eldergamer Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 With all the talk of steam integration will it even be possible to run a local self contained private mp server without steam? I'm talking about a lan server like in my office building. So far I have 3 maybe 4 people interested but with all the steam talk it's sounding more and more like that won't be possible without steams involvement. Eldergamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasKo Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Yep, you'll just run the non-Steam version of the server as well as the non-Steam version of the game See "Running the Non-Steam version of the game" and "How to create a non-Steam server" here:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=514493377 To host a non-Steam-server, navigate to your game installation folder (the default location is Steam\SteamApps\common\ProjectZomboid) and find the batch-file called ProjectZomboidServer.bat.Start it by double clicking it.A command prompt window will pop up. Upon first startup, it will create a userdatabase and create an admin account while asking you to set up a password for it.After setting up the password, it will finish creating and starting up the server and say "*** SERVER STARTED****".(Note: If you are getting an error, saying "The system cannot find the path specified" while trying to create the spawnregions or user database, let it go through and once the server started without those, close the cmd window and start up the server again by executing the ProjectZomboidServer.bat.)To allow people to connect to your server you will need to forward the necessary ports.The necessary standard ports to forward are 16261 (UDP) which serves as a handshake port for communicating with the server.For each possible player slot on your server, you need to forward additional TCP ports, which are used to stream the world to the player clients.If you want a server with 10 slots, you would have to forward16261 UDP16262 - 16272 TCPA quick and easy way to test if your ports are forwarded properly are http://www.canyouseeme.org/ and http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/Good guides on how to forward ports are found all over the internet. Portforward.com has good guides on hand and covers a lot of routers. Port Forwarding sounds harder in theory that it actually is and mostly just involves getting into the menu of your router.If you have no access to your router, please consult whoever is in charge of your network (parents, room mates, admins, etc). Rabisco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldergamer Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Thanks nasKo, that's great news! Do you have a preference for the os? I can go with linux or windows? Eldergamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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