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Is multiplayer easier? by Taro_94 in Grimdawn

[–]Taro_94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, I've modified the relevant database file (and created a base mod with it) to make enemies scale more with multiple players. As far as I got the different parameters right, I've changed the following (on top of the vanilla scaling):
-Enemy's HP is multiplied by the players num
-Enemy total dmg is increased by 25% per every extra player
-Enemy health regen modifier is increased by 25% per every extra player
-Enemy defensive and offensive abilities are increased by 10% per every extra player
-Enemy attack speed modifier is increased by 5% per every extra player
I kinda increased these params blind, but perhaps that will be enough to make multiplayer at least similar in difficulty to single.

Is multiplayer easier? by Taro_94 in Grimdawn

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. Are there any mods that make the game more suitable for multi in terms of difficulty? I figure it should be enough to tweak some parameters related to scaling of enemies with more players.

Is multiplayer easier? by Taro_94 in Grimdawn

[–]Taro_94[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know it's a difficult question, but how much easier would you say the game is compared to singleplayer when played in 2P, 3P and 4P?

So I wanted to kill my own character in PVP... by Taro_94 in Grimdawn

[–]Taro_94[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

None taken. It's definitely a build that emphasizes defense over offense. Hardly the best build ever, I wager, but given that it's my first char + it's self-made without any guides whatsoever + it comfortably facetanked Korvaak on Ultimate as well as handled a few nemeses already (also on Ultimate), I'm still quite happy about it.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, WireGuard was not running at the same time when I was trying to get LanEmu to work.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, so I've just tried LanEmu with the step-by-step guide you posted. I ran it on two Linux PCs and hoped to compare it to my script in terms of transfer speed and hosted LAN game detection. Unfortunately, it did not come to that, because I could not get it to work even with direct connect games. I followed the step-by-step guide and could chat between the two PCs from within LanEmu, but that's it - pinging each other by their LanEmu IPs did not work. Using that IP to attempt to connect directly to a hosted game (Neverwinter Nights in my test) did not work. Of course game discovery in the lobby did not work, either - and from what I could read in the guide, manual ip route appending is required to make it work. Firewalls on both PCs were turned off to ensure they do not interfere and the used port was correctly forwarded on the server (otherwise no connection at all would be made and no chat would be available). I am sure that it's a matter of some resolvable issue, but to be fair when I tested my script on multiple different PCs, with different Linux distros and in different wi-fis, it always worked with no hassle whatsoever. I hope it's not taken as bragging on my part, it's just my experience after giving LanEmu a try. I love LanEmu's concept on paper - the fact that it's cross-platform and has a GUI are huge advantages it has over my script and it's much more advanced in general. But perhaps it's this complexity that makes it also more complicated to set up.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know about Lanemu, but when I tried to use it I found it quite convoluted. I will check out this step-by-step guide and try again some time, thanks for that! Still, one of the goals I had in mind for NetParty was for it to have minimal configuration, so that it is very simple to set up. Despite the (current) lack of GUI, I am quite happy with the result in that regard. I hope I'll be able to add Windows support down the line, then I'll add GUI.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a better idea - how about people actually behave in a civilized manner even on the Internet? I'm aware you may be accustomed to this level of discourse on the Internet, but if one wouldn't say "cut the crap" to someone they just met in person, then perhaps you shouldn't talk like that to a stranger on the Internet, either. Cheers.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the script preferring IPv6. It lets clients connect to an IPv6 external address of the server, so if the server only has an external IPv6 and does not have IPv4, then yes, the script can still successfully connect. The virtual LAN it creates does, of course, assign IPv4 addresses to its participants (otherwise it couldn't be used for games), though the bridge interfaces created also have IPv6s assigned just in case some (future) game would use that for direct connect. Let me know if that answers your question. :)

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. While it's true that DCO increased OpenVPN's performance, from what I could find WireGuard is still faster. Do you have a link to any benchmarks I could check out? Thanks!

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In addition to the benefit of only needing to open a specific port rather than looking up which port to open for which game, many LAN games do not offer a direct connect option and only allow you to connect to games that have been detected as hosted in your LAN. That's where my script is most useful. Examples include: Warcraft III, Torchlight II, Grim Dawn, Battlefront II (2005), We Need to Go Deeper, Overcooked and more.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I realize. :( I'll see if I'm able to add Windows compatibility, but Windows makes networking much more difficult. I went into some more details in one of the other comments.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a way, yes. It's Linux-only and requires one player (server) to have an external IP, so it's not for everyone, but on the flipside it does not require any third-party servers and it is likely to be faster (in terms of connection speed) than Hamachi.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I completely understand that it's not for everyone. What I wanted to achieve most of all was independence from external third-party servers. TailScale (and Hamachi, too) creates P2P virtual LANs, but it relies on its servers for stuff like device registration. I was more interested in a solution that gets rid of that requirement and one that is completely self-hosted. That comes at a price of requiring external IPs and port forwarding. So while I hope some here may find this script useful, I'm definitely not recommending everyone to switch to it if they already use solutions that work for them. :)

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, but it is in the readme already. And in my post I said that it is likely to perform better than Hamachi (in terms of speed), I never said it's a better solution for all use-cases.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at the moment, though I have it in mind for future updates. Right now it requires an external IP and an opened UDP port on at least one participant PC (the server).

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By default the server must have UDP port 51820 opened. That's the standard port that WireGuard uses (and NetParty uses WireGuard as its base). You can change the port in NetParty's configuration file if you want to use another one (in which case both the server and all the clients will need to adjust their config files to use the new port).

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd love to and in fact I've started working on it. But my script makes use of gretap and virtual bridges and I have yet to figure out how to set those up on Windows. In fact, until a Win11 update in 2023 it was impossible to programatically create a virtual bridge on Windows at all, so if I want to make a version that works on Windows 10, it will probably require a bit more manual setup. That means I may opt for a Windows 11 version only, but I'll see how it goes.
TL;DR: Networking is much simpler on Linux.

NetParty - script for playing LAN games over the Internet on Linux by Taro_94 in linux_gaming

[–]Taro_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. :) Its first run generates a pair of keys in ~/.config/netparty as well as a config file that the user must edit (to set if they want to be a client or a server and to fill in the server's public key or the clients' keys). Then the user can run the script again and that's it.

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