Originally posted by L1m3r:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

I can't quote any specific source at the moment, it's just based mostly on other posts scattered around and a bit on things I kind of remember from when I was considering getting back into programming as a hobby some time back (I had some ideas for games that I wanted to try my hand at) and researching how different multiplayer platforms were set up. [deep recovery breath] Microsoft's was my first - and last when I realized that it had been so long since I've done any code that I just wasn't seeming to totally wrap my head around it.

Ah well, thanks anyway. :-)

But does that mean the Xbox/GP versions don't have the option to join a (dedicated) server directly via FQDN/IP:port ?

no they do, that's what the join code in the pause menu is for alongside the server list.

i just think they can't start them, it requires the tool for the dedicated server which is only on pc.