Loading a Private Game

[linearcore]

I have been trying the MP for a while, but I've run into a private game issue. My friend and I wanted to team against the AI in a private game, which was working fine. However, we got disconnected due to a Steam server reboot. When we tried to load the game back up, there was no option to return to a Private game; it kept listing the game in the main lobby so random people were connecting to our game, making it lag and crash.

My question is this: Can you make a loaded game a private game? Or do you have to complete a private game in one sitting to keep it private?

 

[madAzrael]

When i play with my friends, i usually host and i always check the private game checkbox before loading the game. so far nobody joined our games.
but perhaps it was only luck...

if that doesnt work, set a stupid gamename. if "dont join" will not help (because someone has fun to annoy you with joining anyway), call it "lkjf89tkjnig" then...

btw: hosting multiplayer games is a pain in the a**
sometimes the host and clients are not in sync. (im checking with my friends per teamspeak everytime) for example: someone chose a civ, but on the host it still has "random" selected. Or some guys clicked ready, but host cant start the game, because they aren't ready.

[rant]
they should rewrite the whole lobby system. it is crap! you cant even change gameoptions without rehosting. bah
[/rant]

 

[Meeber]

When we have played MP if we check private game then it does not show on the list. How can we join a private game? Now Public games work fine except you can't use passwords.