How to play with friends

Explanation

Hosting a server requires port forwarding. It makes your computer accessible to other players on the internet. You achieve this by setting up a port forwarding rule in your router.

You don’t need Hamachi to play the game.

Accessing your router settings

• Click Start Menu, search and open Command Prompt .
• A window pops up, enter the following:
  ipconfig | findstr /i “Gateway”
  
• Grab the IP that shows up and paste it in your browser
• Your router’s homepage will come up. It will ask for a username and password. These are sometimes printed on a sticker on the router itself. Otherwise you’ll have to google them or ask your internet provider.
• Once you’ve managed to log in, locate the port forwarding settings.

Setting up the port-forward

• Go back to command prompt and enter the following:
  ipconfig | findstr /i “Gateway”
• Find the IP that resembles your Gateway one and copy it to your clipboard

  

• Now go back to the port forwarding page on your router and create a new rule.

  Set the IP to the one from your clipboard
  Set start port and end port to 27015 (external and internal if asked)
  Set protocol to UDP

  Example setup:

  
• Save the changes

Testing the changes

• Hop in-game and hit Create Server, ensure that LAN Only is disabled, set up a password if needed and hit Start.
• Go on Can You See Me[www.canyouseeme.org] and type in 27015 in “Port to Check”
• If the result comes back green, congratulations, it means your port-forwarding has been successful and your friends can join the server.