GameRanger-like Steam-VPN

[Dennis]

It would be such a cool thing, if Steam had a way of easily setting up a virtual Network and playing old games that only have LAN-Multiplayer with your buddies.
You could have an Option for it in group-chats so that you can connect with people.

[Count_Dandyman]

Won't happen because VPN's are heavily used to try and get around region restrictions so Valve have taken a firm stance against supporting them.

[Dennis]

Publicado originalmente por Count_Dandyman:

Won't happen because VPN's are heavily used to try and get around region restrictions so Valve have taken a firm stance against supporting them.

I phrased it wrong. It would not be a full-fledged VPN but instead a program like Hamachi or GameRanger that would only make a virtual LAN for playing games together.

[Start_Running]

Unlikely but just about everyone of those games has a guide or somesuch to getting it to work

[Cathulhu]

Valve already provides a multiplayer service through Steamworks. Developers are literally free to use it.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Publicado originalmente por Start_Running:

Unlikely but just about everyone of those games has a guide or somesuch to getting it to work

^This.

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Publicado originalmente por Dennis:

Publicado originalmente por Count_Dandyman:

Won't happen because VPN's are heavily used to try and get around region restrictions so Valve have taken a firm stance against supporting them.

I phrased it wrong. It would not be a full-fledged VPN but instead a program like Hamachi or GameRanger that would only make a virtual LAN for playing games together.

If you need an actual VPN instead of a glorified Internet proxy, have you ever tried setting up an OpenVPN server on your network or your friend's network?