MP setup guide

[Urbs]

I searched the forums for some type of help or guide in hosting a game.

I am trying to play with my brother who is only a 15 miles from me and have plenty of bandwidth.

Is there some kind of guide to creating a game? I gave him mp internet IP and port with no success. Is there a specific game port i should be giving him?

Do I need to port forward and particular numbers?

[Stians]

As fair as I know, you will need to forward the port 34197 to play multiplayer.

[jakenelsoune]

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[chainedlupine]

Nobody has yet to have time to write a guide, it seems.

It's fairly straightforward in that all you really need to do is open a port via port forwarding. You can use the port given above, or make up your own -- But you'll need to edit config.ini (in %appdata%/factorio/config under Windows) for it to work. That was all the work I had to do to get the actual connecting aspect of Factorio to work.

Also, another gotcha is that the connect screen only lets you enter IPs. You can't use a hostname at all.

[ssilk]

https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... ultiplayer

Quite incomplete yet, but everybody is welcome to get an wiki-account and join in.

[Zequez]

I played with Hamachi and it worked perfectly.

[HeilTec]

TeaSpoon put up How To set up a Factorio Multiplayer Server | Guide | Tutorial - YouTube

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How to Host a Factorio Multiplayer Server.

1. Get your local IP Address (IPv4) and your Router IP Address

• Windows button + R
• Type in CMD
• In the Command Line type in ipconfig
• Copy the IPv4 Address and the Default Gateway.

2. Port Forwarding.

• - In a web browser navigate to your router via its IP Address. (10.0.0.138 most likley)
• login
• Find the Port Forwarding setting (Can be under NAT, Port Triggering, Virtual Servers, etc)
• Add the Port 34197 and Open the Port on All interfaces and Protocols. Make sure it is sending traffic to Your Computer (Your IPv4 Address)
• Save the Settings

3. Discover Your IP Address

• Search Google for: "Whats My IP"
• Add: ":34197" behind it.
• Send it to your friends.

4. Make sure your FireWall is Not Blocking Factiorio.

5. Host the Game

6. Get your Friends to Play with you!

7. And hurray! You are now playing Factorio with your best friends in Multiplayer!