To create a new NautDrafter drafting server, you'll use the Server Configuration screen. There 's are a few things you can can customize about your new server.
Getting to the Server
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Configuration Screen
To get to the server config Server Configuration screen, you'll need to have logged in as a player and made it to the Server Browser screen. On the server browser Server Browser screen you should see a button labelled Host New Game. Hit Click that and you'll be taken to the server config Server Configuration screen.
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Screenshot: The 'Host new game' button highlighted on the Server Browser screen
Configuring your
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Server
The server config configuration screen should look something like the image below:NOTE:
There are several fields you can fill out to make you server fit your needs. These are described below. Once you've entered the details of your server, click the Create server button in the bottom-right of the window to create your server. Once you've clicked this button, a loading indicator will appear and your server should be created after a few seconds. Upon the successful creation of your server you'll be taken back to the Server Browser screen. If there's anything wrong with your server configuration or it looks like other players won't be able able to connect to you, a notification will be shown when you press the Create server button.
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The only information you have to enter in order to create a server is a name. It's good to use something creative and unique. |
Server Details
Server Name: The name or title of your server. Can't Cannot be longer than 255 characters.
Additional Details (optional): An Any additional details about your server that you want to be displayed under the server's title on the Server Browser screen. Also must be no longer than 255 characters.
Password (optional): If you only want people you know joining your server, this is the setting for you! Players and spectators joining the server must enter the password you specify in order to play on access the server.
Game Info
These details are just to provide a bit of additional information to people joining your server - the options you choose won't affect the drafting process or the AwesomeNauts game in any way.
AwesomeNauts Awesomenauts Map: Choose the game map you plan on being played playing once the drafting has finished.
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These options enable you to further configure your new server and the drafting process
Server port (optional): The network port which you want your server to use. This requires will likely require you to "port forward" the port with the same value as the inputconfigure your router to forward this port to the same port on you computer. More details can be found on the Hosting a Drafting Session page.
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If this field is left blank, NautDrafter will use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) to automatically port forward for you. However if UPnP is disabled on your router, it will fail to connect. |
On time out: What should NautDrafter do if a team runs out of bonus time during drafting? Currently forfeit is not implemented so the only option is a random pick when it is a pick phase and skipping the ban when it is a ban phase.
Ban type: You can set whether you want bans to effect both teams (Bi-directional) or only the opposition (One way).
Drafting order: Here you can determine the order of the drafting process .You can use that will be used for drafting games/session played on your server.
Screenshot: Customizing the drafting order for a server.
Start by using the drop down menu to choose a preset and , then, if you want to edit that preset, you can drag around the items until you make customize the schedule further, click-and-drag the pick and ban items in the white box until you've created your preferred schedule.
To add more items to the the drafting schedule, click and drag one any of the four pick and ban items on the left and drop them into the white box. The box will turn yellow when you are able to drop in an item in and will expand to show a placeholder in the position that it where the item will be placed. The pick and ban items are colour-coded to show which team will perform the action.
To re-order the schedule, you can just drag around an already placed item items in the white box and drop them in any place in the schedule.
To remove an item from the schedule, just drag the item to anywhere outside of the white box and release your mouse.
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By customizing the drafting schedule, you may accidentally invalidate the create an invalid schedule. To make sure you have made a valid schedule, click the "Check Validity" button. If there was an erroris anything wrong with your schedule, a notification will tell you whats what's wrong. If it is valid a notification will tell you so. |
When you click the "Create" button it also does a validity check and if it is invalid, the server will not be created and a notification will show the error Create Server button the validity of the drafting schedule will be checked. If it is invalid a notification will appear to tell you what needs to be fixed. You will have to fix the error and click the button again . Only when the schedule is valid will a server be created.before the server will be created.
To be a valid drafting schedule it must meet a few requirements:
- 3 picks for the red team
- 3 picks for the blue team
- An equal number of bans for the red and blue teams
- A maximum number of 3 bans for either team
- Red can not have a ban phase after blue have had all their pick phases and vice versa
Direct connect only: This check-box will decide if your server will be listed on the Server Browser screen or can only be connected to using Direct Connect.