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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Taristin on May 23, 2004, 01:59:49 pm

Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Taristin on May 23, 2004, 01:59:49 pm
Because it's summer. I have no social life, and I wanna hone my skills on humans players... What's going on with multi?
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: kasperl on May 23, 2004, 02:08:19 pm
Waiting on Inquisitor to set up the new masterserver.
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on May 23, 2004, 02:35:45 pm
I havent played FS2 Multiplayer since...well...ever :nervous:
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Foxer on May 23, 2004, 03:12:27 pm
As I posted here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,21295.msg474402.html#msg474402), standard PXO for retail FS2 is down since 22th May 2004. I'm very sad about it :( and I haven't place to meet some ppl and play online. FS2NetD server may have very popular if it will be UP. I'm waiting for it!
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Post by: DareDevil on May 24, 2004, 06:04:59 pm
It would be a good opportunity to get many old and new vanilla FS2multi players  to test SCP multi. So it would be a good idea to put scp multi server up while pxo is down.

Just a suggestion   :)
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Post by: Lightspeed on May 24, 2004, 08:36:03 pm
Ed!! :)

I think last we talked he said 'twas all sorted out and ready for launch. Hmm...
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Post by: Inquisitor on May 25, 2004, 09:31:50 am
server's up, just getting the firewall silliness sorted out.
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Post by: Taristin on May 25, 2004, 09:37:36 am
w00t. Good news.  

Now to get an iNet conn to all of my PC's...
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Post by: Lightspeed on May 25, 2004, 10:08:12 am
whoot. Now I just have to figure out why FS2 crashes when I try running it without a MOD selected (think it's a missing file).

Once multi is up i'm gonna go for a little recruiting spree, i daresay ;)

-edit: oh, right. And we need a working IRC implementation :nervous: :(
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Taristin on May 26, 2004, 09:44:02 am
Appears that certain people might lose multi for us...

Quote
Originally posted in Kazan's Signature:
Want to Use PCS? The new PXO? Any code I've written for this community?

Then you better make sure you stop insulting me.


Signed,
Two Hairs from pulling the Public Licenses


:doubt:
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Post by: TopAce on May 26, 2004, 09:46:11 am
Will FSO Multiplayer be faster than PXO?
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Post by: Taristin on May 26, 2004, 09:56:00 am
I guess it depends on where you are, and the state of the server Inquisitor is installing, no?
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Post by: TopAce on May 26, 2004, 10:01:59 am
Just asking because I don't have positivce experience about PXO. There were too many LAGs even with 3-4 players.

Face-to-face dogfight was good, by the way. I always won(those two matches I played). :)
One of them was a German guy, who taught me that 'gehen' means 'to go'. I beated him 10 to 3.
The another one was a squadron leader(who is also an HLP member). I beated him 11 to 7, I think. But I was humilitated in a 4-4 team dogfight. I do not only blame my net connection, I don't know if my team could have won, but I am pretty sure I could have performed much better.
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Post by: JarC on May 26, 2004, 11:17:12 am
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Appears that certain people might lose multi for us...

:doubt:
Is that so? bit arrogant to lash out community wide like this for something just a handfull of people say if you ask me...
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Inquisitor on May 26, 2004, 12:03:32 pm
stay tuned
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Post by: kasperl on May 26, 2004, 12:17:35 pm
What about the open sourcing of the original PXO?
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Post by: Flipside on May 26, 2004, 12:22:25 pm
There was no open sourcing of the old PXO iirc, it was removed together with the MVE player stuff?
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Post by: jdjtcagle on May 26, 2004, 12:26:38 pm
Yup, what Flipside said, that's why were working on it
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Post by: kasperl on May 26, 2004, 12:38:44 pm
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Originally posted by Flipside
There was no open sourcing of the old PXO iirc, it was removed together with the MVE player stuff?


Originally, yes, but some guy from Outrage, or something, came out with the source a few months ago IIRC. MVE is still gaurded like Fort Knoxx though.
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Post by: Kazan on May 26, 2004, 12:55:00 pm
which I don't see why, it's not that good of a format
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Post by: Flipside on May 26, 2004, 01:12:54 pm
I know, DivX is better, I have an unsupported suspicion they are a bit like compressed ANI files, but with a 16-bit palette instead of the 8-Bit one in standard ANI files.
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Post by: Lightspeed on May 26, 2004, 01:47:47 pm
The ironic thing is, MVEs *ARE* 8-bit.
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Post by: Darkhill on May 26, 2004, 11:45:25 pm
I downloaded 3.6 and compiled it.  When I goto multi it seems to be working fine (besides no servers).  But if I try and create my own game I see a quick loading screen and I'm back to the desktop.  Any suggestions?  Or am I doing something wrong?

