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--multiplay=in,10,,5000 | --multiplay=in,10,,5000 | ||
{{tip|For a local setup between two fgfs instances without any fgms/multiplayer server being involved, you merely need to map each I/O port to the corresponding port of the other instance: | {{tip|For a local setup between two fgfs instances without any [[Fgms|fgms/multiplayer server]] being involved, you merely need to map each I/O port to the corresponding port of the other instance: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
fgfs --multiplay=out,10,127.0.0.1,5000 --multiplay=in,10,127.0.0.1,5001 --callsign=one & | fgfs --multiplay=out,10,127.0.0.1,5000 --multiplay=in,10,127.0.0.1,5001 --callsign=one & | ||
fgfs --multiplay=out,10,127.0.0.1,5001 --multiplay=in,10,127.0.0.1,5000 --callsign=two & | fgfs --multiplay=out,10,127.0.0.1,5001 --multiplay=in,10,127.0.0.1,5000 --callsign=two & | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
You can use this kind of setup to test multiplayer related features or troubleshoot multiplayer related bug reports that may be otherwise hard to reproduce over MP, because you don't normally see what other people are doing in terms of configuring MP/fgfs. | |||
[[File:Direct-p2p-multiplayer-setup.png|800px|Screen shots demonstrating a "peer-to-peer" setup between two fgfs instances running on the same machine via localhost/loopback (127.0.0.1) without any fgms/multiplayer server being involved]] | [[File:Direct-p2p-multiplayer-setup.png|800px|Screen shots demonstrating a "peer-to-peer" setup between two fgfs instances running on the same machine via localhost/loopback (127.0.0.1) without any fgms/multiplayer server being involved]] | ||
You can add an arbitrary number of channels to mirror your flight onto other servers, e.g. to a private fgms server using '''<nowiki>--multiplay=out,10,my.private.server.ip,5000</nowiki>'''. | You can add an arbitrary number of channels to mirror your flight onto other servers, e.g. to a private fgms server using '''<nowiki>--multiplay=out,10,my.private.server.ip,5000</nowiki>'''. | ||