Slavka 0 Posted February 7, 2002 Ok, i'm not entirely sure if this is an original idea but i just wanna throw it at You guys (OFP community) to think about. Would it be cool if two Dedicated OFP servers could communicate between each other? I'm thinking this could bring a whole new level for MP. Sure there are bunch of downsides to this (Netcode being one). But for purely broadband servers that could be a total blast. Imagine playing server-vs.-server in co-op This idea is totally open to criticism. I just want to see community's response to this. Also i'd like to see BISs response. So far they've done a very good job of responding to the community. Anyways, lets see where this gets us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted February 7, 2002 Hmm well if it was workable it could certainly be fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slavka 0 Posted February 7, 2002 As far as how workable this is: In a perfect scenario, where both servers are on say a T3 and higher so the latency between them is negligible, this is fairly easy to do. I'm talking at a very high level of course. The data that servers would pass around is essentially the same data they pass to their clients - US. So clients on the other side don't ever have to know whether it came from their server or from the other side. Now, provided that all clients are on CABLE/DSL with pings below 100ms this could really work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Espectro (DayZ) 0 Posted February 8, 2002 That would be cool.... Its like stressing a server off, so it doesnt have to take 20 players, but instead 2 that takes 10 each. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rekrul 7 Posted February 8, 2002 Well it would be alot more traffic as the servers has to update each others. It would also be very hard synchronize them, not to mention the code required for this... But certainly cool. The coolest thing would be if each server maintained their island, so you had one team on one island and another team on the other. So to fight they had to take a boat or chopper over. -Rekrul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniel barnett 0 Posted February 8, 2002 sweet ps.the reason i used those smilies is because there is no drooling smilie(pity) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazorous 0 Posted February 8, 2002 Its something that I've been thinking out for about a year now. I have a friend whom owns a small programming company, they are working to create a devolopers tool to create a system that would allow it. I cant wait till that hits, this whole gaming world would turn upside down! hehe I can get u more info on the tools my friend is workin on if u want. -laz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Espectro (DayZ) 0 Posted February 11, 2002 yes please!! Is it for OFP only`? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
