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Can someone please explain to me exactly how to set up a multiplayer game between me and my friend and make it VERY simple because i have no idea how to set up one. Please help. thanks

Are both of you on the same LAN?

rarkenin wrote:Are both of you on the same LAN?

LAN = Local Area Network

No, we live about 15km apart. Sorry, i have no idea what i'm doing with this.

I think all he wants to do is play with a far away friend in multiplayer on a personal map.

Evergreen wrote:I think all he wants to do is play with a far away friend in multiplayer on a personal map.

Yup, thats exactly right and *she* :-)

I'm confused about this as well, and I consider myself somewhat tech savvy. I've read this tutorial here: http://wiki.minetest.com/wiki/Setting_up_a_server and I've even run the bash file, which quite honestly the terminal didn't really tell me what it was doing.

it just doesn't answer a lot questions for me? Do I need a domain i.e. linux "LinuxGaming.us?" Is this public? Does it just show up in the minetest list? if so under what name? I don't see a place to put a name, or what setting in minetest determines the name. the world name?

What I want to do is like Sparkly here, I want to set up a private game between my friends, and whoever we invite. Do I just start a multiplayer and give them my IP address? Is that secure? if someone else logs in can I kick them out? I could think of more questions

Use Remobo. Just look on the Remobo website and it'll tell you that you can play LAN games with firends via it. Download and install, then get going.

Thanks, I saw it mentioned, but I assumed it would be not free