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the hammer
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 Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: whats the news on getting multiplayer working |
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Ever since i layed eyes on rott iv always wanted to play multiplayer on it BUT
i never had the equipment or anyone to play with online.
so what i would like to know is whats the news on getting winrott and glrott to be fully compatible with multiplayer 
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since its a really old game and if you did get multi to work? would i suffer from lagg even though its an old game i live in Tasmania you see(that little tip underneath australia  ). |
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dopefish7590
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Well, it should actually be fine as long as the correct router ports were opened... I can't recall how to set up the IPX protocol with DOSBox as of current though. Also, it is possible to set it up over a VLAN, but that is probably a little too complicated to just get MP working when other options are present.
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Per-Scan
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I'm in the same boat as the hammer. I've never played multiplayer as much as I would love to.
WinROTT is always promising robust multiplayer so hopefully something will come from that soon. Failing that the closest on the horizon to ROTT multiplayer is an upcoming mod for ZDoom called Return of the Triad. While not strictly ROTT it certainly captures the look and spirit of the game. It's hopefully being released before Christmas. |
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dopefish7590
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That could be interesting... I had actually not even heard of it until you'd mentioned it though.
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MikeMiller
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| dopefish7590 wrote: | | Well, it should actually be fine as long as the correct router ports were opened... I can't recall how to set up the IPX protocol with DOSBox as of current though. Also, it is possible to set it up over a VLAN, but that is probably a little too complicated to just get MP working when other options are present. |
I have played ROTT in COMM-BAT (multiplayer) mode using DosBox and IPX. It worked just fine over the internet when playing with someone in the same country.
Of course when I tried to play with Mr. 'admin' who lives in Venezuela, it lagged horrible. So, my advice is to play someone who has a high-speed connection to a major net backbone.
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Per-Scan
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| dopefish7590 wrote: | | That could be interesting... I had actually not even heard of it until you'd mentioned it though. |
It looks pretty cool and I'm pretty excited. It's almost like a ROTT MkII.
Here's a link to a Youtube vid for anyone else interested in seeing it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy70xcyuHYs
This map has an almost Goldneye 64 feel to it as well which can't be bad!
As far as net connections and IPX etc goes, does everyone here have a decent broadband connection? And where is everyone based? It seems that a few folk are quite far apart!
FYI, I have a 20 meg cable connection and I'm based in Scotland. |
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MikeMiller
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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As far as net connections and IPX etc goes, does everyone here have a decent broadband connection? And where is everyone based? It seems that a few folk are quite far apart! |
I'm in USA, east coast (near the hellhole that is Washington DC).
25Mbps net connection (though sometimes I get better):
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Lawstiker
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Per-Scan wrote: | | Failing that the closest on the horizon to ROTT multiplayer is an upcoming mod for ZDoom called Return of the Triad. While not strictly ROTT it certainly captures the look and spirit of the game. It's hopefully being released before Christmas. |
I've been watching that, and it certainly looks quite interesting . Hopefully there estimated time of completion will be correct.
I'm located here in the states, but unfortunately my connection has no grasp on the concept of "stability" and lags amazingly bad when ever playing a game online. |
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the hammer
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| Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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good old tasmania for me which means i would probablt lagg the most here
although speed is up to 20mb i doubt that will help  |
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