Exactly how do I host things locally these days? The box where I can change what port I'm hosting things on is always greyed out.
The ability to host games "privately" with others unable to join unless invited would be much appreciated too.
I want to try these games you have to download to play, but whenever I run one, others join the game and things get so bogged down I can't play anymore.
Z
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 Jun 11 2001, 4:57 pm
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On 6/11/01 8:21 pm Tom wrote:
We'll add some more options in the future. I think we need a "clique" mode where your games are only announced to your friends. That would be most useful. An implementation suggestion: Make it so you can classify a person in your pager list as a "friend". Then have a "friends" hosting option. Note that I don't mean everyone in your pager list is a friend...only the ones you check off as being so. | |
On 6/11/01 8:21 pm Tom wrote:
When you just run a game (even through the hub) it shouldn't open a network port. It will only do that when you use the Host... link, where you can also specify if you want to announce it on the hub. Oh. But this is not what's happening. I'm not using the Host... link, and it's hosting my games anyway. Z | |
On 6/12/01 12:41 am Deadron wrote:
On 6/11/01 8:21 pm Tom wrote: you know what would be cool.. like three levels of friends. so if you host on level 4 anyone can connect. on level 3 all you friends can connect. on level 2 all your good friends or beta testers can connect. on level one your best fiends or your coders or whoever you give level 1 to can connect... | |
On 6/12/01 9:48 am jobe wrote:
On 6/12/01 12:41 am Deadron wrote: I'd just leave it with a single "friend" tag, and then you could still have four hosting options: Leave it open for anyone to connect to, leave it open just for people on your pager, leave it open just for people you specifically mark as "friend", and then strictly by private invitation only. | |
On 6/13/01 10:12 am Leftley wrote:
On 6/12/01 9:48 am jobe wrote: some peaple(like me) put aboslutly everyone i see online on my pager(for just incase i need to get ahold of them for any reason) | |
Well, like so many of your problems, the solution to this one is simple: don't.
On 6/13/01 10:47 am jobe wrote: On 6/13/01 10:12 am Leftley wrote: | |
On 6/12/01 2:37 am Zilal wrote:
On 6/11/01 8:21 pm Tom wrote: | |
I'm not in windows right now, so I can't remember if this option is still visible in the DS options panel, but I believe your problem is the <code>default-port</code> configuration setting. Just in case it is not visible in the DS options panel, I'll tell you the command-line way to edit it. First of all, to see your current configuration settings enter the command "<code>.configure</code>". If <code>default-port</code> is there, it is probably 0 or some fixed number to be consistent with the behavior you are seeing. The setting you want is "<code>auto</code>". To apply that, enter the command <nobr>"<code>.configure default-port auto</code>"</nobr>. In the old days, the easiest way to host games was to configure this to be some number such as 0 or 2000, so that is why you might have it that way. Now, it is better to always leave this as "auto" unless you have a special reason to do otherwise. Hope that helps! | |
When you just run a game (even through the hub) it shouldn't open a network port. It will only do that when you use the Host... link, where you can also specify if you want to announce it on the hub. So you basically have three options here:
We'll add some more options in the future. I think we need a "clique" mode where your games are only announced to your friends. That would be most useful.