![]() The windows 7 and 8 default location is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Borderlands\Binaries\Borderlands.exeĬreate a Windows shortcut to this executable (right click on it and select "create shortcut"). To avoid my first mistake, locate your steam borderlands executable. I changed it to "steam://rungameid/8980 129.168.1.2" but that does not work! My first mistake in attempting this was using the default shortcut that steam generates for borderlands which specifies "steam://rungameid/8980". On the (guest) machines that you wish to join the game that the host is serving, you have to create a special icon that specifies the ip address of the server to the borderlands executable. next you should see the lobby screen and see your character in the top slot of the 4 available player slots. In borderlands, on the game host machine, at the main menu, select "lan game" then "host public game" and then type in a (arbitrary) host name and press OK. Once you know the LAN ip address of the game host machine, then start steam borderlands. (one way to find your computer's ipv4 address in Windows is to open a command prompt and type "ipconfig"). (Let's say this is local lan ip address of 192.168.1.2). Go to the computer that you wish to be the game host. I disconnect the router from the internet (truly LAN ONLY). ![]() Make sure all copies are steam updated / current. Here's my instructions that worked for me: I have two steam copies of borderlands and a simple home lan / nat router configuration. (This was part of my difficulty - not knowing what it should look like when it does work) I'm typing out some extra details here in case this does not solve your specific problem, so that you know what it should be like when it does work. Most other games with LAN play are much more intuitive: you start up all your games, and then someone hosts a game, others see the host's game, and they join it. So just a few minutes ago I figured out how to do it and felt the need to share it with the world so that others could benefit more quickly. But finally, I was able to piece together the best parts of some of my research, and found the solution! (clue: it wasn't my firewall, my nic card or protocol order, and forcebindip also did not help me at all). ![]() To my surprise, I spent many HOURS (in frustration) trying to figure out how to get local lan play working! That includes googling, reading, testing solutions from others that did not help me at all. ![]() I recently got 2 copies of the borderlands 1 + 2 from humble bundle, and after playing a little borderlands 1 single player, I knew friends were going to want to play this, so I set about verifying the lan works before buying my other copies. You dont need this page to make lan work, but you might like some of the hidden configurations that are basic to most games these days: TIP: In my googling, I found this page to be GREAT on some extra (albeit advanced) configuration items for Borderlands. ![]()
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