How tf do you host a private match

[Emperor's Champion]

Why do they make it so complicated. HOW DO YOU DO IT. I literally want to just hit private match choose a workshop 1v1 map and 1v1 my friend. Valve gets so many things right but for some reason they can't seem to make a simple private match feature. Its insane to me.

[Jimmy]

you need a dedicated server, the client should be somewhere in your library

[kabanod1m #NotoToxicity]

in CS:GO it was so easy, despite my friend who lives just across the road having 120 ping to me, but still…

now as far as I understand the easiest way is to set up a CS2 dedicated server as per this guide: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike_2/Dedicated_Servers

and then you'll need to expose port 27015 UDP, if you have a publicly visible IPv4 ("white" IP address, you usually pay some additional money to your ISP for that monthly) just go to your Wi-Fi router settings and find how to do it there; if not, you'll need to use a reverse proxy, something like ngrok or localtonet for your server to become visible to the Internet, not just to LAN
oh and also you can just use RAdmin VPN or Hamachi instead

[Mer]

Originally posted by kabanod1m #NotoToxicity:

in CS:GO it was so easy, despite my friend who lives just across the road having 120 ping to me, but still…

now as far as I understand the easiest way is to set up a CS2 dedicated server as per this guide: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike_2/Dedicated_Servers

and then you'll need to expose port 27015 UDP, if you have a publicly visible IPv4 ("white" IP address, you usually pay some additional money to your ISP for that monthly) just go to your Wi-Fi router settings and find how to do it there; if not, you'll need to use a reverse proxy, something like ngrok or localtonet for your server to become visible to the Internet, not just to LAN
oh and also you can just use RAdmin VPN or Hamachi instead

I created cs go dedicated server, and I can connect through my local ip and port(i wrote it to start.bat), but when my friend wants to connect through radmin vpn(I don't want to use port forwarding), he just can't. Can you help me?