Author Topic: Will the Soldat LAN be fixed? (Read 8699 times)

scarface09 · « **on:** March 31, 2009, 06:57:07 pm »

I was wondering in the new version if the LAN for soldat will be fixed. Whenever I press I can't seem to find any servers or anything. Just wondering if they're gonna fix or it's just gonna stay there as a feature to look at.

croat1gamer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:59:46 pm »

well, first you need to be connected to a lan, and a soldat server should be running in lan mode, not internet

scarface09 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:21:38 pm »

...I've already done that...and I've clicked on LAN, but it still doesn't work.

iDante · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2009, 10:33:24 pm »

I don't think LAN has ever worked.
Just host a server over the internet and use it. Slightly more lag but just barely.

KYnetiK · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2009, 10:45:11 pm »

Im glad its not just me...

jrgp · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2009, 06:24:16 am »

Soldat's LAN server browser has not worked for years. What I suggest is to download the Soldat Dedicated Server to one of your computers (the one you'd run the LAN server on), start it, then have your computers in your LAN connect to it using the local IP address of that computer. (eg, might be something like 192.168.1.5). And on the computer it's running you can easily connect to it with 127.0.0.1 or localhost.

scarface09 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2009, 06:52:58 am »

K thank you...if I decide to LAN with someone in the future.

EnEsCe · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2009, 07:01:32 am »

Yeah LAN may be fixed one day, who knows. In the mean time, you can google search for 'SolSearch' and you may find the program I made afew years ago that scans your LAN for Soldat servers. It should still work.

Mistercharles · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:27:39 pm »

LAN works fine, it has always worked fine.

The lobby does not work though. You just have to type in the local IP (192.168.x.x) and port of the server.

pavliko · « **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2009, 03:05:05 pm »

Mistercharles lan always worked..
host should join local host.
guest should join to hosts ip

AussieJay · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2009, 09:00:41 am »

I tried using the LAN thingo and it just froze on me. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Thank you jrgp and other members for providing some info about how to set up a LAN game. I'll definately use it.

Xxypher · « **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2009, 02:50:34 pm »

LAN works, I have done it before.

demoniac93 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:13:37 pm »

It's just that kinda...Few people use LAN, internet is wider, and more popular to use, besides the fact not many people are willing to host LAN servers. Right???

Xxypher · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:45:22 pm »

LAN is so people can join one game without using the internet, you just need to connect some computers, and one person hosts.

Furai · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2009, 01:48:57 am »

What I dislike about LAN games is ping 0 problem. Maybe you have noticed that when you are playing over the LAN sometimes gosteks are "leaping" and for example you cannot shoot minigun (on your screen it seems you can but you cause no damage at all). I think it's common known issue so I won't go into details.

AussieJay · « **Reply #15 on:** April 05, 2009, 11:13:30 pm »

LAN is just multiple computers hooked up to either a hub or directly. The two computers then connect to each other in Soldat and bingo - there's a game.

Keldorn · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2009, 06:51:19 am »

Quote from: AussieJay on April 05, 2009, 11:13:30 pm

LAN is just multiple computers hooked up to either a hub or directly. The two computers then connect to each other in Soldat and bingo - there's a game.

Yeah... sometimes with Soldat it isn't that simple...

AussieJay · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2009, 07:16:47 am »

As I found out today. Turns out it's much harder than I originally planned. I connected up the two PCs and started up Soldat on both. Nothing happened. I remembered that I needed to start a dedicated server before starting Soldat. Once started, I could finally see the other player in the map.

For most of the game they were a bit laggy. I'm a bit confused because Soldat is much more "simpler" than other games and it lags, not like some 3D games. Any reason why? Also is there a way to chnage maps within the Soldat gameplay? A command?

Keldorn · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2009, 07:29:38 am »

Ah yeah there is. But it may differ depending on what kind of game you're playing and if it uses a special command system. Usually, if you're admin you can change map with something like: /changemap ctf_ash. Alternatively you could add several maps to the loop, then just time something like !nextmap.

iDante · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2009, 05:07:19 pm »

The command is "/map ctf_Ash"
Remember that it is case sensitive.

About lagginess - soldat doesn't have the best netcode and I've found the best games are had at 50-100 ping.

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Author Topic: Will the Soldat LAN be fixed? (Read 8699 times)