How to host a Magicka game online

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Sorry for my uber-n00bage, but I just bought Magicka for myself and for a friend who lives far away from me, and we would like to spend some time playing it together without joining anyone else's game, and play at our own pace.
We had a lot of fun playing Portal 2 together and we would like to repeat the experience with another game.

I tried to host a game, but she cannot find it in the list of available games.
She tried hosting as well, but neither I could find the game she just created.

I read posts on other forums about "forwarding ports", but all this is confusing and unclear. I found this website, but I do not have a static IP addess and don't know how to get one - also because I share my router with a flatmate who wouldn't enjoy my messing around with our connection.

Multiplayer shouldn't be so hard. It should be easy and fun, while instead I have been wasting a lot of time only to find a way to play together with my friend.

Could somebody please explain me what I am supposed to do in order to create and host an online Adventure session to play with my friend?
It would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

 

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Can you not just start a game lobby and then invite eachother through Steam Friends? (Right click, invite friend). It may work a bit better.

I've had MUCH more luck with that than I have the server browser. Your issues are likely to do with ports though, but how to forward them depends on your router.

Unfortunately most such peer-to-peer (where one of YOU is hosting the game server) games struggle with router problems.

 

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Thank you Bob!
I was looking for a "join" or "invite" function in-game (as in Portal 2 or Left 4 Dead), I did not know it could be done through Steam Friends.
Thank you so much.

 

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The easiest way to get games in Magicka is definitely by hosting.
To get your games in the lobby you have to have both Magicka and some Steam ports open I believe.
Not totally sure though if you need the Steam ports.

You can still invite friends and whatnot and even hit quick start to join games not in the lobby, but the lobby is a big advantage. I always find people to play with by hosting.

You seem to be able to play with your friend now but if you're interested in port forwarding to play with others then I recommend this guide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdwcO4jBkVE&list=PL79A5048075274EAB&index=10&feature=plpp_video

It's quite a simple setup if you can follow those instructions.

Here are all the ports I forwarded to get it to work just right:

• 27000 to 27030 (UDP)
• 4379 to 4380 (UDP)
• 3478 (UDP & TCP)
• 7331 (UDP & TCP)

Then of course have the ports unblocked in any firewalls.

The first 3 rows are Steam ports and the last is Magicka.

 

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Could anyone provide any further assistance with hosting a Magicka game?

I've made every firewall rule and port forwarding I can find, with no luck.

People can see my games, I can invite people via STEAM.
However once I start, the game ALWAYS freezes at the loading screen. (right near the end).

Any answers or solutions to this?

All I really want to do is get it working over LAN, I can't even get this working!

 

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There's a good guide over here:
http://magickatips.com/2011/02/how-to-host-a-magicka-game/
Also explains the filter setting.

About the "freeze at 99%"
There have been several suggestions for ppl. experiencing this.
Like: Just sit and wait, for 10 minutes or even more.
Using Hamachi? Completely quit Hamachi.
Skype or Mumble cause Magicka to hang. Quit Mumble/Skype. Load up game past the hang point. Start your means of communication ...