Fuerte Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 I wonder if CMBB will have support for PBEM server? I just tried Laser Squad Nemesis and it has a brilliant system of automatically sending the PBEM turn by SMTP to the game server, which generates the turn when it is ready and posts the results back. Then you just click the attachment in e-mail, and LSN opens, and you can view the replay, and plot new moves. LSN is very similar to CM in many ways: simultaneous plotting of moves, viewing the replay, etc. Also I wonder if Battlefront will ever release a game with sci-fi units using CM engine... it would be great in full 3D! Another brilliant idea in LSN is that only one of the players have to register and pay for the game. Only registered users can start new games, but they can challenge any other user with a working e-mail address... when the opponent gets the challenge, then he may download the software from LSN web page. This works with LSN because the setup size is only 7 MB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 Interesting scheme. I think there are too many dangers to setting up a local SMTP server to have one installed on every gamers machine. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuerte Posted August 16, 2002 Author Share Posted August 16, 2002 No, there is only one SMTP server, and all clients connect to that. This means that there is a single point of failure: if the server is down, then nobody can play the game. But still it would be a great addition to CMBB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Would be cool. Then again, my internet access prevents me from sending outgoing mail through anything but my ISPs mail servers. I am sure I am not alone. What would be alot cooler in terms of multiplayer support would be some kind of Hyperlobby for CM. There are alot of connection problems caused by the rather archaic way that CM handles connecting multiplayer games. If run CM and tell it to join IP games from the command line then such a GUI based system would be possible. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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