one thing. she also have to remember map names. she also have to remember what the maps look like based on name.

convinient? i think not.

that's completely different problem btw :)

But yea, it will be better with UI for "casuals", not everybody have time to learn tons of commands (which are not even properly commented in cvarlist lol). But there is guide for that, you can create cvarlist (containing all commads), or you can find it on google, etc. so i do not consider UI for listenserver as a priority. UI as a whole is not even complete and will be probably changed/altered in future.

[SIL_EL_MOT]

yeah, i tried with console some time ago and didnt get it to work... maybe ports werent set ore smth. good to know it has to work this way

[SHOUBI]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=297737704