Trouble chosing the network interface

[Antz]

I am trying to host a LAN game, but Defcon insists on using eth1, which is my interface to the Internet, and not my LAN interface.

If I disable eth1 Defcon proceeds to listen on lo, and still does not listen on eth0.

How can I specify the network device Defcon uses to host/join games?



I would also like to disable publishing the game on the Internet by default, so that people do not join between me starting to host the game and me disabling "advertise on the Internet", forcing me to kick them.

[xander]

I would also like to disable publishing the game on the Internet by default, so that people do not join between me starting to host the game and me disabling "advertise on the Internet", forcing me to kick them.

1. Find main.dat, and extract it (it is a .rar file, which can be extracted using something like WinRAR). A new directory, called "data/", should now be present in your Defcon directory.
2. In "data/", find "gameoptions.txt". Open it up with any text editor that can save a plain text file. NotePad works.
3. Find this line:
   

   Code: Select all

   AdvertiseOnInternet     0       1       1           0
   
   and change it to:
   

   Code: Select all

   AdvertiseOnInternet     0       1       0           0

That should do it. Defcon should first look for data in main.dat, which should still be in place, then in data/, then in active mod directories. Settings in data/ will overwrite settings in main.dat. So, by having an altered gameoptions file in data/, the settings there should be used. Let me know if it doesn't.

xander

[shinygerbil]

xander, there ain't no WinRAR or Notepad on them tharr Linuxes!

(unrar and nano will work just fine )

[xander]

xander, there ain't no WinRAR or Notepad on them tharr Linuxes! ;)

(unrar and nano will work just fine :P )

That's what I get for hitting the show new posts button -- I didn't have any idea what subforum this was posted in. ;)

Let me correct my above post: use unrar and vi. ;)

xander

[estel]

vi

[xander]

vi

:evil: :evil:

What? Are you one of those evil emacs zealots?

xander

[torig]

vi

What? Are you one of those evil emacs zealots?

xander

Argh. I hate the emacs OS. Their word processor is shite, too.

Estel notice vi is not vim. Vim is a lot more userfriendly then the original vi.
If you've never tried it, give vim a try (it gets symlinked to vi after installation btw).

[Antz]

Thanks for the tip on disabling publishing.

Now, is there any way of selecting the network interface?

[xander]

Thanks for the tip on disabling publishing.

Now, is there any way of selecting the network interface?

I don't know, which is why I didn't answer that question. Sorry...

xander

[ewanm]

Actually most linux distros install vim by default and symlink it, vi itself is seldom found. I tried emacs once and couldn't work out how to quit it so I us Vim.

[Antz]

Do the developers read these forums? I have still not resolved the problem. If only the game could be made to prefer eth0 over the loopback interface...

[bert_the_turtle]

You could try the latest DedCon release, it will by default listen on all network ports, but in case of trouble, 0.7 now can be bound to listen on a specific IP (via the ServerIP setting).
http://moosnet.homelinux.net/dedcon/
I don't really know what method Defcon uses to initialize its networking ports, so sorry, I can't help you there.

[torig]

You could try the latest DedCon release, it will by default listen on all network ports, but in case of trouble, 0.7 now can be bound to listen on a specific IP (via the ServerIP setting).
http://moosnet.homelinux.net/dedcon/
I don't really know what method Defcon uses to initialize its networking ports, so sorry, I can't help you there.

Actually the problem wouldn't be solved. At least not for the original poster being able to _play_ the game.
Hosting is fun, but hosting and playing equals to more fun

What if you simply "ifdown lo" ? If it's down, it should not be used...

[xander]

You could try the latest DedCon release, it will by default listen on all network ports, but in case of trouble, 0.7 now can be bound to listen on a specific IP (via the ServerIP setting).
http://moosnet.homelinux.net/dedcon/
I don't really know what method Defcon uses to initialize its networking ports, so sorry, I can't help you there.

Actually the problem wouldn't be solved. At least not for the original poster being able to _play_ the game.
Hosting is fun, but hosting and playing equals to more fun :D

What if you simply "ifdown lo" ? If it's down, it should not be used...

But if he can host a server, he can join that server. That, I believe, was the point.

xander

[shinygerbil]

if it's hosted on a LAN, then he still can't connect to it, because his Defcon client is *only* looking at the Internets. At least, that's how I interpret it.