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local LAN without accounts?

Discussion in 'Server Help' started by little_Peasent, Jan 5, 2015.

  1. little_Peasent

    little_Peasent Shark Slayer

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    Hi there!

    Is an account necessary to play on a LAN server?!
    it doesnt make really sense cause you need to authenticate having an internet connection to the official kag servers .. :/

    am i missing something here?
     
    little_Peasent, Jan 5, 2015
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  2. master4523

    master4523 Masterful KAG Guard Global Moderator Tester
    1. PumpkinStars - [Pk#] - Inactive

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    You have to authenticate at least once with the computer you want to play, then you can play in offline mode by clicking on the button as shown on this picture:
    upload_2015-1-5_19-6-57.png
     
    master4523, Jan 5, 2015
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  3. little_Peasent

    little_Peasent Shark Slayer

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    hi master!

    thanks for your quick reply!
    maybe i didnt write my question properly

    the setup is the following: there is a LAN without internet access,.. one machine is running a dedicated server and all the other players on different machines are trying to connect through doing the following:

    1. start kag
    2. write a username, but no password
    3. click on the play offline button you mentioned
    4. click the back button on the bottom
    5. click on multiplayer
    6. connect to..
    7. put in the ip of the local server
    8. play?

    i got some help in the irc channel and found an option which says:
    global sv_require_auth = 0; // If set to 1 server checks client authentication via master server.

    but it doesnt work .. i put it in the dedicated_autoconfig.gm (on the server) and the autoconfig.gm (on the client side)

    i still need to make an account and log in ONCE ?
    so i got the auth token which is still requested?
     
    little_Peasent, Jan 5, 2015
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  4. master4523

    master4523 Masterful KAG Guard Global Moderator Tester
    1. PumpkinStars - [Pk#] - Inactive

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    Hello,

    Unfortunately, after doing some research, it turns out the client requests a token when you try to connect to a server (even via direct connection), which means that you'll need an internet connection and one account per player (making an account is free)
     
    master4523, Jan 5, 2015
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  5. little_Peasent

    little_Peasent Shark Slayer

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    hi, sorry for the rather late reply,..
    since KAG came to my mind once again i was wondering about how things developed?
    still no real offline LAN mode available?

    though making an account is free, in the end i still need internet connection even to connect to a server on my local LAN which is kinda.. well,.. wierd.

    .. this shouldnt be too much of a hassle to implement no?
     
    little_Peasent, May 19, 2015
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  6. Mazey

    Mazey Haxor Global Moderator Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Donator Official Server Admin

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    The free, alpha version is no longer getting updates (stopped in 2013), except for a "final build" making certain things like heads free and a few bug fixes a few months ago. They only update the new KAG, not the alpha version.
     
    Mazey, May 19, 2015
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