Via this commit I wanted to thank everyone who helped with this new
network, with some people by name: Bjarni, for Endian support,
Hackykid, for Masterserver and ingame server-list, Geniusdex, for
suggestions and bug reporting, Darkvater, for the Windows testing,
Tron, for his comments and suggestions for the network, sign_de, for his
general help around the network, orudge, for his kind offer to host
our masterserver, dominik, for the network GUI, and all the others I
did not mention or forgot. Thank you all :)
- Select the type of game ('LAN/Internet' or 'Internet (advertise)'. With the last one
other people are able to see you online. Else they need your IP and port to join)
- Click "start game" ,"load game" or "load scenario"
- Start playing
- click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
- click "start server"
- type in a game name
- click "start game" ,"load game" or "load scenario"
2. Connecting to a Server
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- click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
- if you want to connect to any network game in your LAN click "find server"
- If you want to connect to any network game in your LAN click on 'LAN', then on
'Find Server'
- If you want to see which servers all online on the Internet, click on 'Internet'
and 'Find Server'
- if there were more then one server
- If there were more then one server
- select one in the list below the buttons
- click on "join game".
- click on 'join game'
- if you want to play over the internet you should have the ip or hostname of the game server you want connect to.
- If you want to play and you have the ip or hostname of the game server you want connect to.
- click add server
- type in the ip address or hostname
- if you want to add a port use :<port>
- now you can select a company and press: "Join company", to help that company
- or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
- or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are slots free)
- Now you can select a company and press: "Join company", to help that company
- Or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
- Or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are slots free)
- You see a progressbar how far you are with joining the server.
- you see a progressbar how far you are with joining the server.
- Happy playing
- happy playing
3. Connecting to a Server over the Console
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- open the console and type in the following command:
- Open the console and type in the following command:
]connect <ip/host>:<port>#<player-no>
4. Playing Internet-Games
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- Since OpenTTD 0.3.5 the network protocol has been rewritten and is very stable, even over slow connections.
- since OpenTTD 0.3.5 the network protocol has been rewritten and is very stable, even over slow connections.
- Server with a red dot behind it have a different version then you have. You will not be able to join those servers.
- it can happen that a connection is that slow, or you have that many clients connected to your server, that your clients start to loose their connection. Some things you can do about it:
- It can happen that a connection is that slow, or you have that many clients connected to your server, that your clients start to loose their connection. Some things you can do about it:
- net_frame_freq:
change it in console with: net_frame_freq = <number>
the number should be between the 0 and 10, not much higher. It indicates the delay between clicking and showing up. The higher, the more you notice it, but the less bandwidth you use.
A good value for Internet-games is 2 or 3.
- net_sync_freq:
change it in console with: net_sync_freq = <number>
@ -55,17 +70,43 @@ Multiplayer Manual for OpenTTD
NB: changing net_frame_freq has more effect on the bandwidth then net_sync_freq. You should never change net_sync_freq!
5. Some useful things
5. Tips for servers
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- You can launch a dedicated server by adding -D as parameter
- In UNIX like systems, you can fork your dedicated server by adding -f as parameter
- You can automaticly clean companies that do not have a client connected to them, for, let's say,
3 years. You can do this via: 'set autoclean_companies' and 'set autoclean_protected' and
'set autoclean_unprotected'. Unprotected removes a password from a company when it is
not used for more then the defined amount of months.
- You can also do this manually via the console: 'reset_company'.
Both ways, the company will go bankrupt.
- You can let your server automaticly restart a map when, let's say, year 2030 is reached.
See 'set restart_game_date' for detail.
- If you want to be on the server-list, enable Advertising. To do this, select 'Internet (advertise)'
in the Start Server menu, or type in console: 'set server_advertise 1'.
- You can protect your company so nobody else can join uninvited. You do this with opening the console and then enter: protect <password>, where <password> is your password.
- You can protect your server with a password via the console: 'set server_pw', or via the
Start Server menu.
- When you have many clients connected to your server via Internet, watch your bandwidth (if
you have any limit on it, set by your ISP). 1 client uses +/- 3 kb/s up and down. To decrease
this amount, set 'net_frame_freq' to 1 for example. This will reduce it to 1.5 kb/s per client.
6. Some useful things
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- You can protect your company so nobody else can join uninvited. To do this, check your Company Screen
- You can give other players some money via the ClientList (under the 'head' in the mainbar).
- You can chat with other players via SHIFT+T or via the ClientList
- You can chat with other players via ENTER or via SHIFT+T or via the ClientList
- Servers can now kick players, so don't make them use it!
- From 0.3.5, desyncs should not happen anymore
- From 0.3.5, patch-settings are also synced. You can now play without deleting openttd.cfg, and with, for example, extra large trains enabled.
truelight
20 years ago