|
Pages: [1]
|
 |
|
Author
|
Topic: A Technical Question about Melee (Read 2652 times)
|
Ludka
Zebranky food
 Offline
Gender: 
Posts: 18
|
So, I'm nowhere near a programer. I know nothing about C++. I am barely competent on Photoshop, and I know very little about server capacity and whatnot so this question may seem silly... but:
Currently, in order to net melee, you have to give your IP address to another player who types it into their game and then you connect and play together, right?
Is it an expense matter or something different which keeps us from having a site that we can all link into in order to find people to play against and which hosts the games for us -- kind of like a Gamespy or the thing they have for Diablo?
Is this a prospect that is in the works? Or will the "search for people on the chat client and then give them your IP address in order to play" thing be a forever thing for net melee for UQM?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ludka
Zebranky food
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 18
|
Well, here's the perfect opportunity for someone to volunteer again.
Any takers?
Anyone?
*crickets chirp*
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Spektrowski
Frungy champion
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 77
|
Maybe that's a wrong topic to ask, but it's related to multiplayer games, and I don't want to create one more thread...
If a permanent dedicated server is established, will there be any multiplayer modes for more than two players? For instance, "sliding melee" for n amount of players, with structure of 1 vs 2, winner of 1/2 vs 3, ... , n-1 vs n, n vs 1 and so on until there's only one.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Cedric6014
Enlightened
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 701
|
Maybe - not sure quite what you mean by sliding melee. I'm all for an automated league/tournament structure in any new netmelee server/lobby - perhaps with ratings and official/non-official games (as per Yahoo Games). Currently i'm running leagues and Knockout tournaments manually and intend to do so for the foresee able future. I see no reason why a computer can't do what i'm doing. Of course it takes time and effort of someone that isn't me, as I'm not a programmer either.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Spektrowski
Frungy champion
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 77
|
"Sliding melee" (maybe the term is confusing) should work like that:
4 players register. The schedule is like that:
P2 vs. P1
P3 vs. previous winner
P4 vs. previous winner
P1 (or P2, if P1 won three previous battles) vs. previous winner
And so on.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1]
|
|
|
|
|