Edit:  I've also tried the exe that was linked in my thread about finding the 3.6 code and get the same problem.
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Post by: Foxer on May 27, 2004, 04:38:46 am
3.6 is availble (?) Where I can download it?
I use 5-22-04 Bob Decal build, when I click on multi it says that connection with FS2NetD server is lost :(. Is there any better build for multi, masterserver is not up or am I do something wrong? It's not working even with "test" login and password o.O
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Post by: c914 on May 27, 2004, 05:21:55 am
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Originally posted by Foxer
3.6 is availble (?) Where I can download it?
I

i think that darkchrono4 download media vp ..yes? I think soo
..but if there is 3.6 build..where i can download it!!
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Inquisitor on May 27, 2004, 09:49:32 am
He built it out of CVS it sounds like.

There will be a release thread soon though.

As for it not working, not sure why, will have to test it.
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Post by: Lightspeed on May 27, 2004, 10:56:31 am
Did you set up the build properly so it tries to reach Inq's server and not Kazans temporary testing server (which is down)?
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Foxer on May 27, 2004, 11:52:58 am
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Originally posted by Lightspeed
Did you set up the build properly so it tries to reach Inq's server and not Kazans temporary testing server (which is down)?

Simple n00bie, dumb question: How to do that? How do I must set up my build for Inq's server? :)
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Darkhill on May 27, 2004, 02:25:30 pm
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Originally posted by Lightspeed
Did you set up the build properly so it tries to reach Inq's server and not Kazans temporary testing server (which is down)?


I would assume that I did not.
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Lightspeed on May 27, 2004, 04:51:03 pm
youll have to edit the multiplayer .cfg files to point to whatever server Inq put up. That is if

a) the server is already up

b) you know the addy and ports

Two things I have no answers for, right now.
Title: Multi... Where is it? Will it be back?
Post by: Inquisitor on May 27, 2004, 05:52:48 pm
Whan i have it running,  I will publish the details ;)
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Post by: Bobboau on May 27, 2004, 09:21:12 pm
so I take it our little "licensing" problem has been settled with regard to the use of the new multi code?
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Post by: Kazan on May 27, 2004, 09:43:57 pm
yes it has
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Post by: Bobboau on May 27, 2004, 10:07:25 pm
hmmm, good.
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Post by: Turambar on May 27, 2004, 10:16:53 pm
theres this game, Allegiance (www.alleg.net) that has an amazing team-based multiplayer game.  Each team has a commander and fighters.  You have to scout for recources, fight your enemies and manage construction.  THe commander orders the troops in a RTS kinda way, but its people who fly the ships.  The areas are conencted by "nodes" and such.  You also do research for better stuff.  I played allegiance for a while, but it is butt-ugly, so i came to FreeSpace.
I looked into NodeWars but it doesnt seem the same...
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Post by: Darkhill on May 27, 2004, 10:52:56 pm
We will probably end up using the peer to peer side of things.  But is there anything special in running a server?
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Post by: Inquisitor on May 28, 2004, 08:26:49 am
a FS2 SCP LAN server?

Not that I am aware of.
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Post by: kasperl on May 28, 2004, 10:59:34 am
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Originally posted by Turambar
theres this game, Allegiance (www.alleg.net) that has an amazing team-based multiplayer game.  Each team has a commander and fighters.  You have to scout for recources, fight your enemies and manage construction.  THe commander orders the troops in a RTS kinda way, but its people who fly the ships.  The areas are conencted by "nodes" and such.  You also do research for better stuff.  I played allegiance for a while, but it is butt-ugly, so i came to FreeSpace.
I looked into NodeWars but it doesnt seem the same...


Nodewars is a story discussion, just writing about battles.

An FPS version of what you mentioned is Natural Selection, a HL1 mod.
FSCZ is doing something long term with resources, but nothing direct in-game, since that would count as major recoding.
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Post by: Darkhill on May 28, 2004, 02:50:20 pm
My build and the build I got from here both crash to the desktop when even trying to do peer to peer.  After setting the game details and pressing accept (to goto the mission selection) the game says loading then goes to the desktop.
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Post by: Lightspeed on May 28, 2004, 03:11:18 pm
Oh no, Multiplayer LAN is screwed AGAIN!

Search Mantis, there's an old bug report from me stating the same problem. It was supposedly fixed back then (never got around to test it though), but as it seems it is still there/ it is back.
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Post by: Kazan on May 28, 2004, 04:09:35 pm
huh LAN screwed?
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Post by: ShadowDrakken on May 28, 2004, 04:47:00 pm
hey, I reported that it was broken when I first started here, but noone listened to me :P everyone just blew me off and screamed that I must have ****ed soemthing up bleh!
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Post by: Kazan on May 28, 2004, 05:17:17 pm
because it ws working for me
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Post by: Darkhill on May 28, 2004, 05:38:12 pm
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Originally posted by Kazan
because it ws working for me


Ok, now it seems to be working.  My build and the other build make it to the mission selection now.  Not sure if we can fly missions yet but it seems to be working now.  Is the fs2_open server or something up now?

It was not working for the Imperial Alliance modified game until I copy pasted all the *.cfg files from the clean install.