Paperspace as a Virtual Machine for Running FG

[LordEntrails]

Those ports are for their internal network and applications. I only used 80/HTTP as an example, sorry if this caused confusion. I'm only nitpicking, because its a topic I am interested in, and would consider pursuing myself. If there's no buffer between the internet and PC other than Windows Firewall, its a hard no for me. To each their own, and lets be honest, FG data is not very sensitive. If the PC was compromised, what would you really lose?

My 8th level half-orc barbarian!

[Gwydion]

Those ports are for their internal network and applications. I only used 80/HTTP as an example, sorry if this caused confusion. I'm only nitpicking, because its a topic I am interested in, and would consider pursuing myself. If there's no buffer between the internet and PC other than Windows Firewall, its a hard no for me. To each their own, and lets be honest, FG data is not very sensitive. If the PC was compromised, what would you really lose?

Got it.. Sorry about that. I did take that too literally! Not surprisingly, their tech team just confirmed most of the discussion here. Here is the full email I received:
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Hi there,

He is correct in that a public IP is indeed public and reachable by anyone on the internet. You are responsible in protecting your machine, but if you have the correct firewall rules you shouldn't have much to worry about.

There is a lot of info online about setting it up correctly. One piece of advice - take snapshots before you make any config changes so that if you do mess anything up you can revert back to a working state. Also please see our Do's and Don'ts.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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I think I will continue playing with it as I will only keep FG on it most likely so for me, the benefits might outweigh any potential risk. Thanks again for helping educate me!

[twistedtechmike]

Im still interested to see how it plays with several clients connected, so please keep us in the loop!

[Gwydion]

I definitely will!

[Ken L]

No offense, but for 180/yr you may as well go for a full subscription web service like powerVTT or roll20. To each their own though, but I use each platform for its strength.

[twistedtechmike]

@Ken: As someone who has a 5 user license for d20pro and had a full roll20 subscription, I can say without hesitation there is no replacement for Fantasy Grounds. Dynamic lighting in the other two does not compare to power of FG. Paperspace is a much cheaper alternative to full blown hosting like Rackspace though, which has me curious. Im thinking a 24/7 FG instance would make a PbP session doable, which interests the hell out of me.

[Ken L]

PowerVTT / Astral is another contender for the subscription web VTT space, there's more than Roll20 now. FG's core strength is standalone, and interface control for the modding aspect, if your machine is struggling to run it then you may need to change gears rather than putting a dolphin in a motorized fishtank.

[twistedtechmike]

I think the OP's issue was Internet bandwidth, and my interest is not hardware related.

[sirkerry]

Yes it works fine. Tried that today. Connected from my normal computer to it and the sounds triggered fine.

Sweet! Thanks for checking.

[Segin]

... grrr.. nevermind.