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Ego_Bizarro:
Heya guys!

So, I do play on public servers; however, a friend of mine is kinda sociophobe and only wants to play against bots and me (at least at first).
So I thought with just one or two players there shouldn't be a need for a dedicated server and I thought I'd just use 'create game' and let him join. Is that even possible?
If it is, well, he can't find my server. Do I have to do some of that complicated port forwarding business or something?

I searched the forum but only seemed to find people wanting to setup a dedicated server and that's a different thing with different issues I guess.

Thanks!

soupcan:
You need to forward 27015 UDP+TCP.

Ego_Bizarro:
Alright, I feared it would be something like that >_<

So, in my router settings I find this: under port forwarding:

Local IP:    
Local Startport:   
Local Endport:   
Extern Startport:   
Extern Endport:   
Protocol:

1. Do I have to put something in all those fields? Or only in extern?
2. Do I just put 27015 in start port and end port or do I have to put lower and higher numbers there, like a 'range' of ports opened?
3. Local IP... Doesn't this one change with every time I my router accesses the internet? So what do I put in there then?
4. Under protocol I just choose 'both' I guess.

soupcan:
Local IP is the IP address of your computer on the local network (you can get this via ipconfig in command prompt). You can either use a static IP on your computer or, on some routers, use DHCP reservation so that the router always gives your computer the same IP.

For the ports, using 27015 for all four should be fine.

Protocol is both.

Ego_Bizarro:
Thank you!

Unfortunately, it's still not working. Temporarily disabling Windows Firewall also didn't do anything.

Now, I've found this page (I guess TF2 has the same network engine as GE:S?): http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/CBN/CH7486E/Team_Fortress_2.htm
It tells me I need a static IP Address first... is that right?

The IP Address I found through IPConfig was 192.168.0.3 Could that be right? Or do I need that longer IPv6 address?

When it's all set up correctly, how would my friend be able to join my game? By me inviting him through Steam or should he be able to find my game under 'Friends' in the 'Join Server' window?

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