Rick Posted August 14, 1999 Share Posted August 14, 1999 Am I correct in remembering that Battlefront is going to host a PBEM opponent registry for CM? Also will CM hotseat as well as it does PBEM? I've never done PBEM before, and I am a little nervous about it. However, I know that it's probably the only reliable way to find a human opponent, which is always better than playing the AI. However, sounds like you guys are going to narrow the gap quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted August 14, 1999 Share Posted August 14, 1999 Multiplayer options are Hotseat, PBEM, and TCP/IP (Net and most likely LAN). Nothing to fear from PBEM, as we have made it all but cheat proof. It is a great way to do up a game over a prolonged period of time, but TCP is better because both players can play at the same time. In other words, PBEM has the same problems that Hotseat does. We aren't sure about who is going to host PBEM laders. All I can say at this point is that SOMEONE will Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 14, 1999 Author Share Posted August 14, 1999 Thanks for the reply. Kind of off topic, but: Did you see that someone started another company similar to yours, Shrapnel Games? They actually mentioned Battlefront.com in a congrtulatory manner since the idea started here. That the idea is catching on is good news for the gamers, but I don't know how you guys feel about it. Will it be competition, or will their success not hurt yours? Also, did you see the Academy on their site? Interesting idea. The problem with their site, currently, is that they only offer one product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 15, 1999 Author Share Posted August 15, 1999 I got to thinking about what you said about the TCP/IP play and it brought a question to mind. I fully expect for you to tell me this is impossible, but I got to ask. In Internet play can both players enter their orders at the same time? Like I said I imagine that is impossible, but boy would it be cool. Maintain all the value of a turn-based two player game, but move nice and quick too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted August 15, 1999 Share Posted August 15, 1999 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>In Internet play can both players enter their orders at the same time?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Internet play isn't done yet, but that's the plan. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 16, 1999 Author Share Posted August 16, 1999 Wow, and I thought that it was probably impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted August 17, 1999 Share Posted August 17, 1999 On the same note, is LAN play TCPIP or IPX or both ? I remember when the first Close Combat came out, the idea of a TCP/IP LAM was new to me, but evenrything uses it thes days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted August 17, 1999 Share Posted August 17, 1999 Officially only TCP/IP. However, IPX might be unofficially supported. Dunno, depends on if DirectX does its job correctly. In theory the two should basically work, but history with MS shows that we should not make that assumption Because of that we are going to focus on TCP only. If IPX works, GREAT! If not, we aren't planning on delaying the release to get it to work. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punstr Posted August 18, 1999 Share Posted August 18, 1999 Re: The IPX thing. If IPX is not supported with the initial release, will it be supported (patched) at a later date? For my son and I, this is our favorite way to play these games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted August 18, 1999 Share Posted August 18, 1999 You should be able to play via TCP/IP between two machines. I can't remember for the life of me how to do it, but it isn't any more difficult than setting it up for IPX so far as I can remember. This is why IPX is not very high on our list of priorities Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRourke Posted August 18, 1999 Share Posted August 18, 1999 In windoze its pretty easy.. I found tcp/ip to be alot more stable than ipx anyway. You just bind tcp/ip to the network adapter just like you would ipx. You usually have to make up some ip addresses for the machines, and a subnet mask, but thats about it. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punstr Posted August 18, 1999 Share Posted August 18, 1999 Thanks! You Guys are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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