Pete

well said sunseeker. OFP is a game to which all other similiar games will be compared to. its simply the best out there, and i doubt even BIS know the full potential of the game as a online game, as far as singleplayer goes....it is great, the best. but after you completed a map playing it again is much easier, there is no (or very little) variation. all singleplayer games are like that, allways has been always will be. but online, a map you have played a hundred times offer suprises as everytime u play u play with and against different people. online gaming is the future for OFP, its unbeatable in it, the feeling when you play, to see a truck go by, hear a bmp close in...there are no words to describe it when everything happens cos of individual persons working together. but after a while the maps get more and more empty, people get disconnected for different reasons, they get stuck in bugs and leave the game....the longer you play the more deserted the map becomes. after a while a large map designed for 14 people is only played by 3 players, there are still vehicles to use, choppers to fly, weapons in ammocrates.....but no more players, the ones disconnected earlier for different reasons cant rejoin. possibly they connect again using my ip and ask when the server is going to be restarted, but what to say to them when there are still 9 players having fun and playing the game? so you dont restart the server, they leave of boredom, after 10 minutes only 3 remain and we have to restart the server...so we have to go back to gamespy and pick up more players, but the ones i played with earlier are now in other rooms..forcing me to play with unknown people and everyone is using there own tactics... there will be no "lets do it as the last time" i remember when i played df and suddenly a team-mate could send me a icq-message asking me to join a game where his team was outmanned and/or getting beaten up. as i join i see other known names and we fight off the enemy and take control of vital parts in a ctf map for example.... if df would not have let me join a game in progress id have to wait outside for 30 minutes in some cases, and i could in no way change to outcome of the game or help my buddies who were outnumbered. if df had been like that i would not have played it for 3 years. (Edited by Pete at 11:39 am on Sep. 2, 2001)

i host 14 players very well with my 512/512 adsl modem (upload a bit higher than than..but not sure of the exact number) and on the old netcode. not often anyone ever complains about the lag. no vehicle jumping or something, its rock solid. im very curious over the new improved netcode....it should be better...meaning larger amounts of players per map.

the votekicking specially is a good ídea. also..a alternative to gamespy could be good..or atleast a option to join a game in progress the thing is..playing in gamepsy can be hard. first u find a room and join it..then you wait for more players..sometimes 15 mnutes. and then host closes the room and goes to sleep. or if you get in a game and its going really well and its a lot of fun...half of the opposing team leaves and ur forced to go back to game spy and pick up more people...would be better if we could just join a game in progress..if someone drops out there will be some one to fill out the empty spot.