Playing Zero K on LAN offline

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[MuP]Ikaruga2 12 years ago Hi all ! I'm going to a LAN party next weekend and I wanted to know if it is possible to play on LAN without an Internet access. Thanks in advance. +0 / -0
GoogleFrog 12 years ago You need a different lobby and a lobby server program. Springlobby has hosting capabilities and I think it still works. Get it here: http://springlobby.info/landing/index.php The lobby server can be downloaded at the bottom of this page: http://springrts.com/wiki/Download To install make a copy your engine/85.0 folder and put the Springlobby files in the base directory. Springlobby should find your maps when run from there and you will be able to host with it. To install on other people's machines with no internet access copy your maps, mods, packages and pool folders to your copy of 85.0. Copying this onto another computer should work fine. Of course test all this before you go. +0 / -0
[MuP]Ikaruga2 12 years ago Hi, I tried launching the lobby server, but when I launch it, it tells me that it can't listen on port 8200. I tried opeining it in my firewall but to no avail. Any idea ? +0 / -0
mojjj 12 years ago sorry no help from ym side here. just wanted to say this: im happy you spread the word! :D:D:D +0 / -0
[MuP]Ikaruga2 12 years ago Hi all ! I'b back from the LAN party where I tried to play Zero K with others, but I didn't succeed... :( I successfully managed to listen to the port 8200 but when trying to connect with Springlobby, I just got a message on the console telling me that connection got closed or something like this ... Any idea ? +0 / -0
GoogleFrog 12 years ago Was this with a local lobby server? +0 / -0
nicemonkey 12 years ago Do you know why the zero-k lobby won't correctly connect to the LAN lobby server? I tried testing it out today with both SpringLobby and the Zero-k lobby. I can send messages from SpringLobby to the Zero-k lobby but not the other way around strangely. Of course the Zero-k lobby cannot create or view games with the LAN lobby server. +0 / -0
nicemonkey 12 years ago Just to correct what I said about chatting. Trying to do a private chat does not work correctly with the Zero-k lobby however it does work fine in the #main room. +0 / -0
Zag 12 years ago (edited 12 years ago) Are you running TASServer.jar and then telling Spring lobby to connect to your local computer's IP? Edit: Are you saying that there is a problem with Zero-K lobby connecting to a LAN server or Spring lobby? +0 / -0
nicemonkey 12 years ago For me SpringLobby has never had a problem connecting to the the LAN server (TASServer.jar). The Zero-k lobby only partially works for chatting only. For both I just connect them to my local computer's IP address. +0 / -0
Zag 12 years ago If I am not mistaken ZK lobby wants more info and settings than TASServer supplies. You may be able to find the ZK server in the google code base. +0 / -0
[MuP]Ikaruga2 12 years ago Thanks for all your advice. Actually, I was not using the right version of TAS Server. I'll give it another try tonight. +0 / -0
[MuP]Ikaruga2 12 years ago I managed launching the server but I could not connect with the latest version of Spring lobby, only with an old one. With the newest one, I got this error : < userID > field should be an integer +0 / -0
nicemonkey 12 years ago Interesting. I just updated to the new SpringLobby and I get the same error. +0 / -0
nicemonkey 12 years ago It looks like the problem with SpringLobby and the LAN server is caused by the server itself. See the thread below. http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=28023 hoijui posted a link to a stapshot version of the server which seems to work well. I'm sure there will be an official release shortly. +0 / -0

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