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442 points apitman | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 23:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source

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hoten ◴[03 Apr 25 00:49 UTC] No.43563505[source]▶

Bit confused on the webserver aspect of this. Is it just the match making / game broadcast component of AoE multiplayer?

1. apitman ◴[03 Apr 25 17:03 UTC] No.43572555[source]▶

While the game itself runs over LAN, my understanding is LAN play requires internet for 2 reasons:

1. the game connecting to multiplayer services

2. coordination server for the LAN setup itself.

I think this covers #2. #1 appears to be more complicated unfortunately, and involves tricking Steam into thinking you're connected.

Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline