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i want to create my own multiplayer server...i did the port forwarding...the fire wall...and opened a command window and typed minetest.exe --server --worldname(while i did this i got all these weird commands)...and i missing anything...or did i do something wrong

You must be in the directory of minetest.exe in the command window and type
minetest.exe --server --worldname world
if the name of the world you created before is world.

If you can login with your external IP, you have done all right. ;) If not, you missing something...

ok...so i need my external IP to put in the address bar...i know my public IP but i dont think i know my external IP

Here you can see your external IP:
http://www.heise.de/netze/tools/meine-ip-adresse/

so do i put the IP in the address bar or as my username

There...

127.0.0.1 is the internal address. If 1270.0.1 is not working, the server don't work.
Is 127.0.0.1 is working, but your external IP not, the router or firewall is blocking the IP.

Note that some cheaper routers may not allow you to do a 'loopback' connection. e.g you will not be able to connect to your server using the external IP when you are in your own network. If this is the case you could get a friend or someone on the forums/IRC to test it.

so if i put in 127.0.0.1...i have created a multiplayer server for others to play on

Element wrote:so if i put in 127.0.0.1...i have created a multiplayer server for others to play on

127.0.0.1 only works on your computer. It IS your computer.

Element wrote:so if i put in 127.0.0.1...i have created a multiplayer server for others to play on

Local on your PC is a multiplayer running. Now, you must see, if you can use your external IP. If this runs too, you have created a multiplayer map, who can used from the internet. If not, you must administrate router and firewall.

do i put 127.0.0.1 in the address bar while in the multiplayer or adv. tab

someone close this topic...im done trying to make a multiplayer server