MrVicchio
2003-01-15, 07:55 PM
Author Topic: What happens if all 2000 people in a server converge on one base?
Strickk
Station Member
Registered: May 2000
posted 01-15-2003 11:04 AM user search report post
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Just wondering what's going to happen when a MAJOR battle happens which sucks in most of the server population. Think it won't happen?
I used to play a game called 10Six. Whenever a battle happened Bob message Jim who would message Alan who would message his clan whose members would message .... 10Six dealt with the issue by capping how many people could particpate in a battle at 32.
How are the devs planning to deal with the horrendous lag that is usually the norm with pitched battles involving more that 40+ people?
OUCH!!!!!!
SmokeJumperPS
Station Admin
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-15-2003 01:00 PM user search report post
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I haven't played 10Six, and I know very little about it...but if 32 players was their maximum, then they needed some serious work on their netcode.
Tribes 2 has been out...what...about two years once March rolls around? And T2 could support 64 players easily, and I've played in a 128-person battle in that game.
We can do better than that right now with PlanetSide. If other folks can't do *at least* that well...then maybe they should consider working in a non-multiplayer environment.
Perhaps that's harsh...but...well...y'know. I mean...c'mon...32 players max?
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/001576.html
Strickk
Station Member
Registered: May 2000
posted 01-15-2003 11:04 AM user search report post
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Just wondering what's going to happen when a MAJOR battle happens which sucks in most of the server population. Think it won't happen?
I used to play a game called 10Six. Whenever a battle happened Bob message Jim who would message Alan who would message his clan whose members would message .... 10Six dealt with the issue by capping how many people could particpate in a battle at 32.
How are the devs planning to deal with the horrendous lag that is usually the norm with pitched battles involving more that 40+ people?
OUCH!!!!!!
SmokeJumperPS
Station Admin
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-15-2003 01:00 PM user search report post
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I haven't played 10Six, and I know very little about it...but if 32 players was their maximum, then they needed some serious work on their netcode.
Tribes 2 has been out...what...about two years once March rolls around? And T2 could support 64 players easily, and I've played in a 128-person battle in that game.
We can do better than that right now with PlanetSide. If other folks can't do *at least* that well...then maybe they should consider working in a non-multiplayer environment.
Perhaps that's harsh...but...well...y'know. I mean...c'mon...32 players max?
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/001576.html