Creating your own server visible for other players around the world

[Scratch]

So here I am going to explain how to do it.
First, you have to make sure your ports are forwarded. I found a little tool to do it for 1.05 servers, cuase they are TCP ports. These can be easily trackable using this tool. If you want to setup a 1.07 server you need to skip this alinea. First start your server, switch back to Windows and enter the port 25600 into the text box and press [ENTER]. If it says something like "Success: I can see your service on ***.**.**.*** on port (25600)" or anything like that, you won't have to setup anything and you can just start your server. If it says "We could not connect to your server on port 25600", goto the next step.

So you either have port 25600 closed or you have a 1.07 server and you can't check? Well, first goto this website and click the router you have. Now click on START -> RUN and type CMD and press [ENTER]. Now a little black screen pops up. Now type "IPCONFIG" and press [ENTER]. You will see something like Standard-Gateway. Copy and paste that IP into your Internet browser, and goto that sort of website. Now go back to the portforwarding site where u clicked on your router, and follow the tutorial. You will need to add port 25600 TCP, 25600 UDP, 25601 TCP, 25601 UDP. And if you are running on 1.08 you might also want to open 5000 TCP for the AutoDownloader server.

Optionally: Make sure your local computer firewall is either turned off OR the ports unblocked.

So there you go. You now have a server of everybody to see.

Notice that 1 player in the server uses 10 kBps of your upload connection. So you can count on it like this:

Upload Speed | Maximum players
50 kBps | 5
100 kBps | 10
120 kBps | 12
160 kBps | 16

etc. That means: net speed / 10 = maximum players. (This is in my experiences, 10 kBps up per player.)

If you have more than 5 players when you have 50 kBps upload speed, the kBps upload will be balanced across the whole connection speed = lag thus high pings.

So I hope this helped you. If it did, please give me some rep, thanks


Tips:
If you can, run your server on 1.07 instead of 1.05. Why? Read here:
https://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lis...3-11/0034.html

[AmcoTraD]

awesome tut ys man u rock! :ys:

[Nitro]

can you come over my house and do it for me? haha

[Stifmeister]

YS, do you have any idea why my dedicated servers (started with Serious Runner SE or command line) always go to SS:FE's server list??

[InTraniC]

[Scratch]

YS, do you have any idea why my dedicated servers (started with Serious Runner SE or command line) always go to SS:FE's server list??

omg?
erm.. no
Maybe you could check if your sam folder is located as c:\program files\croteam\Serious Sam and not c:\program files\croteam\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter\?? Cuase without "The Second Encounter" it might think it will be the first encounter or you have used serious runner 1.0.

EDIT: Oh crap i see there or command line well it might be the path. but im not sure and never had this problem

[AmcoTraD]

i'm not sure but some routers allow u to host a virtual client server (like mine), i just have to type in the client numba of the pc im running a server from, that rox

[Scratch]

i'm not sure but some routers allow u to host a virtual client server (like mine), i just have to type in the client numba of the pc im running a server from, that rox

yes thats exactly what i am explaining in this topic

[AmcoTraD]

yes thats exactly what i am explaining in this topic

[Stifmeister]

omg?
erm.. no
Maybe you could check if your sam folder is located as c:\program files\croteam\Serious Sam and not c:\program files\croteam\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter\?? Cuase without "The Second Encounter" it might think it will be the first encounter or you have used serious runner 1.0.

EDIT: Oh crap i see there or command line well it might be the path. but im not sure and never had this problem

Noo it's in "D:\Pelit\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" folder.

[Scratch]

Noo it's in "D:\Pelit\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" folder.

oh ok

well i have absolutely no clue. you could try to use the uninstall program of the second encounter and then click on "Repair" (i never used it so i dont know if it will remove the custom maps, mods, models, skins etc. )

[Stifmeister]

oh ok

well i have absolutely no clue. you could try to use the uninstall program of the second encounter and then click on "Repair" (i never used it so i dont know if it will remove the custom maps, mods, models, skins etc. )

Tried that, nothing works. I have this problem on all 3 comps that we have.... Even if I don't have SS:FE installed.

[Rodeschild]

Crap, it still doesnt work, please find something easier if possible

[Scratch]

Tried that, nothing works. I have this problem on all 3 comps that we have.... Even if I don't have SS:FE installed.

wow thats really wierd.. ur house is haunted

[Scratch]

Crap, it still doesnt work, please find something easier if possible

something easier? what do u mean with that?

becuase this is the only way to do it, and if you got another firewall or ur computer is first connected to a proxy/ other computer in the house you need to set the firewall settings at both computers, thats what i have to do, my dad has to forward the ports for me