Do I have to portforward

[paradise]

I am a little confused I have a no-ip account with the everthing setup and I went into the client folder and told it to connect to the no-ip address in this case jinx.no-ip.biz is this all I have to do for other people to connect? I just need it running for mappers.

[Robin]

No-IP and Port Forwarding are two seperate things.

No-IP is a simple IP mask for those with dynamic IPs.

If you have a router set up, if you don't forward the port which your server is hosting off to your computer (Port Forwarding) then people won't be able to connect.

It's easy enough to do, believe me.

[paradise]

so I can I just type my computers ip into the client and will it work or do I  just have to portforward?

[Choseal]

If you host the server and use 127.0.0.1 as the IP in the client, it will work for you, but not for others.

If you port forward, you can use your IP to connect to your server, and others will be able to do so too, using your IP.

Alternativly, you can use hamachi, but it's not very loved by other players.

[Robin]

If you're protected by a router, you won't be able to connect.

You don't want your computer's IP, you want your external IP.

Go read the portforwarding guide.

[paradise]

Ok thank you.