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Host using a VPN

Step-by-step process for hosting a Fika server using a VPN client.

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables you to join the same network via a public centralized server. You can either use a free VPN service such as Radmin or set up your own VPN. This method is recommended only as a last resort if you are unable to use port forwarding.

This guide will use Radmin as the VPN client. It is able to establish a direct connection if your network allows it, providing the best performance possible.

Free VPNs services are known to cause performance or connectivity problems, so use at your own risk. The officially supported way of playing Fika is with port forwarding. We will not provide support for issues caused by VPN services.

Custom firewalls such as BitDefender may also block your connection while playing. Make sure that you allow the connection or temporarily disable it while playing!

You may also experience issues if you are using another VPN service, even if it is disabled. If you have problems, consider uninstalling any other virtual network adapters.

Installing the Radmin VPN client

  • Navigate to the Radmin website and download the Radmin VPN client.

  • Run the installer and proceed with the installation steps.

  • Reboot your computer. This is important to ensure that the virtual network adapter is correctly installed. Do not skip this step!

  • Open Radmin VPN client (from the taskbar or from the start menu).

  • Click Create network.

  • Enter a network name (can be anything - make sure to remember it. You need to share it with your friends).

  • Enter a password.

  • Click Create.

  • Take note of your VPN IP, which is displayed below your computer name in Radmin. It will be referred to as your_vpn_ip in the following steps.

  • Go to System -> Firewall Exceptions and click Allow All Apps.

Testing connectivity

  • Ask your friend(s) to follow the steps here.

  • Right-click their name in Radmin and click Ping.

  • Close the command prompt when ping is successful.

If the ping fails then it means that the VPN connection is not working correctly. Everyone should try rebooting their PC and make sure that everyone joined the same network in Radmin.

Custom firewalls such as BitDefender can block VPN communication - try turning it off.

Ensuring direct connection

It is important to ensure that you are communicating directly with your friend(s) through Radmin for optimal performance.

  • Right-click your friend's name in Radmin and click Properties.

  • Validate that the Channel type is TCP/out. This mean you have a direct connection to this peer.

If you see TCP/relay, then the communication is relayed through Radmin's servers. The performance will be severely degraded. Try disabling any firewall and/or antivirus in your system and reconnect to the network in Radmin.

Configure your VPN IP in Fika

  • Start SPT.Server at least once to generate the configuration files, then close it.

  • Navigate to user\mods\fika-server\assets\configs.

  • Open fika.jsonc with your preferred text editor (Notepad++ is recommended).

  • Find the server section.

  • Change ip to your_vpn_ip. Make sure to write it inside the quotes.

  • Change backendIp to your_vpn_ip. Make sure to write it inside the quotes.

  • Save the file and close it.

  • Start SPT.Server and verify that it reports Started webserver at https://your_vpn_ip:6969 when it is done loading.

  • Start SPT.Launcher

  • Click the Settings button.

  • Check the Developer mode box.

  • Enter your VPN address in the URL section. This should be the same URL reported by the server.

DO NOT leave out https:// and do not add a slash or space at the end. The URL box should look like this: https://20.21.22.23:6969.

  • Press the arrow on the right corner.

  • You should now be able to create your profile and log in to the server.

  • Start the game.

  • Press F12 when in-game 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_vpn_ip.

Note: Players willing to host a raid will also need to set the Force IP and Force Bind IP in their respective Fika configuration.

Hosting a raid

Click here to learn how to host a raid.

Click here to learn more about additional Fika configurations.

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