[Ulfr Rage]

Hi all,
I am trying to start a LAN game. On each machine I try, which all have the same 4.2 install, I get the following similar error:


broadcast: print "Server: auth_status changed to off (local)\n"
Unknown command "stopserverdemo"
-----------------------------------
Hitch warning: 1835 msec frame time


I don't know what this means. Quake 3 runs just fine, as does version three of UrT. Is LAN play supported for version 4.2?

Thanks in advance - Ulfr

[<PWC>YAY5637]

How did you start the server?
It should work if you just load a map on one game with /map ut4_uptown and you should be able to see it on the other game

[Ulfr Rage]

I clicked 'start server' from the main menu, then I changed 'dedicated' to LAN.

[Mod Iye]

make sure you have ui_dedicated set to 1 (==LAN) and then try starting a server. either via /map or via the menu. it SHOULD work...
if not you could try using the dedicated server app.

Anyway. that console output doesn't say anything about an error. The auth line just says that auth is disabled because of dedicated 1 (LAN), the next one is irrelevant and the hitch warning is more or less normal (i get those too for dedicated 1/2 servers i run from time to time)

[Ulfr Rage]

OK, I tried that. The only way it starts up (I mean, goes to a map) is if I have "dedicated" set to "No".

I typed "/set ui_dedicated 1" into the console while on the server setup screen, it changed the item 'dedicated' to LAN. Goes out of the game to the console box still when I try to start it up. Does this on either computer I'm trying to start a game on.

I don't know how to start a server via /map.

It's werid that I can play Q3 or older versions of UrT but not this version, otherwise I would suspect something going on with my network. That should be fine- I'm not blocking any ports or UDP, & both computers are Win7.

Thanks for the help so far, any other suggestions?

[<PWC>YAY5637]

just open the game, open the console via the ^ key or shift+esc
then type /map ut4_mapname
that always worked for me

[Fenix]

Ulfr Rage, on 04 August 2014 - 12:03 AM, said:

broadcast: print "Server: auth_status changed to off (local)\n"

Auth is available only on public servers (+set dedicated 2). You won't be able to connect to a server in localhost if the server has auth enabled (I do not remember exactly why) so the code automatically turn it off.

Ulfr Rage, on 04 August 2014 - 12:03 AM, said:

Unknown command "stopserverdemo"

Nothing important really...the stopserverdemo command is available only when the server is dedicated (launched using the Quake3-UrT-Ded.i386/.x86_64/.exe engine). So if you start a server using the normal client engine, the code tries to execute the stopserverdemo everytime a map start, but this command is not available in the client engine so it report the warning. Can be fixed with a couple of lines of code but it's not important.

[Ulfr Rage]

I can go into a map 'by myself' just fine. No one else on the network can see the server.

I'm going to reinstall the game on my second computer & see if that changes anything. It's suddenly decided it wants to play in just a corner of the screen, & it isn't even windowed, additionally it's not finding any internet servers either suddenly, so there might be something else wrong now.

[<PWC>YAY5637]

Did you check the filters in the serverbrowser?
Did you disable your firewalls?
Thats all i can think of ;)

[thelionroars]

Hi,

Mostly what Fenix said. But to add, the server may not show up in the local section of the in-game browser but still be available to play on. Find out your local IP address for whatever connection your PC is using (probably ethernet cable or wi-fi), and get other people on the LAN to connect using

\connect <your ip>

in the game console.

You should also make sure that your firewall is allowing inbound connections on port 27960.