Posted by: matthewsjc1
Actually, I'm pretty sure private matches will work. I'm a software engineer and have worked on many network systems. The only job the master server does (in most cases) is act like a "linker", providing clients with a list of available servers. When the client picks on, the master server provides the client with the server info (ip, etc). The actual network handling is handled by the dedicated server. Private matches should work, because you're inviting someone into your game and your machine acts as the server and provides the net info directly to the client in order to connect, ie no master server required. I already tried running a private match and it worked fine. So, anybody up for some private matches?
Smashed.