multiplayer problem
multiplayer problem
Me and my friend are trying to play Factorio together, but there's a problem, he can't connect to me. I have hamachi up and no VPN's running (I had a problem before, which was caused by having 3 VPN's on at the same time, don't ask). He can't connect to me, using my hamachi ip. If my friend waits a while, while connecting to me, he get's the error "couldn't establish network communication". However, when I try to connect to him, it connects fine, but laggy. Nothing changed between him connecting to me, and me connecting to him. So what's the problem?
Re: multiplayer problem
Can I recommend you both ditch Hamachi and forward UDP port 34197 on your routers?
You can learn how to do that here:
http://portforward.com/english/routers/ ... rindex.htm
From there, just get your external IP address from somewhere like:
http://www.whatsmyip.org
Have one of you start a MP game, while the other "connects to server" using the other's IP address and port. Use this format (ip and port separated by a colon).
123.123.123.123:34197
Hamachi just complicates things. All you should have to do is forward the port and get your IP address. No routing through external services or VPNs, just a solid direct connection to each other.
You can learn how to do that here:
http://portforward.com/english/routers/ ... rindex.htm
From there, just get your external IP address from somewhere like:
http://www.whatsmyip.org
Have one of you start a MP game, while the other "connects to server" using the other's IP address and port. Use this format (ip and port separated by a colon).
123.123.123.123:34197
Hamachi just complicates things. All you should have to do is forward the port and get your IP address. No routing through external services or VPNs, just a solid direct connection to each other.