How to join my own server?

[Wanakilo]

Me and a buddy bought this game today, and I went to set-up the server. I can get it hosted all right, but no matter what, I cant seem to figure out how to join my own server? Surely this must be possible. Maybe I'm just overlooking something obvious.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Me and a buddy bought this game today, and I went to set-up the server. I can get it hosted all right, but no matter what, I cant seem to figure out how to join my own server? Surely this must be possible. Maybe I'm just overlooking something obvious.

Connect to your server VIA LAN is how I did it and that should work for you, but I'm not 100% positive.

King

[Wanderer]

Yep, just search for LAN servers and you can connect to your own internet available one.  I do it all the time.

[Toll]

Alternatively, you can connect to 127.0.0.1 to connect to a local server. I'd assume connecting to localhost also works.

[tigersfan]

Welcome to the forums!

And yea, everything these guys said.

[Aklyon]

Connecting to your public ip also works.

[Volatar]

Connecting to your public ip also works.

Each solution has a different overhead. If you connect to 127.0.0.1/localhost your traffic goes to your network card before turning right around. If you go to your LAN ip (example: 192.168.0.2) then your traffic goes to your router/switch before turning around. If you connect to your public ip (what you get from WhatsMyIP.org) then it goes through your router/modem, and out to the first router of your ISP (usually somewhere in your neighborhood) before turning around. The difference is one of mere milliseconds but it is there.

[Bluddy]

Each solution has a different overhead. If you connect to 127.0.0.1/localhost your traffic goes to your network card before turning right around. If you go to your LAN ip (example: 192.168.0.2) then your traffic goes to your router/switch before turning around. If you connect to your public ip (what you get from WhatsMyIP.org) then it goes through your router/modem, and out to the first router of your ISP (usually somewhere in your neighborhood) before turning around. The difference is one of mere milliseconds but it is there.

That's mostly correct but I'm pretty sure connecting to your LAN IP would not go to your router or switch since your computer already knows your IP. So the first 2 choices are equivalent. In fact, since on a computer the routing is done via software, the first 2 choices probably don't go to your network card. The third choice is a really bad idea.

[Toll]

I know I didn't get any network data from connecting to my own server at least. Can't remember if it showed up on Task Manager or not, but I definitely didn't get any through Wireshark.