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DWA
06-15-2006, 05:19 PM
Hello i am DWA and i want to ask if anyone knows how to host a playerworlds game...

I have hosted it on 172.0.0.1 but i want to host it on my I.P address and when my friend trys to log on to the client it is saying the server is down....

What do i do??? :confused: :confused: :confused:

From DWA

pingu
06-15-2006, 09:23 PM
Need to forward your ports.

http://www.splamm.com/elysium/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1286

HopeDagger
06-16-2006, 01:56 AM
I have hosted it on 172.0.0.1 but i want to host it on my I.P address and when my friend trys to log on to the client it is saying the server is down....

That's because 127.0.0.1 is your local address. Use a website like http://www.whatismyip.com to get your external IP address.

And like the above poster said, you may need to forward ports if you have a router/firewall.