Multiplayer servers

Does anyone run multiplayer servers anymore. I've been away for a while and a bit rusty, but looking to play again. There were no servers showing tonight. Wondering if there is a particular time that people run servers.

Thanks,
Doug (used to go by Oldman)

Similar question here; how can I create a private multiplayer server to hang out with my friends? Or can I???

And also, can't reach to the server which I saw in the "all servers" tab, it makes the game crash :/ is there any solution to fix this?

First of all, I've installed the CP and I can say clearly, that is amazing; It has solved almost every kind of problems, bugs and crashes, thanks a lot it's a great job!. It's so beautiful to see there's someone who still cares this awsome game. This game brought me to my childhood and make me feel like living in 2002; enjoying with nerf arena blast at 12 .

Also I've checked the article and what I understand from that is; creating a LAN server is a piece of cake. I can play with my brother without any trouble already. But if I want to play with other friends who are out of the bounds of my wi-fi, so I need to do the port forwarding. That's ok

And the last thing that I have to say about the public server. Just like I said before, when I click on the "all servers" tab, a single server appears from Melbourne/Australia (I guess so) named as "NET247 (Melb AU)" which allows 16 players max. but like a ghost town... I thought I can gather my friends in it and play together. We've been trying to find a way to play together and it seemed the easiest way to do it. But when I click on it, game chrashes and I didn't get any crash unless I click that server. So the CP works well and If the game crashes due to the server is closed, it's ok. But it looked reachable so that confused me and felt me to need to ask about what if there's no problem with the server but I did something wrong during the installion or something else and can't join it. But anyway, I'll try to do the port forwarding . The thing that makes me afraid and to find easy ways is, I don't know exactly how to do it. Well, I know few things about port forwarding, at least I've heard much formerly but didn't setup any ever. I have to learn first. If you can make some easy way to setup a server (whitout port forwarding at least) just like you said, I would be really really grateful for you

Thank you for every advices again, you're doing great job! I hope you can fix up and arrange everything which makes your life hectic ASAP .

Please forgive my impatience; I couldn't wait for you to answer my last entry

Well I think I've learned how to forward some ports but here's another thing appeard that I couldn't understand. I'll type below step by step that what I've done to be sure if it's all true. Because like I said before, it's my first port forwarding so I need you to check if something's missing or wrong:

- with the IPv4 default gateway, I get in to my router's interface, found the page of port forwarding/triggering and put the required numbers like as;

- IPv4 adress to the local IP adress line,

- left as empty the external IP adress line (tried to put 0.0.0.0 but not been accepted)

- local/external start port :4444,

- local/external end port: 4445

- set the protocol as UDP

- and saved...

- then I've setup a public/participated server named as a "Sosruko's server" in the multiplayer menu right after the port forwarding and told my brother to check if he can see my server in any server tab except LAN. But he couldn't :/ Besides we can't see any "internet" tab in the multiplayer menu while trying to find a game server; there's only "populated server", "LAN", and "all servers" but he could see my server only in the LAN again... just like nothing happened after all those port forwarding thing

Also there's no place to put the IPv4 address manually which had been given by the host. Like in the Minecraft for example, What should I do now? :/

IT WORKED IT WORKED WOOOHOOOO!!! I just basically told them what you've told me; type the command and my IP address and now we're playing thank you sssooooo much again!!! There's no sleeping for me and my friends tonight

Yes definitely I'll be working on it And if I can make it, you're always welcome in my server when you're available If everything goes well, we'll be like 7 people in the same game and there's gonna be enough room for 9 more players

So there's only one more question to ask for now; how can we add some bots? what are the adding and the kicking commands? I know I'm asking too much and I don't really want to bother you with all these questions but promise; it'll be the last question for a while

thank you, thank you and thank you again I'll be waiting for the update

Hi all, I run the NET247 (Melb AU) server which is now based on the Gold Coast.

I'll update it to run the CP version tonight, and enable bots.

I've updated my server to run the latest Community Pack so this should resolve the crash error users were experiencing.