Lancache.net - LAN Party game caching made easy (lancache.net)
from Sunny@slrpnk.net to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 21:58
https://slrpnk.net/post/8781907

Make the most of your network. Get more play for your gamers. Download your games once and serve them out to many people at your LAN.

Had never seen this service before and randomly saw it in Unraid CA now. Thought I’d share this, as it seems like a very cool project, especially for those hosting LAN parties.

Github Link: github.com/lancachenet

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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 22:02 next collapse

Oh LAN parties. How I miss you.

mp3@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 22:03 next collapse

So it’s basically a local CDN for Steam and other platforms?

osprior@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 22:09 collapse

With newer versions of Steam, it’s just handled automatically as long as you enable it, you can download from other players on the network. True not all games are on steam, and this probably works well for massive LAN setups, but I tried and failed to set this up, it’s a bit of a pain and personally found it not worth the effort.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 22:59 collapse

I believe it only works with machines signed into the same account though, no? This is slightly different in that regard.

enfluensa@ttrpg.network on 19 Apr 23:09 next collapse

By default yes, but you can set it to work for anyone on your friends list.

funkajunk@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 23:11 collapse

By default it’s only for the the same account, but you can change it in the download settings to allow transfers to “Steam Friends” or “Anyone”.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 23:13 next collapse

Good to know.

rentar42@kbin.social on 20 Apr 07:54 collapse

At a big enough LAN even just getting everyone to change that setting is probably harder than setting up a central cache. Don't underestimate the amount of people that listen to instructions, say sure and then just either not do it, or fail to do it correctly.