Hilltopper Posted November 12, 2000 Share Posted November 12, 2000 I read a few messages ago about a recent announcement made about the internet play patch. Can someone tell me where this can be found? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob/1 Posted November 12, 2000 Share Posted November 12, 2000 sevral words cover this... Its not out yet...... ------------------ Fight for your right!To play CM! Join or get more info on Rob's CMC today Email me at RobsCMC@hotmail.com Rob -------------------------- For more info on Rob's CMC go to Robs CMC HQHome of Robs CMC Members of my CMC should join my CMC chat bord. Robs CMC Bord BHQS bord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted November 12, 2000 Author Share Posted November 12, 2000 Ok, thanks. I thought there was an announcement somewhere on a projected date. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rob/1: sevral words cover this... Its not out yet...... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted November 12, 2000 Share Posted November 12, 2000 this is the latest word from Steve: "quote: Originally posted by Big Time Software: Fuerte: No, the whole point of the original system was to have no comparisons between systems. Each would do its thing all on its own. That is where the speed came from.So if one machine turns up 1.00001 and the other comes up with 1.00002 there is no way for the first machine to know that it must have 0.00001 added in order to be the same as the other. The problem is very basic here. Generally, computations do not need to be predictable and exact to so many places left of the decimal. But the real problem here is that we can not ensure that each machine comes up with the same exact numerical values. Something like the SETI program is, if I am guessing correctly, a sort of distributed prorcessing system. One machine creates some values and sends them to the host. The host is NOT independently processing the same information on its own, and therefore takes the guest's data "as is" and uses that. This is sorta the way PBEM works. And it is now how TCP/IP works for CM. Yup, things have been totally recoded to work more like PBEM. We are testing it internally for at least the next week. Around Friday or so I will give you guys a new update on when we expect to release it. Thanks, Steve" [This message has been edited by aka_tom_w (edited 11-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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