Multiplayer Questions
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@SemlerPDX THNAK YOU so
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@SemlerPDX
I read many many many Times thé Doc and i 'erver see these informations, How do you know that ? From Changelog? -
@Vespa I’ve been helping run and/or support those running the public BMS server at VG for well more than ten years, I can’t recall where or how I learned it except that I was taught how by someone who was likely taught how, and so on and so on. And I passed it on as well to CobaltUK who now manages the public server at VG and has for several years since, and his dedication to keeping the server online and available is invaluable to so many people including myself.
I’ve even been tinkering with an application that all us server hosts could run on our servers to expose a public API for server queries by other applications or even a website or discord bot, providing access to information including current pilot count (and their callsigns), active campaign, theater of operations, and connection details . Eventually, the Alternative Launcher now integrated in BMS could potentially hook into that public API and have a “join server” page listing any registered servers running my Server Monitor System application… so many months of work yet, but figured this is as good a place as any to drop another teaser.
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@SemlerPDX said in Multiplayer Questions:
@Vespa I’ve been helping run and/or support those running the public BMS server at VG for well more than ten years, I can’t recall where or how I learned it except that I was taught how by someone who was likely taught how, and so on and so on. And I passed it on as well to CobaltUK who now manages the public server at VG and has for several years since, and his dedication to keeping the server online and available is invaluable to so many people including myself.
I’ve even been tinkering with an application that all us server hosts could run on our servers to expose a public API for server queries by other applications or even a website or discord bot, providing access to information including current pilot count (and their callsigns), active campaign, theater of operations, and connection details . Eventually, the Alternative Launcher now integrated in BMS could potentially hook into that public API and have a “join server” page listing any registered servers running my Server Monitor System application… so many months of work yet, but figured this is as good a place as any to drop another teaser.
@SemlerPDX - That would be a GODSEND, especially for casual players that are fairly new to the game (and MP)…
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@Icer Sorry for late answer, family problems.
Thanks you so much !
Perhaps you’re the man to clear this darkness about my connection
When team connect on server, they use IP from Server.
But, in my house, this switch https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/5-port-switch/tl-sf1005d/
Internet cable on Port 1 , server on port 2 and my computer on port 3. i must use the local IP server machine (192.168.X.XX) to connect to server.But the team use the IP from “my ip” as every other player.
is there a kind of conflict with this switchbox ?
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@Vespa said in Multiplayer Questions:
Perhaps you’re the man to clear this darkness about my connection
When team connect on server, they use IP from Server.
But, in my house, this switch https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/5-port-switch/tl-sf1005d/
Internet cable on Port 1 , server on port 2 and my computer on port 3. i must use the local IP server machine (192.168.X.XX) to connect to server.
But the team use the IP from “my ip” as every other player.
is there a kind of conflict with this switchbox ?The “switch” is not relevant, that’s just a box that connects multiple PCs to a LAN.
What is relevant to learn more about, is your NAT router. That’s the box which multiplexes your ISP internet connection (which has 1 real IP address, something like 123.45.67.89) to multiple PCs and devices in your house with “local” IP addresses (all the 192.168.x.x stuff).
It may be a separate box you own … or it may be built-in to the device your ISP gives you (like a cable-modem)… it’s also the thing that (typically) provides your Wifi.
You probably need(ed) to do some port-forwarding, on that device, for your BMS server … no?
vids to learn more about NAT routers and port forwarding…
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=what's+a+nat+router -
@airtex2019
mmmmmh. i set the port as BMS request but perhaps something to do more ? i’m not a master with that. Can you Help me by Discord if i share my screen to guide me please? i know the router interface so i think i just need to be guide about witch ports to open -
@Vespa I have zero MP experience, so I won’t be much help… just trying to help clear up confusion about IP addresses and switches/routers
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@MaxWaldorf Thx , i’ll check the config files. Sorry for inconveniences, i check the Falcon Doc and forget about website. (oldschool method --")
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Good Day, All. I went to the Link Max sent and found the BMS Port Tester. I ran the test and got this-
Does this mean that my ports are open? We have been having troubles using my pc as server. The service tech had said my Optimum-internet-supplied router had the ports blocked, and that I would need to get another router.
If they are open , then I have to find another cause. What happens now is I get the server up just fine, but anyone trying to connect as client gets “failed to connect” -
Hi, the Picture what you posted shows if the Port is open on the local maschine, but not at the router it self.
What does this mean.
IF you want to host BMS Falcon Server you need to forward the Ports to your Local machien, or to the machine which is Hosting BMS Falcon Server.
Usually its Called “Port Forwarding” or “Port Mapping” when you are looking at your router.
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@Echo said in Multiplayer Questions:
Hi, the Picture what you posted shows if the Port is open on the local maschine, but not at the router it self.
What does this mean.
IF you want to host BMS Falcon Server you need to forward the Ports to your Local machien, or to the machine which is Hosting BMS Falcon Server.
Usually its Called “Port Forwarding” or “Port Mapping” when you are looking at your router.
Thanks, Echo. That backs up what the Optimum Tech had told me. The problem is my Optimum-supplied-router doesn’t do port forwarding. Your input is very helpful. I was hesitant to buy a new router until I knew that is the issue.
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your welcome, i would just call your ISP and ASK if they can aktivate Port Forwarding for your router, and what also could be that you are behind a ISP NAT, you need a official external IP for Hosting
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@MaxWaldorf on The website, it write we can find the following line on BMS.CFG but there’re no lines existing. i should add them in the BMS config files ?
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@Vespa You should be looking for the “Falcon BMS.cfg” file, and it should be around 20KB and around 220 lines long.
It is located in the ‘…\Falcon BMS 4.37\User\Config’ folder.
If this file is blank, there is some problem.
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@SemlerPDX i don’t find this one : set g_bServerHostAll
Same for my computer and server -
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@Vespa If a setting described in a guide such as the very good one on the Falcon-Lounge site does not exist in the file, you can simply add it.
(imho they should add a note in that guide stating such - some of those are not present by default in the config, and are merely described as “hidden” without further context such as needing to be added)
(this is misleading when we will NOT find all of these in the config, but in fact need to add some of them when they are not present) -
@SemlerPDX Thanks, I put set g_bServerHostAll in mine, as well. My question is whether I should make it one or zero. If I’m serving and my files are different from theirs ? What specifically does Host All do?