LAN Server?

[BothanJedi]

How do you set up a LAN server? Is it possible to do it over wireless or just through a switch? Everytime I try to set up a server it doesn't show up in the LAN section when friends try to join a game... Thanks for any advice!

[Engelbrekt]

here is your answer after this it should work

- To play with your friends the safest card to draw is to create a server on a dedicated server box, unless you have made your routers open, otherwise your friends can't see the server in browser."

[BothanJedi]

Can I do that virtually? I guess I should ask how you would go about doing that. Thanks for the reply

[Engelbrekt]

* LONG TEXT*

HOPE THIS HELP


You need a proper connection to host a game, go to: http://www.speedtest.net/ and test your Upload bandwidth.

Prerequirements:
- Mount & Blade Warband Dedicated server files: Dedicated Files Scroll down to Other Downloads.

http://download.taleworlds.com/mb_warband_dedicated_1153.zip

Installing the dedicated server files.
- After downloading the server files we need to extract them.
- Open the downloaded file for example: "mb_warband_dedicated_xxxx.zip"
- Click on the folder "Mount&Blade Warband Dedicated" and extract it to "C:\Program Files\" or any directory you want really.
- Go to the folder you extracted to. which in this example is C:\Program Files\Mount&Blade Warband Dedicated\

You installed it.

Configuring the server
Decide Gametype
To configure the server we will start with a specific game mode example file. Decide upon which gamemode you like.
You can choose from: Battle, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Deathmath, Fight and Destroy, Seige, Team Deathmatch.

Making the config.
Open up your decided config file they are named: "Sample_<Gamemode>.txt"

Set the Admin password, Server name and Welcome message first:
set_pass_admin ADMINPASS
set_server_name SERVERNAME
set_welcome_message WELCOME MESSAGE

Notice that servername can only contain simple characters: ( A-Z, 0-9, _ ) NOTHING FANCY!
TO ENABLE THESE COMMANDS REMOVE THE SQUARE BRACKET (#) BEFORE THE COMMAND!

Scroll down and find the set_upload_limit command This one is really important! It will basicly limit the server to use more bandwidth then your internet can handle
and scale its usage accordingly. it's really important that you set this to your Mb/s times 1000000 (one million)
In our example:
0.59 Mb/s * 1000000 = 590000 So we end up with:

set_upload_limit 590000

You will also find a setting for port here:
set_port 7240

You can change it to whatever you like, but in this tutorial I'm assuming you kept it at it's default value.

Your done setting up the basic commands, if you want to configure more commands check out the file "Readme.txt"
In the dedicated server folder, it will give you all possible set_ commands and what they do.

Router Firewall
To make people able to see the server in the server list and join it you need to open the port on your computer and router.
Before you can open your port you need to find out what router you are using. just find your internet cable and see what box is connected to it,
flip it over and write down the details that are written on the sticker on its back.

Find your router in this list and select it:
Router port forward guides

Once you found your router and selected it, skip the ad by clicking in the top right corner.
The page your getting now has lists of games to open ports for, Warband is not in the list so click on "Default Guide"
Now work through the port opening guide for the port you configured with the set_port command. In our example that is: 7240
You are only opening a single port, NOT a port range. Open the port for the protocol type UDP not for TCP!

Windows Firewall
Now we must create a exception in your windows firewall aswell for the same port you set in your settings.
Follow one of these guides:

For Windows 7:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-a-port-in-Windows-Firewall

For Windows Vista:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/open-a-port-in-windows-firewall

Running the server

Windows
This is really easy!.

Go to the folder you installed the dedicated server to and just run the file:
"Sample_<gamemode>_start.bat"

Your server should be running.
Checking if server is working
- Start your Mount & Blade Warband game and go to the server list, hit "Start Search"
- Fill in the admin password and try to join the server
- See if everything is working fine and ping is fine.

[BothanJedi]

Dang thanks! I'll have to try this out later. Do you know if you can add bots to servers to increase the battle size?

[Engelbrekt]

You can add how many bots you want they all spawn in

[BothanJedi]

Ok, thanks agian for the help.

[Engelbrekt]

no problem Sir

[Engelbrekt]

Originally posted by NEON_FX:

i tried to set one up but i get this error
http://gyazo.com/85dc20186e62a39ed5089966de46d93c

You don't need to use those files to make your own server (but it have its great side using it ;)) Anyway just start mount&Blade warband and select Multiplayer and when you are finish with all configuring check dedicated to make it go out to other.

PS. Reply if you still want to use the server files and I try to find a solution to you

[Engelbrekt]

"it seems to be stuck on lan" (try changeit to dedicated) "how do I change the map" (Maybe you got the ingame panel activated try using that and change the map that way (using polls) if you are using the server file just try edit some files there it says map/battle thing or something)

PS. Long time ago I used server files for Warband...

[Calico-Jack]

Dedicated server for OSX? I get the feeling I won't be able to start 2 instances of the same app via steam

[jusipat]

I have done this via internet, but friends still cant join.

[Ekaylor]

How would you go about making a dedicated server for a mod that has alternate game modes?