TechLord
March 21, 2016, 11:24pm
8
Commander Shepard;450124:
Hey ,
Joining a multiplayer game is actually pretty simple and the procedure to join it is same for Lan games or Internet games, Things change only when you want to use steam.
So the basic method of joining a server is a console command “Open <Server IP>:<ServerPort>” Unless you’ve changed it the server for UE4 games by default is 7777. So if your server is located at ip address 192.168.1.100 then just type “Open 192.168.1.100:7777” in the console and it’ll connect you the server and you can play there.
In case the server is somewhere on the internet outside of Lan then the procedure is still the same , just make sure that the server machine has a public ip address that you know and can connect to and it does not blocks request to port 7777 (or whatever port you’ve set)
Even with steam the procedure is similar with the server browser and steam giving you the ip of the server.
In shipping version of the game these console commands can be run via code or blueprint nodes or you can just trigger the function yourself.
Thanks Commander Shepard. I have to admit I’m embarrassed. I cannot believe I’m just now finding this OPEN console command to connect via the internet without OSS… sheesh.