bfalcon 10 Posted November 4, 2009 (edited) Hi, just got the game last week and I'm loving it... just about the first thing I did was make a battle and perched on a hill to watch it and my jaw hit the desk at the AI's behaviour - I could have sworn they were real players, so good job guys. One question though... What would people say is the minimum bandwidth needed for hosting a decent-sized game and what would you recommend as the hardware to run it? I suspect my bandwidth will be the weakest link, sadly. The computer I was thinking of using is running Vista 64, 2Gb RAM and has a dual-core 2.4 processor - it's currently running as a media PC, but it is sitting next to my gaming PC and not doing anything other than recording the occasional program most of the time... Can anyone help? Also, does Arma2 actually have a maximum number of players? I suspect I'll never hit it, but I'm curious. Edit: Just noticed the Multiplayer section, any kind mod care to move it down there for me? Edited November 4, 2009 by bfalcon Wrong Section Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirdup 0 Posted November 5, 2009 It will depend a lot on the type of mission and number of players you hope to have. It's pretty easy to accommodate two or three players. Beyond that, bandwidth rapidly starts to come into play (ie: data center speeds) A short and simple mission can usually be hosted on min specs. But if you try to get up into WARFARE/CTI/Domination type environments, you'll find even top end hardware put to task. The highest population I've ever personally logged into was in the 60's. I've heard people discussing servers that could accommodate in excess of 100 players but I've never actually been on one. It's certainly not something being done from someone's home (unless they live in a data center). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
