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Multiplayer manual for OpenTTD
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# Multiplayer manual for OpenTTD
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Last updated: 2011-02-16
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Table of contents
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-----------------
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1.0) Starting a server
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2.0) Connecting to a server
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* 2.1) Connecting to a server over the console
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3.0) Playing internet games
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4.0) Tips for servers
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* 4.1) Imposing landscaping limits
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5.0) Some useful things
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6.0) Troubleshooting
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## Table of contents
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- 1.0) [Starting a server](#10-starting-a-server)
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- 2.0) [Connecting to a server](#20-connecting-to-a-server)
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- 2.1) [Connecting to a server over the console](#21-connecting-to-a-server-over-the-console)
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- 3.0) [Playing internet games](#30-playing-internet-games)
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- 4.0) [Tips for servers](#40-tips-for-servers)
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- 4.1)[Imposing landscaping limits](#41-imposing-landscaping-limits)
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- 5.0) [Some useful things](#50-some-useful-things)
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- 6.0) [Troubleshooting](#60-troubleshooting)
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1.0) Starting a server
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---- -----------------
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## 1.0) Starting a server
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- Make sure that you have your firewall of the computer as well as possible
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routers or modems of the server configured such that:
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* port 3979 is free for both UDP and TCP connections in- and outgoing
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* port 3978 is free outbound for UDP in order to advertise with the master
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- port 3979 is free for both UDP and TCP connections in- and outgoing
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- port 3978 is free outbound for UDP in order to advertise with the master
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server (if desired). Otherwise you'll have to tell players your IP.
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* port 3977 if use of the admin interface is desired (see admin_network.txt)
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- port 3977 if use of the admin interface is desired (see admin_network.txt)
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- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
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- Click "start server"
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- Type in a game name
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- Start playing
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2.0) Connecting to a server
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---- ----------------------
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- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
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## 2.0) Connecting to a server
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- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
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- If you want to connect to any network game in your LAN click on 'LAN', then
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on 'Find Server'
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- If you want to see which servers all online on the Internet, click on
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'Internet' and 'Find Server'
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- If there were more than one server
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- select one in the list below the buttons
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- click on 'join game'
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- select one in the list below the buttons
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- click on 'join game'
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- If you want to play and you have the ip or hostname of the game server you
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want connect to.
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- click add server
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- type in the ip address or hostname
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- if you want to add a port use :<port>
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- click add server
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- type in the ip address or hostname
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- if you want to add a port use :<port>
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- Now you can select a company and press: "Join company", to help that company
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- Or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
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- Or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are
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- Or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
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- Or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are
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slots free)
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- You see a progressbar how far you are with joining the server.
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- Happy playing
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2.1) Connecting to a server over the console
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## 2.1) Connecting to a server over the console
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- Open the console and type in the following command:
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connect <ip/host>:<port>#<company-no>
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connect `<ip/host>:<port>#<company-no>`
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3.0) Playing internet games
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---- ----------------------
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## 3.0) Playing internet games
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- Servers with a red dot behind it have a different version then you have. You
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will not be able to join those servers.
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NB: changing frame_freq has more effect on the bandwidth then sync_freq.
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4.0) Tips for servers
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---- ----------------
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## 4.0) Tips for servers
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- You can launch a dedicated server by adding -D as parameter.
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- In UNIX like systems, you can fork your dedicated server by adding -f as
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parameter.
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maximum memory usage for packets is:
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#max_clients * #max_clients * bytes_per_frame * 10 KiB.
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4.1) Imposing landscaping limits
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### 4.1) Imposing landscaping limits
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- You can impose limits on companies by the following 4 settings:
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- terraform_per_64k_frames
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- terraform_frame_burst
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affected by the above settings.
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5.0) Some useful things
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## 5.0) Some useful things
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- You can protect your company so nobody else can join uninvited. To do this,
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set a password in your Company Screen
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- Servers can now kick players, so don't make them use it!
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6.0) Troubleshooting
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---- ---------------
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## 6.0) Troubleshooting
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- My advertising server does not show up in list at servers.openttd.org
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Run openttd with the '-d net=2' parameter. That will show which incoming
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communication is received, whether the replies from the master server or
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