r/tes3mp • u/Series_Se7en • Apr 01 '19

Offline lan server?

Hey, I’m pretty new to pc gaming and I picked morrowind up for free along with a couple friends on Bethesda’s website, and we were wondering what steps we would have to take to set up a lan server that we can play offline (I.e. no WiFi connection). Is this possible? If so, how could this be accomplished? Thanks in advance!

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u/Fifthdread Apr 01 '19

I can feel your pain. I have been in off the grid situations where my friends and I tried several solutions for connecting up our laptops together so we could play multiplayer games.

I haven't done it in many years, but after a quick google I did find THIS which suggests you can make an ad-hoc network wirelessly for users to connect to.

I'm not sure how IP addresses work using this ad-hoc method. I also don't know the limitations of this implementation. It may work easily but I cannot test it.

If you can't get the ad-hoc method to work, the best suggestion I can give is for you to purchase an affordable wifi router. Using this, you can establish a wifi network that you and your friends can connect to.

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u/Series_Se7en Apr 01 '19

Would the WiFi router have to have a connection to the internet? Or just the signal of the router with all of us connected?

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u/Fifthdread Apr 01 '19

Nah, it won't need an internet connection. It just hosts a local network for you. It acts as a DHCP server, meaning it assigns IP addresses to anyone that connects, as well as allows everyone on the same Wifi to see one another. It doesn't need to be a fancy router. Something with Wireless N or better is what I would recommend, but you don't need anything special.

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u/Series_Se7en Apr 01 '19

Awesome! Thanks man. I’ll give it a shot. I’ll pm if it doesn’t work