Question hosting (Help!) (plz read)

[DasBruce]

Hi I have a question about hosting I am able to host on wormnet I've forwarded ports etc, but the problem im having is we have a lan so we both can play on wormnet (which we can) Ive done all the corrects steps to be able to host and I am able to host now but the problem im having is he can't join my games and I can't join his.. other people join them just fine. And another thing is we are both able to join other peoples games and play just fine. But it would be nice to be able to host our own style sometimes. Is this because we have the same ip??? or what seems like that couldnt be it though because we can join other peoples games fine and play. So please any help would be much appreciated.

[KRD]

It's a known problem, some people who share a network simply can't join each other's games. I suppose you could wait for it to be fixed, if it can be fixed at all, but that'll probably take time. Another thing you can do is ask someone to host for you, but I can imagine that's not what you're after.

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[Plutonic]

The reason for this as far as I'm aware is because you are forcing your IP to be your connections external IP adress in the settings. When your second computer tries to connect to your game it sees your external IP address. This just doesnt work, to be able to join it you would need to connect to its local IP address, which you cant because yourve forced it not too.

I get the same thing with websites hosted on my network. I have to enter local IP addresses and the domainnames wont work when your local to the server.

[MadEwokHerd]

IP games might help here. People could then use a different IP address to join depending on whether they're on your local network or not.