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Or can i create the server without port forwarding it to play LAN?
See, https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1343773033
It isn't hard to do port forwarding. Port forwarding also has nothing to do with a static IP. You don't need to pay for a static IP to host a server. Port forwarding also has nothing to do with LAN play. Port forwarding is to allow and direct traffic from the internet side of the router, to the local area network side of the router. If all the people that want to play on a server are already on the local area network side of the router, there is nothing to port forward.
Every day, in a browser address bar, type "ip". That tells you your external IP. Pass it to your friends when it changes. Simple. Done.
It's far easier to set up a server than gaming used to be. The instructions are pretty straight forward for setting up a PixARK server. You don't need much tech know how and it doesn't hurt anyone to flex a couple neurons and learn how to set up a server (takes maybe 10 minutes, one time) and be something other than today's standard mouth breathing button masher that wants everything and can do nothing. Lots of Steam games use similar SteamCMD setups.
Pixark by far is the most difficult server to set up, not impossible, but yes, very difficult. Considering the game resembles Minecraft in many ways, a lot of people thought it would be a simple "Here is the server file, just run it and you will be good." That isn't what happened, and we still don't have proper LAN support.
I don't know if you are aware, but many ISPs filter their ports, Suddenlink does, and we're unable to port forward. I even placed my box in the DMZ, wide open, but because Suddenlink was filtering all their ports, it would not work--that was with Minecraft btw. And yes, I made sure my settings on my PC were accurate.
Most of the problem with gamers/players, is they know some terms but don't actually understand what they are saying. The OP, for example, he's heard "port forwarding" but doesn't know what it means, what it does or what it's for.
So, Suddenlink is your ISP and they are the ones that provided your router? And, Suddenlink restricts ports at THEIR GATEWAY? OR, are you saying that you can't log into your own router with an ip of 192.168.0.254 (for example), enter a password, and change your own router's settings? In practical terms, an ISP isn't going to restrict ports at their own servers and gateways/routers because it would be a nightmare with constant calls and complaints from people who have some kind of software that requires some obscure port. I'm thinking/guessing this is about Suddenlink locking down/out the routers they issue to their customers?
Either they will do it, and hundreds of us will play with our friends this way (hassle free I might add from all the idiots that want to ruin your game if your a builder on the official servers), or they wont and this will go into the trove of games that could have been played grief free with your friends easily.
Please refrain from flaming others that are looking for this fundamental addition to the game. It's rude and has no place here.