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Steam News11 December 20223y ago

Joining Friends in Multiplayer is now much easier!

Hosting a multiplayer game no longer requires enabling port-forwarding on a router. Players can connect to a friend's game by selecting the friend from a list when joining.

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What changed

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addedHosting a multiplayer game no longer requires enabling port-forwarding on a router. Players can connect to a friend's game by selecting the friend from a list when joining. That will use Steam's relay network to send and receive packets, which gets around firewalls. Joining a direct IP address is still supported too.
addedAdded support for Steam network relay messaging.
addedAdded a client option to join a friend's game using the Steam network relay.
changedUpdated Steam API to v1.55.
fixedFixed a bug that could cause invalid autosave when game is not in progress.
changedUpdated version to 2.2.2.10.

Pursuit of Power® 2 : The Chaos Dimension changes

addedHosting a multiplayer game no longer requires enabling port-forwarding on a router. Players can connect to a friend's game by selecting the friend from a list when joining. That will use Steam's relay network to send and receive packets, which gets around firewalls. Joining a direct IP address is still supported too.
addedAdded support for Steam network relay messaging.
addedAdded a client option to join a friend's game using the Steam network relay.
changedUpdated Steam API to v1.55.
fixedFixed a bug that could cause invalid autosave when game is not in progress.

Hosting a multiplayer game no longer requires enabling port-forwarding on a router. Players can connect to a friend's game by selecting the friend from a list when joining. That will use Steam's relay network to send and receive packets, which gets around firewalls. Joining a direct IP address is still supported too.

Notes:

  • Added support for Steam network relay messaging.

  • Added a client option to join a friend's game using the Steam network relay.

  • Updated Steam API to v1.55.

  • Fixed a bug that could cause invalid autosave when game is not in progress.

  • Updated version to 2.2.2.10.

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Steam News / 11 December 2022

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