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Dragonfolk2000Dragonfolk2000 Member Posts: 388
edited July 2012 in Archive (Feature Requests)
I'm sure it has been said before but it bears repeating now: get the multiplayer working so that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to get it working. We should be able to do what was done in NWN: choose between network or online play, lobbies, and optional passwords.

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  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    edited July 2012
    Think that @TrentOster/ or in another thread its mentioned that the part of multiplaying is going to be looked at. :O)
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  • Fluid29Fluid29 Member Posts: 62
    Very important topic. Multiplayer will be key to success of bgee imo
  • Daedalus87mDaedalus87m Member Posts: 92
    Ye, I hope there are gonna be lobbies, where you can start and join public games from a list, so that you can also play with random ppl etc.
  • ElysElys Member Posts: 100
    What was hard technically with BG multiplayer (Beside the need to enter the IP address of the game host)?

    My only complaint with BG multiplayer was not on the technical aspect but on campaign side of things. It was a lot of pain unless you decided to play with experimented known players.

    For example NWN multiplayer sessions with random or untrained players is easier to enjoy because if someone dies, at worst he can just chose to get an experience penalty and respawn somewhere and then teleport or run back to the team.

    If there was a point on which I would have love to see BG MP improved is about having the multiplayer game flow be more friendly with such "game stopping" events. At least optionally, so even non hardcore gamers can enjoy a smooth multiplayer experience without having to stop and reload the whole thing every time really bad stuff happens.
  • DMZDMZ Member Posts: 39
    The multiplayer usually had many crashes when trying to get it to work. Some people have to start and join an MP game windowed or it will crash, for example. Also, implementing some anti-lag measures and toning down loading times would help tremendously.

    Services like GameRanger and Hamachi help a lot in terms of old BG MP.
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