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Madgap
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Sorry, guys...my site went down because my university of michigan account was deactivated. They only let us keep em for one term after graduation. However, I contacted them, paid my 10 bucks, and it should be up again very soon. It's a shame too, because the site went down right when I was about to upload the client/server combo.
The client/server deal is VERY crude. I haven't been able to test it under real internet conditions so...we'll see. It will give a rough idea of how smooth internet combat would be.
I really want to get back to the single player game, which is why I'm releasing such an unpolished multiplayer test. I've got some cool ideas for single player that I want to implement...should make gameplay more interesting. I'll post a message here when the website is back up. Also, you'll know it's back up because my cat avatar will reappear.
-Madgap
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Madgap
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Webpage is back up, along with the client/server. We'll need to set up some kind of 'server party' to really test out the code. I have only tested this out locally on my own computer...as for how it runs over a real internet connection...who knows. Any for those too lazy to check out the readme.txt you can set your name in the lobby with:
/setname YourName
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« Last Edit: June 18, 2004, 01:47:29 am by Madgap »
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thatsteveguy
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Well, I'm up for hosting a server, although I'll need to know everyone else is ready for it. (My ISP only provides me with a dynamic IP)
Post a message here if you're game....
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Cronos
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Server up and running.
Current IP is: 203:45:28:214 (replace colons with dots)
I've tested it on my own machine and it tends to work okay but I need an acid test by players not in my own home.
Connect at your own risk, I'll, be leaving it up for the next 6 or 7 hours and I'll post uptime/downtime as necessary.
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thatsteveguy
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Well, I tried to connect to your server, but I think it's down already, (couldn't ping it). In the mean time, I'll put one up on :
63.249.65.200
and leave for work 
BTW if you see this, jump on it because my IP is dynamic, so who knows how long the lease will last...
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« Last Edit: June 18, 2004, 11:28:59 pm by thatsteveguy »
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Madgap
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Well, I could ping your computer, but I couldn't connect to the server. So either the server is down or something isn't working correctly. If no one successfully connects then I think I'm going to end up abandoning the multiplayer project until I move and can set up a permanent server of my own.
It's next to impossible for me to test anything like this. 
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« Last Edit: June 19, 2004, 12:10:05 am by Madgap »
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Quizzling
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Howdy - i just connected to your server (203:45:28:214) - and teh game looks really fun. I just hopped on to see if i could connect, so i've not done any exploring, but i'm headed back in now. Keep up the good work:)
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thatsteveguy
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Hmmm, thats odd. I know my copy of the server is up. (Called home and asked room mate. ) I can also ping it from here at work so I don't know.
On the other hand, what kind of performance should I expect connecting to my own machine? Because even on my own machine movement was VERY choppy. Should it be even close to the movement in the regular game?
Yet another side note. When I tried connecting to the 203:45:28:214 it kicked me into what looked like the normal single player game, so I have a feeling that that is what Quizzling actually played.
Quizzling, did you see a load/new game option? That would tell us if you actually connected to the server. .
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Quizzling
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Uh... Oh. Yeah, i guess it just did kick me into the normal single player. I'd never played the game before, so i assumed that what i was playing was on the server. Now i see the error of my ways. In any case, i'm enjoying myself. Thanks for the work on this.
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Quizzling
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Also, i just tried running on my local server (e.g. starting the server, then running off 127.0.0.1), and the speed was just fine - no difference between that and single player. I'm running a laptop with Pentium-M 1.3GHz and 512MB Ram, standard, built in graphics card, if that helps.
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thatsteveguy
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Then something is jacked up with either my computer or the server. Oh well....
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Cronos
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Server up as of 10 AM today and will be until 10 PM/9:30PM (hey, I need to go to work at 4:30 AM you know D: )
Uptime for today: 12 Hours
{Edit}
Madgap, there was a very good reason for that. Your post came 12 hours after mine, and I was in bed snoring at the time (or getting up for work =\) so naturally the compy was off at the time.
I may be able to piece together a computer to work as a permanent server (on 24/7 in other words).
{Double Edit}
Current time as of this edit is 10:16 AM, time at Post was 10:12 AM, so it should be up for some time.
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« Last Edit: June 19, 2004, 06:12:15 am by Cronos »
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Madgap
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I was just able to connect to you server, Cronos. Unfortunately it was a really bad connection. Nothing was responding very well. However, at least it connected, so we know that it's at least possible. I think it's pretty clear that I'm going to have to set up some permanent test server of my own. I can't do that until I move, and I can't do that until I get a job. Soooo...until then I'll just focus on single player.
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