Invasion Multiplayer HowTos

On this page you will find answers to typical questions about Invasion Multiplayer.

How many players can play an invasion level?

The number of players that can play on an Invasion Server is 100. But remember that playing with many people will need a powerful hardware and a fast internet connection.

How to create an user account.

To play invasion multiplayer you will need an user account. On this video we show you how to create it.

How to create a game server and announce it on internet through a lobby.

To play Invasion multiplayer somebody have to take the role of game server, and the others players will connect to the gameserver. When you create a game server with a lobby, your server will appears on internet, so any player on internet could connect to it, in order to play with you.

How to connect to an internet game server through a lobby.

To connect to a gameserver on internet you can use the lobby, it will show you all the gameservers availables to play with. on this video we show you how to connect in this way.

The Store.

You will can play invasion for free, but if you want to buy some items (like some weapons), you will can through the Store, which is an application that you can download on our download link.

How can i chat ?

Invasion has a message/command bar. With this you can send message and execute some commands. Use the Tab Key to activate/deactivate the chat/command bar. The sintax to send a message is:

userName message

where:

username = is the name of the receiver user (this is the username that appears above the avatars head).

message = is the message to send.

example:

jhonz i am searching the red key.

if you write the above line in the chat bar and press enter. The user jhonz will receive the message 'i am searching the red key.'

there are some commands. every command start with hyphen:

-command [parameter1] [parameter2] [parameterN]

to send a message to all the players you use the ALL command:

-all the server will be shutdown in 10 mins.

to send a message to all the players in your team you use the TEAM command:

-team attack to the player alex.

Remember: You must press enter to send/execute every command.

ps: very soon will be very much commands. they will appears whith every update of the Invasion.

Some new control keys:

There are some new keys, these are not included yet in the control keys screen of the game. These are:

F6 Will show you the names of every player on their heads.

F7 when the level is too big and there are more than one city, it will show you the name of every city.

V Pressing it, you will get a third person view of the player.

If you can't connect to others through internet.

Ensure your firewall is not blocking the ports used by Invasion.

Invasion uses the ports 5200 (tcp) and 5500 (tcp) for communicate with others players. if your firewall is blocking these ports you will can't play using internet. Make sure these ports are opened in your firewall if you want to play on internet.

Port Forwarding.

When you are playing Invasion you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports could be neccesary in some routers and in gaming it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Invasion multiplayer uses the port 5200 (tcp) and the 5500 (tcp). It you find that the game is unable to connect to others players on internet, maybe you will need to make port forwarding with these port to the machine where you will play.