DeathBoLT Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 Deathbolt, writing completely new netcode from scratch and managing to support client-server and peep-peer in the same game is way to much work when you already have netcode that is the standard for online gaming at your fingertips. True it is alot of work, but if the Zone is waving enough money in front of lucasart's faces... Although most people probably wouldn't trade dedicated server netcode for peer-to-peer, the Zone may still hope to be a major place for JK2 players to meet at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhuf Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 This is the reason I prefer the client-'dedicated' server model to peer-to-peer. The server does not waste CPU bandwidth on graphics/sound rendering/game control input. It is 'dedicated' to implementing the rules of the game. Of course I wouldn't expect a listen (non-dedicated) server to fare well in hosting 16 players if it were chugging along, trying to render 3d graphics, sound, player input etc. Of course the Zone has nothing to do with this though. The Zone does in fact support dedicated server listings (I don't recall how many dozens of times I've said this). Zone has supported dedicated server listings since Allegiance was published a few years ago. I don't know whether Outcast Zone supports dedicated server listings though. Wish Raven would tell us. Yes, the number of hops between computers is dynamic and unpredicatable. This affects both peer to peer and client-server game models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanion VDS Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 even if you have 100mbit connection and a sucky isp it wouldnt help you much hosting really unless you had a direct connection to the backbone itself which most q3 tdm servers have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikecast Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I am a sysop on the Zone and i personally cannot wait to play this game, i am a little concerned over the zone latency issues and i don't use the site as much as i used to , i prefer the in-game servers that many have raved about and rightly so, all i can say is role on march 29th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0MBER II Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 March 28th for me =-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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