Multiplayer games [split from Common Problems / FAQ]

[Arreon]

If I host a game on the lobby (or some other hosting place) and someone joins my game, will he/she know my IP address?

I'm especially worried about hackers.

[Buginator]

If I host a game on the lobby (or some other hosting place) and someone joins my game, will he/she know my IP address?

I'm especially worried about hackers.

This don't belong in this thread, and I am sure someone will move it sooner or later, but in answer to your question, anyone you connect to knows your IP address.

As for being hacked, that is why you have a firewall.

You can't avoid letting other people see your IP, since they need that to connect to you.

This applies for basically everything you do, and any game you play.

[Zarel]

Don't listen to the propaganda spread by people who don't know what they're doing. IP addresses are harmless.

Here are two things you should know:

1. Hiding your IP makes no sense, since everything you do on the internet uses your IP. That's the whole point of an IP: you wouldn't be able to see this web page if it didn't know your IP - how would it know where to send the page to?
Because of this, your IP is ridiculously easy to figure out. Watch:


2. People can't hack you if all they know is your IP. If you're using the default settings on Windows, they can't even hack you if they know your IP, and an administrator username and password. Hacking a home computer over a network using an IP is pretty much impossible nowadays - most hacking comes from downloading spyware.

That said, Warzone doesn't exactly have special hacking tools built-in, so people aren't going to be able to accidentally see your IP - they'll only see it if they try. And if they try, well, Warzone is no exception to rule #1 - if their computer didn't know your IP, they wouldn't be able to play any online game with you.

[Arreon]

I was scared for a moment. By the way I'm sorry about the misplaced topic. I did that without thinking.