stilton 0 Posted December 5, 2010 (edited) Playing a the simplest of missions with the latest patch, OA.. over a LAN. Locally hosting the server on one of the PC's.. There is no option to configure bandwidth usage, so the game takes full advantage of the massive amounts of bandwidth to deliver decent warpfree gameplay. Some sort of autoconfiguration or just options would be great. -- You can run a dedicated server on the hosting/editing machine.. i guess.. and edit the files as you would do, if you were constantly running a dedi... ...but its a bit much for just 2 player quick and easy coop. The game could default you using really high settings if you're running it in 'lan mode' surely? or you could have options? or commands you could type ingame? (( If im wrong, and this isnt the game and others dont experience it.. Ok, sorry, my bad.. If not, surely im not the only one that thinks arma could still use a bit more -basic- options support... Viewdistance would be another one.. )) I mean Yes, you can change it using scripting.. But is it really necessary to turn viewdistance down to the terrible amount it goes down to when you host a new multiplayer game? Edited December 6, 2010 by Stilton Rewording this post so its nice and easy to see my point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunter Severloh 4088 Posted December 6, 2010 Hello. Anytime you make a post without computer specs, and or game info, patched, ect., the likelihood of getting a response is slim, so please post your computer specs, and other info like what games your playing, are they patched etc., Also It all depends on what island you playing on too, chenarus for example is a huge island, and maybe more laggy then another. consider which Im sure you get is that another person is useing your computer resources too to lay the hosted game, not by very much but it would effect performance. What type of mission are you playing, whats on it, alot of AI, alot of explosions, smoke ect.,.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stilton 0 Posted December 6, 2010 lol.. i appreciate your attempt at: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting I'm not asking for your help though Gunter, i was really asking why there is no basic options regarding bandwidth configuration for hosting a local server.. Or how the settings are not tweaked when hosting a server on lan, to my knowledge. Its easy, try loading up the editor placing 2 playable characters down, saving to multiplayer.. export and then play it as a local server across lan.. You cannot configure the connection settings now ingame.. And there are no files you can edit to increase the bandwidth usage to maximun to take full advantage of the lan you are playing on. So as you can see, my post doesnt really concern computer specs.. Or what type of gamemode.. Its regarding an integral option that most FPS games allow you to change with the 'console' (Finally, i have 2 pc's and 2 copies of arma.. Im going to retest this now, but i dont see any mention of this being added/changed, so i dont expect it to be fixed. Just hoping im not alone and someone else would like to see an improvement on this front.. Also, arma is not the only game i play, these pcs perform well with all other tasks they do not have bandwidth problems with other programs. ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunter Severloh 4088 Posted December 6, 2010 Ok, thats cool. I have hosted before but never Lan. well hope maybe someone that has a similer concern could maybe help you find some other options, or figure something out. Good luck with it.:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
