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Multiplayer Manual for OpenTTD

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1. Starting a Server

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 - click "multiplayer" on the startup screen

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 - click "start server"

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 - type in a game name

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 - click "start game" ,"load game" or "load scenario"

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2. Connecting to a Server

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 - click "multiplayer" on the startup screen

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 - if you want to connect to any network game in your LAN click "find server"

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 - if there were more then one server 

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   - select one in the list below the buttons

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   - click on "join game".

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 - if you want to play over the internet you should have the ip of the game server you want connect to.

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   - click direct connect

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   - type in the ip address or hostname

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   - if you want to add a port use :<port>

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   - if you want to connect as an special player use #<player-no>

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3. Connecting to a Server over the Console

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 - open the console and type in the following command:

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    ]connect <ip/host>:<port>#<player-no>

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4. Playing Internet-Games

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 - since OpenTTD 0.3.4 you can also play internet games over higher latency connections.

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 - to do this the gameservers sync frequency should be highered to a decent value.

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   - open the console [on the server]

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   - type in the following command:

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    ] *net_sync_freq = <4-80>

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    default value: 4

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   - this is lowering the sync frequency of the server and your game should be less laggy.

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   - this is a server variable: it has nothing to do with the clients

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 - you can also change when the clients ready packet is sent if you still have lags.

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   - open the console

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   - type in the following command:

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    ] *net_ready_ahead = <1-8>

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    default value: 1

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   - in that way your client is sending its "i am ready for next sync" a bit earlier

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     thats quite good for games where some players have higher latencies than the others.

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   - this is a client variable: it has nothing to do with the server

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 - to change the client timeout time

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   - open the console [on the server]

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   - type in the following command:

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    ] *net_client_timeout = <30-x>

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    default value: 300

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   - warning: a too low value will disconnect your clients if they have a short lag

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