#TIPS FOR HOSTING A BORDERLANDS PC GAME HOW TO#

Go to the computer that you wish to be the game host. I disconnect the router from the internet (truly LAN ONLY). Make sure all copies are steam updated / current. Here's my instructions that worked for me: I have two steam copies of borderlands and a simple home lan / nat router configuration. (This was part of my difficulty - not knowing what it should look like when it does work) I'm typing out some extra details here in case this does not solve your specific problem, so that you know what it should be like when it does work.

Most other games with LAN play are much more intuitive: you start up all your games, and then someone hosts a game, others see the host's game, and they join it.

#TIPS FOR HOSTING A BORDERLANDS PC GAME HOW TO#

So just a few minutes ago I figured out how to do it and felt the need to share it with the world so that others could benefit more quickly. But finally, I was able to piece together the best parts of some of my research, and found the solution! (clue: it wasn't my firewall, my nic card or protocol order, and forcebindip also did not help me at all). To my surprise, I spent many HOURS (in frustration) trying to figure out how to get local lan play working! That includes googling, reading, testing solutions from others that did not help me at all. I recently got 2 copies of the borderlands 1 + 2 from humble bundle, and after playing a little borderlands 1 single player, I knew friends were going to want to play this, so I set about verifying the lan works before buying my other copies.

You dont need this page to make lan work, but you might like some of the hidden configurations that are basic to most games these days: TIP: In my googling, I found this page to be GREAT on some extra (albeit advanced) configuration items for Borderlands.

Tips for hosting a borderlands pc game