Probably, many were faced with a situation where friends located in another city offer to play an offline game together. Then a completely natural question arises about how to do this. After all, not everyone can go across the country or abroad. The solution to this problem is to create an online game through Hamachi. But first things first.
VPN
In order to deal with the task set before us, it is necessary to determine the basic terms. Games through Hamachi are launched thanks to the creation of the so-called "virtual private networks" (VPN in English - Virtual Private Network). What is it?
A virtual network is a technology that allows you to create some kind of logical network on top of an existing shared network (for example, the Internet). Despite the fact that access and connection can take place over open insecure networks, the created logical network has an increased level of security due to its own cryptographic protection.
VPN Types
Private networks can be divided into two classes according to the level of security.
- Protected . Used in cases where the common transmission network is in the public domain and does not have any certificates of reliability. In such cases, a private network is created with its own protection. This option to build a VPN is the most common.
- Trusted virtual networks do not have their own encoding or security tools, since they are created on the basis of already protected networks and there is no need to create a private channel, but only create a virtual subnet. In such cases, security problems are simply irrelevant.
What is Hamachi?
So, having figured out the basic definition, we go directly to the topic of the article. Hamachi is a program that allows you to create a virtual private network based on your Internet connection. The fact is that if you run the game with an active network connection, and even more so if it is a pirated version, then it will not find a single computer in the list of available games by "LAN". In order to avoid this, Hamachi is being established. If you want to run games through Hamachi with a friend, you will need an active Internet connection and an installed client - Hamachi.
Hamachi is not an official VPN program; it does not support cryptographic protection and can only be used for entertainment purposes.
Installation
As already mentioned, in order to run games over the network through Hamachi, you will need a client application, as well as register in it. It is important that you and your friends have one version of the Hamachi client. Otherwise, the game may not see the computers of your comrades.
Hamachi can be downloaded from any site that distributes free applications, however, always remember the security and check the files with antivirus. Installation is at your own risk. There are frequent cases when, after installing the client, the Internet connection was completely disconnected and lost, and only reinstalling the operating system helped.
After downloading and installing the application on your hard drive, you can safely run Hamachi. It will automatically select a username (the same as the name of your computer) and set up to work. In the "Options" menu, you can change your nickname by which friends can find you.
Hamachi also provides you with a personal chat with your friends and allows you to create conferences. To play games through Hamachi, you will need to perform the initial setup.
- Immediately after installation, the application will require you to register with the LogMeIn service. This is a kind of account for the system. Registration in it will allow you to create and manage your own virtual local networks of various ranks.
- In order to play with friends, you need to create a network. In the left menu, click "Add Network", select a unique identifier, configure access and rank. Attention, you can create a VPN for only five people for free, one of which will be you yourself!
- In order to make a network for a larger number of participants, you will need to pay a certain amount of money (depending on the number of players). There is a little trick to avoiding payment. If several people are already united in one local network, then through one computer and one account they can all connect to your VPN together. Simply put, they are connected via a physical local area network to one computer, and he, in turn, is connected to yours through Hamachi.
- Only one member of your company will need to create a virtual network.
We start
Now let's figure out how to play games through Hamachi. To do this, your friends must connect to the network you created. You must click "Network" -> "Network Connection". In the window that opens, enter your network ID and password, if one has been set.
After all your friends have gathered in one network, you can start your games through Hamachi. In any computer toy there is a menu item "Game on the local network." Go there and create. Your friends will need to see the created game.
Remember that to create a toy on a virtual company-wide LAN, you will need the Hamachi client of one version. The game you are going to use must also be the same version on all computers.