Play with friends should be easier

[avp2501]

I mostly play co-op games with my friends these days and bought the four-pack for us.

The only real problem with the game is that it is such a pain to join in a game together. Clicking on your friends name and selecting "join game" never works. Trying to find the name of the server they are on is a pain as well. And I have absolutely no idea how to host a game.

So help us out here and make life easier.

Ideally I'd like to be able to host the game like we do with Killing Floor (Listen Server), that way people can't vote to play on a difficulty we don't want to play on etc.

[cyrri]

Joining a friends game is one of the steamworks features we want to include in the future. Meanwhile, this thread explains how to run a listen server:
http://www.isotx.com/forums/index.php?topic=7104.0

And in case of trouble, this one may help:
http://www.isotx.com/forums/index.php?topic=8528.0

[monique]

Cyrri linked some good guides, but I do agree the process could be more streamlined. If you would like to give more suggestions, it's possible we could bring them up next dev meeting--we are working on voice chat and achievements right now (but I didn't say that, if you catch my drift!).

[avp2501]

Thanks for the links.

Hosted a game tonight and it worked brilliantly, had to open ports on my router first but at least its all ready set up for the next time.

Suggestions: (listen server)

when setting up the game it would be good if I had more options, for example:

Voting: Yes / No
>Difficulty: Yes / No
>Map Voting: Yes / No
>Map Restart: Yes / No

Weapons: All / Limit
>Pistol Yes / No
>Light Rifle Yes / No
>Heavy Rifle Yes / No
>Sniper Rifle Yes / No
>Light MG Yes / No
>MG Yes / No
>Heavy MG Yes / No
>FlameThrower Yes / No
>40RTE Yes / No
>Molotov Yes / No
>Landmine Yes / No

Upgrades: All / Limit
>Health upgrades Yes / No
>Brute Yes / No
etc etc the whole shebang

Buildings: All / Limit
>MG Nest Yes / No
>AT Turret Yes / No
>Support Yes / No
>Fuel Bomb Yes / No
etc etc

Bots: Yes / No
>Only when < X amount of players
>Equal Mix

Gold: All / Limit
>Gold earned from kills Yes / No
>Random Gold Yes / No
>Civilians: Yes / No

I think it would be alot of fun if players didn't have the 40RTE and had to rely on the AT turrets. Would make the game more replayable to be able to tweak these options.