Can my wife and I play over LAN?

[MisterDynamic]

So my wife and I live in a place where we only get satellite internet. That being said we just cant play co-op games that we cant play over LAN. The delay in the game is far to great. So i was really really really hoping that this would be one of those gems of a game that allow LAN.

So please tell me its possible to play over LAN. We really want to play this one bad.

[Sunrock]

Not sure if you can play it over anything then a TCP/IP protocol. However you will be able to download your own server client so you can set up a private server in your home without having to use an internet connection through an ISP.

[Datawarlock]

So basically, the answer is yes. Setup a server, just like in Ark.

[MisterDynamic]

So I never played Ark. We didn't get Ark because from what we could tell from what we were reading, we couldnt play over LAN.

So i guess im a little confused as to what server client you might be talking about. If Conan comes with server client software (some co-op games come with server software) and thats what youre talking about, then we should be golden.

If you mean a program such as Hamachi, it wont work. Anything where data packets have to be sent/recieved over the internet wont work.

We need to be able for me or her to host so that the packets are only sent/recieved between the two computers.

Thanks for the info.

[Hobo]

im interested in this also

[BasenjiMaster]

You should be able to. The single player option does say "co-op", since it virtually hosts a server on your computer that does indicate others on your network can join.

If I was you I'd give it a go, and if it doesn't work Steam offers a refund if you haven't played longer than 2 hours.

[Davoodinator]

i couldnt find a way to direct connct..only find servers via the funcom game list. unless there is another way?

[Barranoid]

You can setup a dedicated server on a machine at home. Here's a guide on how to do so : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=853969975

After you've set up your very own server (yay!) you can insert your LAN IP into the steam server favorites (e.g. 192.168.X.X) and you're good to go. Since you set up the server with password and restrict it to two players AND only connect via LAN (giving you a nice ping and therefore less lag and stuff) you can safely play with your wife without other player interfering.

EDIT : Since many do not know how to insert own favorites into steam servers : Open up steam. In the upper left corner above the "SHOP" button you should see a smaller tab named just "steam". Click on that and then on "servers". Under the favorites tab you can add a server, in this case the local IP (192.168....) and the game's port (should be 27015 per default) (for example 192.168.72.12:27015).

Afterwards fire up Conan Exiles. You will find your LAN server when clicking "online game" under the favorites tab.

[Zombified]

Originally posted by Zedicus:

So I never played Ark. We didn't get Ark because from what we could tell from what we were reading, we couldnt play over LAN.

So i guess im a little confused as to what server client you might be talking about. If Conan comes with server client software (some co-op games come with server software) and thats what youre talking about, then we should be golden.

If you mean a program such as Hamachi, it wont work. Anything where data packets have to be sent/recieved over the internet wont work.

We need to be able for me or her to host so that the packets are only sent/recieved between the two computers.

Thanks for the info.

Not that I am saying go play Ark (lol) but you're wrong about the not being able to LAN.
With ark you dont even need the steamcmd thing to play over your lan - you just make a bat file that loads the server on one of your machines. it runs in the background while you play.

I did it for my family ark server

conan is a little more detailed to setup and needs the steamcmd i think.

[vackillers]

Originally posted by Zedicus:

So I never played Ark. We didn't get Ark because from what we could tell from what we were reading, we couldnt play over LAN.

So i guess im a little confused as to what server client you might be talking about. If Conan comes with server client software (some co-op games come with server software) and thats what youre talking about, then we should be golden.

If you mean a program such as Hamachi, it wont work. Anything where data packets have to be sent/recieved over the internet wont work.

We need to be able for me or her to host so that the packets are only sent/recieved between the two computers.

Thanks for the info.

Just to point this out, ARK is LAN capable and always HAS been since it came out, you just need to setup a dedicated server which then on the server browser main menu you select lan on the search button. Conan works the same in the way that you just need to setup a private server.

[Norry]

Don't do the co-op thing, it tethers you to the host and will get really old really fast.
Follow other's advice and run the server and use steam fav's to connect to lan IP address.

[AnaBella]

Is there anyway to keep it from posting the server public when makng a LAN server? We had someone hack past the password last night and get on ours. Thanks for any help.

[Norry]

Most likely they didn't get past the password, if you adjust server settings after making yourself admin, if you didn't retype the password in the spot for server password (and same for admin password) then applied those settings, it cleared your password for that session.
Then random people join. Happened to me until I figured out why.

[AnaBella]

Originally posted by Norry:

Most likely they didn't get past the password, if you adjust server settings after making yourself admin, if you didn't retype the password in the spot for server password (and same for admin password) then applied those settings, it cleared your password for that session.
Then random people join. Happened to me until I figured out why.

We hadn't made any changes to it though to remove it like that. We both got on and it made us put in the password. Couple hours later while were playing a player comes to where we are. Either they brute forced the password or hacked right past it. We shut it down then and there. I did a report on them on steam but I am sure that will not do much if anything. The server install didn't make a blacklist like some are saying on here so not figured anyway to ban this persons steam id. Personally I would like a whitelist and not have LAN server listed.

[Norry]

Strange indeed.That was the only time I had randoms show up on mine. Try setting the password in your default ini files too (conansandbox/config folder).

[AnaBella]

Originally posted by Norry:

Strange indeed.That was the only time I had randoms show up on mine. Try setting the password in your default ini files too (conansandbox/config folder).

Thanks. Will give it a try and see. Going to try battle eye tonight even though I know it might cause lag. Didn't use it before as figured with just the two of us it wasn't needed. Also heard you can region lock it. Going to do this if I can find it so it will stop hacking come from other countries. I know in 7D2D my problem players came from outside of my region. Seems hacking for certain countries is like a sport to be played. Anyway thanks for all your help, much appreicated.