Is there any special way I can host games that are visible and connectable in the lobby?
I do it now, and no one can see it. Im on a lan with 2 other PCs here, and thats how I connectto the net.
Hosting in ET
DG1
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I think by default a server does not “advertise” itself to the Master server unless it is set to “dedicated 2” (add “+set dedicated 2” to the command line).
0 = can play on it at same time. 1 = dedicated, 2 = dedicated and shows up on server browsers.
Unless you’ve specifically set it up as LAN server, people should be able to connect to your server via internet provided a) they have your IP and the port youre using, in order to manually “/connect ip” and b) everything is setup in a suitable way, e.g. no problems with routers etc messing around with IPs.
Bear in mind that the server capacity will likely be dictated by your upload bandwidth, not download.