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    How To Host (using Port-Forwarding)

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      simon33 @prastle
      last edited by

      @prastle said in How To Host:

      @prastle How to Host a Bot.
      Anyone that can host can host bots.

      Now you will need to place a bot folder or multiple ones, in the same TripleA program folder. The below is an example of one of my bots. Using windows. Other operating systems are slightly different.

      @echo off
      SET PORT=3363
      SET BOT_NUMBER=25

      SET LOBBY_HOST=45.79.144.53
      SET LOBBY_PORT=3304

      java -server -Xmx320m -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath bin/triplea.jar games.strategy.engine.framework.headlessGameServer.HeadlessGameServer -Ptriplea.game.host.console=false -Ptriplea.game= -Ptriplea.server=true -Ptriplea.port=%PORT% -Ptriplea.lobby.host=%LOBBY_HOST% -Ptriplea.lobby.port=%LOBBY_PORT% -Ptriplea.name=Bot%BOT_NUMBER%_Pras1 -Ptriplea.lobby.game.hostedBy=Bot%BOT_NUMBER%_Pras1 -Ptriplea.lobby.game.supportEmail=prastle7@hotmail.com -Ptriplea.lobby.game.comments="automated_host" -Ptriplea.lobby.game.reconnection=172800

      pause

      Save the above to a notepad file and rename it with the name and number that you wish for your bot. Make sure it is using one of the correct port numbers you have opened on your router. Now resave the notepad file as a .bat file and place it in your Triple program folder. Test to see if your bot launches in the lobby. @RoiEX please have a look at this and see if you agree thanks Pras

      Are this instructions out of date? I get:
      Error: Could not find or load main class games.strategy.engine.framework.headlessGameServer.HeadlessGameServer

      What it should be isn't obvious to me. Works fine on build 3635.

      Also, why is the port 3363? I thought it should default to 3300?

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      • prastleP Offline
        prastle Moderators Admin @simon33
        last edited by prastle

        @simon33 Port is whatever you are using
        new file is located here

        https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/download/1.9.0.0.12469/triplea-game-headless-1.9.0.0.12469.zip

        Last time I worked with it was .10182

        you need to place the headless file in the same folder as the new headed file

        If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future! Sir Winston Churchill

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        • RoiEXR Offline
          RoiEX Admin
          last edited by

          @simon33 What @prastle said.
          You're using an outdated script.

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            beelee
            last edited by

            @RoiEX
            I assume we have to make changes to the router. Our router is controlled completely by our isp. Are there commands we can run to do the port forwarding without having to get into the router?

            3300 is open

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              prastle Moderators Admin @beelee
              last edited by

              @beelee you need to port forward the router and allow triplea through your windows firewall. A good site to look at is portforward.com

              If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future! Sir Winston Churchill

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                prastle Moderators Admin @beelee
                last edited by

                @beelee Also if you figure out how to portforward a cell modem let me know 🙂

                If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future! Sir Winston Churchill

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                  beelee @prastle
                  last edited by

                  @prastle

                  yea i can't log in to my router. My ip has to do it ( MCI ) I also have Century Link, but it's pretty slow. I should be able to change it though

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                    beelee @prastle
                    last edited by

                    @prastle said in How To Host:

                    @beelee Also if you figure out how to portforward a cell modem let me know 🙂

                    heh heh will do

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                      beelee
                      last edited by

                      hmm... i still can't get it to work

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                      • RoiEXR Offline
                        RoiEX Admin
                        last edited by

                        Not really able to help you at this point, but once we have a new stable, I can show you something that'll 100% work (if there are no bugs that is) regardless of your ISP.

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                          bluelionman
                          last edited by

                          I'm really not very skilled tried to set up being a host and got these error messages (game engine 2.1):

                          e1eb1535-913b-4e6b-85e9-a1211db8444e-image.png

                          Where would you rather be than right here, right now!

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                          • RoiEXR Offline
                            RoiEX Admin
                            last edited by

                            @bluelionman Both "error messages" actually reffer to the same problem it seems.

                            Some technical details @LaFayette : The detailed Dialog is shown asynchronously which doesn't prevent the NullPointerException from happening, that's why 2 dialogs are shown. We might want to create an issue for this.

                            But back to the topic: @bluelionman Can you explain what you did in order to follow the steps above?
                            It seems like port-forwarding is not setup correctly which is why the lobby can't reach your host.

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                              bluelionman @RoiEX
                              last edited by

                              @RoiEX I just followed the instructions watching the YouTube video but it didn't work - clicked on host game and went from there - I really am unsure what to do in my PC settings I'd like to give your website permission get through but don't wanna down my firewalls otherwise. I also think the videos on YouTube could do with updating as not sure the screen and options shown are totally like whats in the videos now. Or maybe I'm just a dim wit. Perhaps I can chat to someone talk me though live how to set up hosting capability.

                              Is there still a way to play through a forum (is it this forum)?

                              Where would you rather be than right here, right now!

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                                RoiEX Admin
                                last edited by

                                watching the YouTube video

                                Which YouTube video? 😳

                                Is there still a way to play through a forum (is it this forum)?

                                Yes, PbF still exists. You can choose between this forum and the one over at axisandallies.org

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                                  bluelionman @RoiEX
                                  last edited by

                                  @RoiEX said in How To Host (using Port-Forwarding):

                                  watching the YouTube video

                                  Which YouTube video? 😳

                                  This one:

                                  https://youtu.be/c9cfHsoWQoI

                                  Where would you rather be than right here, right now!

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                                    SilverBullet @bluelionman
                                    last edited by

                                    @bluelionman yeah i am not sure if that video is still correct, if it isnt we could use one that helps people host.

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                                      Sir DSM @RoiEX
                                      last edited by Sir DSM

                                      @RoiEX what about v6 to v4 - some isps serve v6 addresses to linux clients and end to end is now broken..dsm

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                                      • RoiEXR Offline
                                        RoiEX Admin
                                        last edited by

                                        @Sir-DSM In theory the client should support IPv6.
                                        Could you go into more detail on what you consider broken?

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                                          Tracy
                                          last edited by

                                          I got into my router and made a change start/end 3300/3300 TCP {local ip}
                                          start/end remote says 0.0.0.0 <-- should that be different than quad zip?

                                          Also did the ufw thiing with sudo on Mint. my test user (another machine) gets refused. Is there some other thing I should look for? My test user is inside the firewall, does user need to be "outside" firewall to work?

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                                            Tracy @Tracy
                                            last edited by

                                            @myself I figured it out about a half hour later. If you're inside your own lan you only need your local lan IP. (Duh).

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