multiplayer

Thomcat · #1 October 16th, 2006, 06:31 PM

did someone make some experiences? the multiplayer mode interest me over tcp/ip. I dont have the gameyet, therefore I ask.

Suicide Junkie · #2 October 16th, 2006, 06:36 PM

Huh?

Me and Se5a have been playing some multiplayer, using FTP for convenience, but Email works too.

Thomcat · #3 October 16th, 2006, 06:41 PM

argh! no tcp/ip? that is a joke or?

Phoenix-D · #4 October 16th, 2006, 06:46 PM

Its there but SJ is saying he hasn't tried it.

Thomcat · #5 October 16th, 2006, 06:49 PM

ah ok, thanks. how do the attitudes/konfiguration for the multiplayer look? someone would be so friendly and few screenshots show up?

Suicide Junkie · #6 October 16th, 2006, 06:50 PM

There is a TCP/IP mode, yes.
However, as a Turn Based Strategy game, you don't need it.

There is no reason why players need to be online at the same time, other than the fact that you get through more turns if your schedules match.

When playing via Email/FTP or PBW, you take your turns whenever you like.
You can even play while the other people are sleeping or at work/school.

Thomcat · #7 October 16th, 2006, 07:13 PM

yes thats right, but i would play the game in network in simultan mode. more rounds in a session.

Suicide Junkie · #8 October 16th, 2006, 07:25 PM

Indeed, all serious multiplayer is simultaneous mode, no matter what the file transfer method.

Gusset · #9 October 18th, 2006, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Suicide Junkie said:
There is a TCP/IP mode, yes.
However, as a Turn Based Strategy game, you don't need it.

There is no reason why players need to be online at the same time, other than the fact that you get through more turns if your schedules match.

I am not knocking a PBEM/PBW game pace in the slightest. I plan to play it, and I think I will enjoy it.

However, having played online MOO2 for the past 8 years, I have to disagree with your dismissal of playing online at the same time for extended periods. In my experience, players often find time to play an entire game in one setting, if they are willing to block out the time for it. Game settings matter a lot, of course, to keep it manageable.

Also, if players wish to play 1-on-1 matches, scheduling becomes much easier and multiple play sessions becomes a practical thing. It's even possible to do in a 4-5 player game, though it's much more difficult.

TCP/IP is important to a lot of us, especially those of us who have spent considerable time using similar play modes in other games. I hope MM isn't quite so dismissive as several posters I've seen about getting this functionality to work smoothly.

Respectfully,

-Gusset

Suicide Junkie · #10 October 18th, 2006, 07:00 PM

No, you misunderstand me.

I am all for organizing schedules and I've played a few 50-turn weekends myself.

I'm just saying that TCP mode isn't nessesary. The other modes work just as well, and are often easier to play with. They shift cleanly from daily-turns during the week to turn blitzes during the weekends.
No worries about reconnecting everybody before you can start playing. You just play, and if everybody happens to be on at the same time, the turns go voom!