{"id":1077,"date":"2015-07-23T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T23:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2015-07-23T23:40:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T23:40:46","slug":"how-to-setup-a-planets3-alpha-multiplayer-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/how-to-setup-a-planets3-alpha-multiplayer-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup a Planets3 Alpha Multiplayer Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prerequisite:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Windows computer\/server that has a public IP address<\/li>\n<li>Planets3Alpha downloaded to the above computer (The Server is included in the Windows Planets3 Alpha download)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Installing Planets3 Alpha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Installing Planets3 Alpha is easy to do.\u00a0 Run the installer and follow the prompts.\u00a0 The server gets installed when you install the Planets3 Alpha, you just have to launch the server file to run the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setting up Firewall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the Start button type in firewall and hit enter.\u00a0 This should start up the Windows Firewall application.<\/p>\n<p>What we need to do is create a new inbound rule to allow UDP port 7777 (the Planets3 server port) so we can connect to the server.<\/p>\n<p>Click on Inbound Rules, and then Create a New Rule&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0.png\" alt=\"0\" width=\"783\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0.png 783w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0-500x292.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select Port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1.png 720w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1-375x300.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select &#8220;UDP&#8221; and &#8220;Specific local ports:&#8221; The port number is 7777<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2.png 720w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2-375x300.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give the New Rule a Name and Description.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3.png 720w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-375x300.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally click Finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Configure Planets3Alpha to Start on System Log In<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can manually launch the server by double clicking on the &#8220;start_server&#8221; file under &#8220;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Planets3Alpha\\&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to have Planets3 Startup on system log in, do the following.<\/p>\n<p>Open up the Planets3 install directory in Windows Explorer, it should be under &#8220;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Planets3Alpha\\&#8221;.\u00a0 Create a shortcut by right clicking on &#8220;start_server&#8221; then Create shortcut.\u00a0 Now drag the shortcut to the Startup folder found under All Programs in the start menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/41.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"802\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/41.png 802w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/41-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/41-402x300.png 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.\u00a0 You should be able to reboot, log in, and have Planets3 Alpha multiplayer server start automatically.\u00a0 All that is left is for you to connect to your new server.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prerequisite: Windows computer\/server that has a public IP address Planets3Alpha downloaded to the above computer (The Server is included in the Windows Planets3 Alpha download) Installing Planets3 Alpha Installing Planets3 Alpha is easy to do.\u00a0 Run the installer and follow &hellip; 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