Allow DNS name when connecting over IP

Comments: 14

• 19 Feb
  Jeff

  +1 for this suggestion! This would help a lot!

• 20 Feb
  Bob

  This is a low hanging fruit.

• 22 Feb
  Code

  I too would really appreciate this! Really helps those of us that constantly have our ISPs changing our IPs.

• 22 Feb
  Sam

  This would be a good privacy and logistics consideration as well. Privacy to not share public IP addresses and logistics for (not so tech-savvy) users being able to remember how to connect to a server.

• 22 Feb
  SuperMeadBoy

  Yes this please, I am hosting a dedicated server for friends but it doesn't show for some of them in the server browser list, and I don't have a static IP available to use the numeric-only Direct Join, but do have access to a dynamic DNS address.

• 23 Feb
  Trenjeska

  helheim yes!
  I know this is Early Access and the connect IP box just a quick UI hack, but as a QoL improvement it would be really appreciated.
  That reminds me... does it accept IPV6.... time to test!

• 23 Feb
  oPyRuSo

  helpful for dynamic IP and i think not so hard to do (just remove restriction ?)

• 24 Feb
  TBone

  yes, please do this, especially with the connect to ip thing not remembering the last ip that you connected to. Not easy for people who want to play but suck at computers to do.

• 24 Feb
  oogle

  This would be great! Much easier for people to remember a DNS name instead of an IP address.

• 24 Feb
  Thyazide

  I already have a redirect for my dedicated server. Please make it useful.

• 25 Feb
  Phillip

  Oh wow I just posted asking for this then saw your suggestion. I don't think it would be too hard if they're using C# or similar just pass the current input through a method like this and spit out a response if it's unresolvable.
  
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.dns.gethostentry?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=net-5.0#System_Net_Dns_GetHostEntry_System_String_

• 25 Feb
  Oran

  Yes! And assume default port. i.e. only require port entry if it's non-default

• 02 Mar
  Tomatomage

  It's fixed by the update which was shipped today. Already tested, worked finde. Thanks to the devs :)

• 02 Mar
  Toby

  Remembering the last entered value would also be greatly appreciated.