mutilplayer help

smack119 · Post by **smack119** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:55 pm

If me and my brother want to play a private multiplayer game, and we were to build a station or something, if we leave the game and then make a new game the next day will the station still be there?

Post by **Vice** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:56 pm

Yup, just make sure to use the server program which records the information.

smack119 · Post by **smack119** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:58 pm

i downloaded that server program. can i just run it in the background on this comp, then start mercs on this same comp?

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:03 pm

The only way you can join your own server is with another computer via LAN.

smack119 · Post by **smack119** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:04 pm

i ran it in the backbround and seemed to connect to it via lan from the same comp. i think it works

Post by **Vice** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:06 pm

i downloaded that server program. can i just run it in the background on this comp, then start mercs on this same comp?

I would not recommend running it that way as the two programs would just be fighting each other for resources and game performance would likely suffer. It's best to run the server program on a system 'dedicated' to it, even if it's an older/slower system.

smack119 · Post by **smack119** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:19 pm

so the only way to play and have structures save, is to run this on a 3rd computer?

Post by **Vice** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:45 pm

In multiplayer mostly yes (although you can try running both if you have a really strong system), in single player no.