Host over LAN

Hosting over LAN allows you to play with someone in the same house/network without internet access and without any real port forwarding other than allowing the application in your local firewall.

Your local IP address will be required to host over LAN. Follow the steps below to obtain it.

  • Press the Windows key and type cmd.

  • Type ipconfig and then press enter in the command prompt.

  • The IP listed in IPv4 is what you will need for the next section, e.g. 192.168.0.152. It will be referred to as your_lan_ip.

Your local IP address should appear under Ethernet adapter (if your connection is wired)

SPT/Fika configuration

  • Start the SPT.Server at least once to generate the configuration files

  • Navigate to your user\mods\fika-server\assets\configs and open fika.jsonc

  • Navigate to the server section

  • Change ip to your_lan_ip.

  • Change backendIp to your_lan_ip.

  • Save the file and close it.

Edit LAN IP in fika.jsonc

Windows Firewall

You will need to configure the Windows Firewall to allow inbound traffic to the port 6969 TCP and 25565 UDP. If you don't know how, you can use FikaUtils.

Last steps

Launch SPT.Server.exe.

If everything is working properly, you should see something similar in the console output:

ModLoader: loading: 1 server mods...
Mod: server version: 2.4.0 by: Fika loaded
Server: executing startup callbacks...
Importing database...
Database import finished
Started webserver at https://<your_lan_ip>:6969
Started websocket at wss://<your_lan_ip>:6969
Server is running, do not close while playing SPT, Happy playing!!

If you see errors (red text) then that means your configuration is invalid or you are unable to host using the configured IP address/port.

  • Launch SPT.Launcher.exe.

  • Start the game.

  • Once you are in the main menu, press F12 to bring up the configuration manager.

  • Find the Force IP and Force Bind IP in the "Fika.Core" section of the configuration manager.

  • Set both Force IP and Force Bind IP to your LAN IP. <- THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP, DO NOT SKIP IT.

At this point, your server should be accessible to your friends, and you can start playing.

Your friends will need to install Fika as well and follow the steps to join a Fika server.

Click here to learn how to host a raid.

Click here to learn more about additional Fika configurations.

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