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# Easy mode — host your own server
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> Built for non-technical hosts. If you can install Discord, you can do this.
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## What you'll need
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- A Windows PC (Mac and Linux support coming later)
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- A copy of **Rec Room 2020.03.10** — the specific old build DorkNet targets.
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You acquire this yourself; see [Getting the 2020 client](#getting-the-2020-client) below.
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- ~5 GB free disk space
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- About 10 minutes
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## Step 1 — Download DorkNet
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Grab `dorknet.exe` from the [latest release](https://github.com/YOUR_GH_USERNAME/dorknet/releases/latest).
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> Windows SmartScreen may warn you. The exe is code-signed; click "More info"
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> → "Run anyway".
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## Step 2 — First launch
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When you open DorkNet for the first time, you'll see a welcome screen
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asking what you want to do.
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Click **🏠 Host a server**.
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## Step 3 — Patch your Rec Room install
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DorkNet needs to redirect Rec Room to talk to your server instead of the
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official one. This is a one-time patch.
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1. Click the **Patch game** tab.
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2. Click **Browse for Rec Room install...** — point it at the folder where
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`Recroom_Release.exe` lives.
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3. Click **Patch**. Takes 30 seconds.
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✅ You're done with patching. You won't need to do this again unless you
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reinstall Rec Room.
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## Step 4 — Start the server + tunnel
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1. Click **Start server** on the Status tab.
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2. After ~5 seconds you'll see a public URL like
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`https://abc-def-ghi.trycloudflare.com`. Anyone with that URL + a
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matching join code can connect to you.
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## Step 5 — Share the join code with your friends
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1. Click the **Share** tab.
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2. Click **Copy join code**.
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3. Paste it to your friend in Discord / iMessage / wherever.
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That's it for hosting. Your friend opens DorkNet, picks "Join a server",
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pastes the code, and they're in.
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---
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## Getting the 2020 client
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DorkNet doesn't ship the Rec Room game itself — that's Rec Room Inc.'s
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intellectual property. You acquire your own copy through legal means.
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Common paths:
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- If you bought Rec Room on Steam before 2020, you can use SteamDB depot
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tools to download the old build (manifest `4651244957411961725` for
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`Recroom_Release_Data`).
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- Friends who already have a 2020 install can share files with you under
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whatever license terms apply on their end.
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DorkNet's authors can't help you obtain the game. Search the web for
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"Steam depot 2020.03.10 Rec Room" if you need pointers.
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---
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## Troubleshooting
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See [troubleshooting.md](troubleshooting.md) for common issues.
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The most common ones:
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- **"This site can't be reached" when joining** — your tunnel URL changed.
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Get the new one from the Status tab and share it again. (Cloudflare
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Quick Tunnels give a new URL each session. See
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[advanced-setup.md](advanced-setup.md) if you want a stable one.)
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- **Friend can't connect** — they need to use the same Photon region as
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you. Settings → Photon region. Default is `eu`.
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- **Game launches but stays on the loading screen** — your friend isn't
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patched. Make sure they ran the Patch tab in their copy of DorkNet.
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