vbGore Free Online RPG Engine

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I tried doing this, but I could not connect to the server, and no one else could connect to it. After about a week of messing with it, I decided to try the server's internal IP in the game client instead of the external IP. That worked.

I don't know if the page is in error or if my particular set-up on my PC makes the client need the internal IP, so I haven't changed it.

Did you upgrade to the latest version? Either download the newest version, or follow the upgrade guides. Each version takes like 10-25 minutes to upgrade following the guide, so yeah, not much work.

I'm talking about actually changing the client to tell it where to look for the server.

For example, let's say my server's external IP is 255.0.0.0 and the internal IP is 198.0.0.5. If I were to use 255.0.0.0 in the code for the client, the client can't connect to the server. If I use 198.0.0.5, the client can connect.

On the wiki page, it says to use the server's external IP in the client code, but the client can't find the server unless I use the server's internal IP.

Oh, then either your server isn't set to host public (internal IP = 0.0.0.0 in server.ini), or you don't have the ports used forwarded.

either your ISP/router/firewall is blocking conections to vbgores port from outside the network, or you entered the wrong IP.
if the ip you entered is something like the 255.0.0.0 you gave as an example, thats most likely your subnet mask not the actual ip address.
and yes if you hard code the internal network ip address of the system you're running the server on you will be able to connect just fine, as long as its from another computer inside your network.