
The process of opening these ports is known as port forwarding.īy it’s nature you are opening holes in your router’s firewall, your first line of defense. This is common to any game where you host the server yourself i.e. In order for other players to see and join your game you will need to open ports which will allow data from the internet to flow into your network and to your computer specifically on those ports. War for the Overworld operates on a peer to peer architecture, when you host a game your server is advertised on Steam’s Master Server and players locate it via that but they connect direct to you. Still need help? Check our port-forwarding troubleshooting article.

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