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authorPatric Stout <truebrain@openttd.org>2021-07-11 21:57:05 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-07-11 21:57:05 +0200
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Add: allow setting your server visibility to "invite-only" (#9434)
In this mode you do register to the Game Coordinator, but your server will not show up in the public server listing. You can give your friends the invite code of the server with which they can join.
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@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Last updated: 2011-02-16
- click add server
- type in the ip address or hostname
- if you want to add a port use :<port>
+ - If you want to play and you have the invite code of the game server you
+ want connect to.
+ - click add server
+ - type in the invite code
- Now you can select a company and press: "Join company", to help that company
- Or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
- Or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are
@@ -110,9 +114,10 @@ Last updated: 2011-02-16
- You can let your server automatically restart a map when, let's say, year 2030
is reached. See 'set restart_game_date' for detail.
- - If you want to be on the server-list, enable Advertising. To do this, select
- 'Internet (advertise)' in the Start Server menu, or type in console:
- 'set server_advertise 1'.
+ - If you want to be on the server-list, make your server public. You can do
+ this either from the Start Server GUI, via the in-game Online Players GUI,
+ or by typing in the console:
+ 'set server_game_type 1'.
- You can protect your server with a password via the console: 'set server_pw',
or via the Start Server menu.