Absurd Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 "GameSpy: John also mentioned the basic way people would connect to games -- you'll have to go in all together as opposed to jumping on and off servers. Is that something that could change over time? Tim Willits: That is actually more difficult to change. Due to the math and the physics and the way the calculations of the underlying code work, that would be the most conducive way of doing it. However, that also opens up a lot of great possibilities for good front ends, where people can connect, chat, do voting, and then launch. If you look at Warcraft and Command & Conquer, these are popular multiplayer games that have that same launch system. People can obviously quit out at any time, but they won't be able to connect in. We'll have to be a little creative with our front end launchers and our servers ... but all that stuff will be worked out. GameSpy: And all this applies to Quake 4 as well? Tim Willits: Yes." http://www.gamespy.com/articles/august02/quakecon2002/id/ Translation: No dedicated servers - no leaving and coming back - no joining mid-game = the suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Yipes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda_623 Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Wow, that does suck. I was really lookin foward to Quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 Yes ... and more ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb Starblazer Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Wow, not being able to join in the middle of a game, and no dedicated servers, that does suck. *looks at titles of games* Oh, nevermind, this doesn't bother me in the least;) I'm just glad JO multiplayer doesn't use that setup. As long as Dark Forces 4 : Jedi Knight 3 : Jedi Outcast 2... doesn't use those game engines, I could care less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 That means if JK 3 or some such used the Doom 3 engine it would be peer to peer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Knight Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 that majorly sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 If you look at Warcraft and Command & Conquer, these are popular multiplayer games that have that same launch system. This guy is a total dumbass.... The reason war3 and C&C are liek that is because they are RTS games, if you joined mid game you would get your ass kicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 I'm such a Doom fan too. I always liked that better than Quake. I put my stock in Serious Sam now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truthful Liar Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 This is why all my money's on UT 2003, and I still keep regretting that lucasarts (once again) had the Jk series built on another down-grade engine, if only they waited another year or so (perhaps just 6 months even!) they could have made Jk2 so much better using UT 2003's engine. Instead they use an already-getting-old-engine like Q3's creating the same situation as they did with Jk1. If we're lucky, this trend will continue on till Jk3 and then it will probably use another semi-outdated engine (UT2003 engine IN 2008!) and by the time it comes out, the engine for Jk3 that they're using will already become old-fashioned. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Ugh. While I can see the benefits of this sort of setup, the cons far outweigh the pros in my opinion. This sort of thing should be optional, not mandatory. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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