#1 Re: Technical Help » Any way to host a LAN game without a dedicated server? » 2024-10-06 10:00:54

Hi both,

Thanks so much for your answers!

The dedicated server on the same machine works well, thank you for the hint @Xberg!

The game.serverContentCheck is set to 0 by default on all machines (and that didn't change anything unfortunately).

What really bugs me is that I have 8 identical machines, all vanilla setups with basic Windows installation, and I installed the very same version of BF42 (the one linked here above) on all machines — all the identical steps, nothing else installed, and no modifications to the version. And still: When joining any host, I always receive the "data differs issue". The dedicated servers resolve this issue, but still...I have no clue why it does not work when there were never changes to any files or installations and everything is identical... ?

#2 Technical Help » Any way to host a LAN game without a dedicated server? » 2024-09-29 21:28:46

nz2004
Replies: 4

Hi folks,

Regular reader and player here. I want to host a larger BF1942 LAN party soon.

Has anyone managed to host a LAN game natively without a dedicated server (directly out of the games menu)?

Whenever I do this, the client(s) receive the "data differs issue". I did multiple clean reinstalls and tried on different machines and operating systems — always the same error. The basis is the Anthology version linked in this forum.

I do not want to buy an additional machine just for the dedicated server.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

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