Originally Posted by
NightmareTX
Here is the results of my tests.
First of all, the approach I took this time is different. It wont give you host instantly but with patience, it will. I noticed that there is some dvars related for the Dedicated Servers and connection timeout dvars. What I did is that I modified most of them to prevent the game from merging to a new lobby and prevent the game to connect to a dedicated server. This way, it increases the chance of getting Host. The method also do something else and make the process longer but insures the Host.
If, after the host test, you don't gain host when people are joining the lobby, you will automatically back out and create a new lobby. This process repeats each time you don't get host until you get it. Once I got host, I kept it for about 4-5 games until the process has to repeat.
I know that this process could be long but that's when I was alone. Maybe with a friend it will work better. Not tested that yet.
Its not an instant force host but at least its another method. You just need to be patient.
*EDIT*
This method could generate a random game crash saying that you don't have any memory left. But it could be Cheat Engine that is the cause.