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Master Servers

A MasterServer is a server that maintains a list of all servers (of a certain game) that are currently online. When you open your Multiplayer Games menu and select Internet Games, in a few seconds a list of Unreal servers will appear. From there you can see the map name, players, game rules and you can click to enter the server.

  1. Every Unreal server sends a signal to the MasterServer every minute or so.
  2. The MasterServer keeps a list of all these servers, storing the IP and query port during this minute.
  3. When you open your Multiplayer Games menu and select Internet Games, you request and receive this server list.
  4. The MasterServer sends you this list. Your Unreal then performs a check on all servers in this list. This query is a request to each and every server in the list that you received from the MasterServer. Every server responds to this request with the server name, mapname, number of players, etc.
  5. And now you can see every server name of servers that is online and choose to join it.

When looking for Unreal servers to play in, your game queries the master server at Gamespy by default to find a list of the public Unreal Servers.

Ubrowser

When joinging other online servers, Unreal uses what is called a ubrowser to list all the games found on the master server. The settings Unreal uses to connect with the MasterServer are found in your Unreal.ini.

Signal

To make your server visible, you need to send a signal, called a Beacon (or UDPBeacon) every minute to the MasterServer. Of course, Unreal does this automatically.

If your Unreal client-version is 226 or lower, you won’t be able to find any Unreal server's online because of the GameSpy master server shut down in 2014. If you are running one of these older version of Unreal. It is recommended you upgade and install the 227 patch. Once installed your .ini will be automatically updated with the new master servers.

If you would still like to use an older version of Unreal you will need to add other Master Servers to your .ini to avoid not being able to see servers in your browser.

Instructions

To Join Server's Manually

For those who don't want to edit their Unreal.ini or perhaps are not computer literate below is an easy method of joining a server when your Unreal browser is not returning servers. All you need is the server IP address and port number. It you saved the server in your favorites then it should show up under the favorite tab.

To join a server type the IP address in the "open" box at the top of the Unreal browser.

Unreal Server Browser

If multiple servers are running on the same IP you will need the port number to successfully join. SP server's can be joined from Sniper's Paradise home page from the Server Info section by clicking on the Play Now image. You can also get the IP address and port number from here as well.



How To Query Other Master Servers - Using Unreal 224.

To configure your game to query other Master Servers:

You should be able to query the Master Server added, if for some reason you you cant see any servers then replace your unreal.ini with the backup copy and try again. When using 224 you can only have 1 Master Server listed unlike 225, 226, 227 and Gold if you ever want to use the original Master Server just replace the name of the master server your using with "master0.gamespy.com" or find it in the default.ini.



How To Query Other Master Servers - Using Unreal 225F, 226 and Gold.

To configure your game to query other Master Servers:

You should be able to query every Master Server you added if for some reason you you cant see any servers then replace your unreal.ini with the backup copy and try again.

Server Owners-How To List Your Unreal Server On Other Master Servers

To configure your server to advertise on other Master Servers:

You can add more Master Servers to advertise on:

Learn how to set up your own Master Server.

NOTE: Some servers, often on Linux, can not handle more than 3 UdpServerUplinks. If you have more than 3 lines, your server may crash or not even start properly. Use trial-and-error to determine whether this is the case with your server.

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