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dimotsai / agar-mini-map

A minimap which is able to show positions on agar.io
https://github.com/dimotsai/agar-mini-map
MIT License
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minimap server guide is hard to understand #30

Closed minutemail closed 9 years ago

minutemail commented 9 years ago

1st small issue: the "windows" part does not include "npm install && npm run build" like the linux part. 2nd and most problematic: "Now you can access your minimap server at ws://hostname:34343" what is hostname? when i start the server i can connect to it on multiple tabs with ws://127.0.0.1:34343 but my friend who is on a completely different network obviously cant use that ip. what ip should i give him? thanks

eve8 commented 9 years ago

https://github.com/dimotsai/agar-mini-map/issues/31

dimotsai commented 9 years ago

@minutemail You should give your public IP address or hostname, such as 8.8.8.8 or example.com, instead of localhost (i.e. 127.0.0.1).

For Windows, you can use the command ipconfig to see your public IP address, or visit http://www.whatismyip.com/ to get it. If your host is in a private network, port forwarding might be needed for the proper connection.

minutemail commented 9 years ago

to both of you - THANKS! my port was indeed closed and i had to forward it. one small question - do i need to run the commands npm install npm run build everytime i want to run the server? or just once obviously i need npm run start to start the server

dimotsai commented 9 years ago

No, you don't need to build every time

kentakit commented 9 years ago

how do i make the port-forwarding? http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ with the portnumber 34343 tells me that it is closed. There are different settings for the port-forwarding in my routersettings and i'm not able to understand anything.. Could you please help

eve8 commented 9 years ago

Hello. Portforwarding is different for every modem-router. You should google for your modem. Btw you should run the server before checking if the port open or not.

kentakit commented 9 years ago

Ok, i't works. The website tells me that the port is now open. But my public IP-adress (2004:6:33b:ff78:80c:57c9:cc2a:eb3b example) looks different from the typical adress.. and also it didn't work, if i put it like ws://publicIPadress:34343. Also, i can connect with my hostname to my server but it's not possible for my friend (with ws://myhostname:34343)