WTF is wrong with multiplayer?!? |
Alright, so, I have the game, works fine. That is, until I try to play a multiplayer game. I think the issue starts when the non-host player does not get a chance to play their first turn. I am forced (as the host) to play the first turn, and then process without them ever getting an option to play.
After that point the player has of course many AI settings as it is computer controlled in its absence. These settings tend from that point forward to dictate some (not all) settings, such as research, planet colonization, build queues, etc.
So my question is this:
Am I a retard and am messing up my setup? Or is the multiplayer flawed and in need of some serious patch love?
And if the second is the case, then here's another question:
How could you let a game go gold without simulating multiplayer experiences on all network settings
BTW I am playing on TCP/IP. I might have wanted to say that at the top. enh
Anachronomicon
Long time listener, first time caller.
Wasn't sure where to put this post, so I put it in both forums, general and FAQ
I'm also prioritizing
I'm also prioritizing multiplayer. The responses so far to the other questions I've posted about multiplayer lean toward PBEM-variety games (PBW and PBEM are nearly the same in my view-lots of players, turns every day or two). I'm sure I'd play and enjoy that pace, however I'm also interested in meeting up with people online to play for several hours at a time as we do in the MOO2 online gaming community. Works fine for 1on1 matches, where it's easy to coordinate schedules for continuing games, and it's not half bad for 4-5 player games as well if everyone has 5 hours to play.
Is there a "play for several hours at a time" segment to the SE online games community?
Here are the steps
See my post here about LAN MP. It has all the steps involved. I have played several MP games with no issues.
http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/664
Numdydar
Id like to do that...
Never really played a 4x game multiplayer before cept for a lil civilization at a lan party once, any suggestions where to go and find people to and organise this kinda thing?
I suspect the next patch
I suspect the next patch is going to be multiplayer fixes if the change log for 1.21 is any thing to go by. TC/IP and simultaneous net work games are touchy at the best of time and something new to Space empires where the traditional method up to SEIV is PBEM and that is having problems since 1.20 it would seem.
Interested in purchasing
Interested in purchasing this product ONLY if it has a decent LAN MP play....... Has anyone else any comments on MP games?