Create Server Button - Help Please

[=STP=Darrylx444]

I am trying to host a non-dedicated server for a few hours so a small group of friends (5?) and I can mess around / teach newbs how to fly etc.

I have no idea how to create mp missions yet, but I have lots of pre-made ones to use anyway. I assume dserver is not necessary for this.

So I select multiplayer/dogfight and then click on the "Create Server" button, and pick an existing mission in the dogfight directory.

The server starts up, and I can fly around in it fine. But if anybody else tries to join, their game hangs forever or crashes to desktop. Every time.

My ports are forwarded, my antivirus/firewall is off, to my knowledge everything is correct as I have done this for other (non-IL2) games before.

 

I kindly request the wisdom of my fellow flight sim community.

[JimTM]

I'm not sure if it matters re. starting a server from IL-2, but have a look in your mission's .list file. Are the entries pointing to the same folder from which you chose the mission to run?

 

I don't think these matter, but you could also confirm the following:

• You selected "Available from internet"
• You forwarded 28000 TCP, 28000 UDP, and 28100 UDP

This post deals with the same problem but it's for a DServer host.

Edited December 6, 2018 by JimTM

[=STP=Darrylx444]

Hi JimTM,

 

Thanks for the reply and advice. I did previously check the list files on a few different missions I had tried and they had correct paths. The missions I think came from servers that I had joined in the past I think. And yes I had tried the other things you mentioned too.

 

I will try opening and re-saving using mission editor maybe next.....

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I managed to host a server directly through the game. I have forwarded 28000, 28100, 80 and 443 all UDP + TCP.

 

It took me a while to get it sorted! My problem was that it turned out the Windows Firewall was corrupted. I had to fix that and then it works with the Firewall on or off.

 

Some things I learnt:

 

- Do not use a browser based system to check the ports are open as they are not consistent.

-Anti virus may block the ports.

-Windows  Firewall needs to be working correctly.

-Even when running the server it is very fragile. As a host you do not want to do things changing view and chatting a lot as it will crash.