Multiplayer Online Issue - (Any Suggestions) ? Worms World Party Remastered (Steam)

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Multiplayer Online Issue - Worms World Party Remastered (Steam) [Posted May 23rd 2021]


When i want to play a friend who has this game online i have issues with worm net.
At the main screen i click :
1-Play over a local area network or the Internet (bottom left green icon )
2-Then i click the top right icon, with the satellite Worm net.
3-Next screen says " WELCOME TO WORMNET2 " (yellow letters)
underneath that it says, " Select Your Connection Point : " (in blue letters)
-Then under that in (yellow letters) the only thing you can click on as a connection point
is .......
" United Kingdom (Wormnet2) " (yellow letters) and under it says
Located at Team17's HQ in Yorkshire, UK (white letters)

4- So i Double-Click " United Kingdom (Wormnet2) " (yellow letters)
5- New Screen Pops up (basically gives me my ip, and i double click login & enter a user name .....once i do , the next screen loads with music .......
6- The next screen now loads with music & i am in the lobby with all the gam channels
(ie #TEam17, #PartyTime, #Ropers etc ) , once i double click a room , it takes me to a chat room type area.....
7- Now in that chat room area i see the Uk Flag that says ChanServ & then a flag & my user name in the top right. and i can type a message below , or choose to HOST , REFRESH , EXIT. So i click host.....Pop up comes up with NAME & Password & i click ok.
8- So once ive created my online game & now i am the host, i can set the game up......but the problem is when i am the host....i leave the password blank or give out a password.........people can see my game.....but they cannot join. WHAT DO I DO SO PEOPLE CAN JOIN ME & I CAN PLAY THIS GAME ONLINE ? ( i had a friend host , even with no password/ or a password when they hosted, same thing i cant join them ) .


Anybody have a clue how to make this work?

-Thanx (Posted May 23rd 2021 )

[StepS]

The game still uses hosting through direct IP connections to your machine, which means that unless you don't use a firewall + router, people won't be able to connect to you.
Unfortunately there are no good alternative solutions for WWP:R if you cannot open your ports or if your ISP gives you a private network IP address (as is commonly the case in 2021).

If that is a problem, I would suggest refunding the game and switching to Worms Armageddon (the same game both visually and technically, except for Singleplayer Campaigns; includes a lot of tweaks and new features / scheme options not present in WWP). In WA, there are tons of options on quickly creating a working game even when the old hosting system is still used, and it still has an active playerbase[snoop.wormnet.net].