How to have server show up on client list

[Thee_oddball]

try this

Good news is you can start the server with out modifying the launcher
open a CMD window navigate to the steam folder and type in

steam.exe -silent -login (username) (password) no Brackets! -applaunch 63950

[SC/JG Matoni]

~S,

Mine just turned up in the server list by itself... no idea why/how...

[wildwillie]

What about the confs.ini file, does anyone see something out of the ordinary here ?

[NET]
serverName=Warbirds Of Prey - Spits vs 109s
serverDescription=Cliffs of Dover - Full Real Server
speed=100000
localPort=27016
maxPlayers=16
serverInfo1=Welcome to Warbirds of Prey Servers
serverInfo2= Cliffs of Dover Test Server
serverInfo3=  Currently in Beta Testing
serverInfo4=Teamspeak 3 at 69.90.34.220 port 9987
VAC=1

[Console]
IP=20000
IPS=
LOG=1
LOGTIME=1
LOGFILE=Serverlog_base.txt
HISTORY=128
HISTORYCMD=128
WRAP=1
PAUSE=1
PAGE=20
LOGKEEP=1

[BOB]
difficulty=8058095
[sound]
SoundUse=0
speakers=-1
[core]
LinearObjectManager=1
Roads=0

[Smokeynz]

Wildwillie, Remember with the old FBD2 and my old FBD2 guide(parked at Greatergreen), port 20000 used to conflict so we had to use 20003 and IPS needs an address and is the IP of host server then port forwarding from router to the IPS address.

IP=20003
IPS=***.***.***.***

[wildwillie]

Smokeynz -

I had overlooked that, thanks.

I am still unsuccessful on getting the server to show.

I've modified the confs.ini to have:

IP=20051
IPS=69.90.34.220

and it still does not work. (I tested that port/IP with IL2 4.10.1m and it worked so I know the port was working)

I've turned the firewall completely off to see if that was causing the issue, but that did not work as it still does not want to broadcast the server info.

[Ataros]

Test if your IP is visible from the Internet. There are special services for this I believe. I was not visible from the net till I was behind provider's router and had only "internal IP" within provider network. You may wish to call your provider to check if you have "real external" IP.

[wildwillie]

Ataros -

Yes the server is visible to the Net.

We already host 3 IL-2 servers (Spits vs 109s, Spits vs 109s Mods, & Zekes vs WildCats)along with TS2 & TS3.