new server , cool 128 player slots !

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  1. jambo

    jambo Member

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    anyone els seen the new server hosting Empires
    last night it was offering 128 player slots - sounds crazy !
    i tried , but couldn't progress beyond the team selection window , just kept appearing over and over again.

    but 128 , that sounds sooooooo cool - i hope there isn't too much lag

    oh , the server was being hosted by "source tv"
     
  2. [RTFM]Major_Tom_CosmicBlu

    [RTFM]Major_Tom_CosmicBlu Member

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    ROFL.
    This server is there already for a little longer time, a week perhaps.
    And it's 128 players because it's Source TV. It's not meant for 128 people playing Empires but most slots are for watching the game while perhaps 28 might play.
     
  3. Chico

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    Source Engine can't support 128 players at the same time :p
     
  4. Robby

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    mabe in 20 years thay might be able to do ^^
     
  5. Darg

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    Bungie have considered offering 128 and 256 player servers for Halo 3 with the default being 64. That'd be nice and creamy. It would need one hell of a good piece of net coding to work though.
     
  6. Shinzon

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    For that many players the code would have to purr better then a kitten O.o...

    But wholy crap... If that many players can actualy play Empires, WoW will certanly be on a downfall...
     
  7. Wereaser

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    The theoretical maxium of source engine is 256 player slots. I wish I'd have the link to the interview where I read that.

    Edit: And indeed it's the Source TV server. :) Spectating only.
     
  8. MOOtant

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    BTW can you really spectate on it like on normal server with spectator mode? Letuce said sometime ago that it's buggy.
     
  9. Wereaser

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    Dunno, never tried. I read an interview about it once upon a time when the HLTV came. I've never been into spectating that much... :D
     
  10. Darg

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    Why spectate when you could be playing!

    I don't want to keep seeing noobs doing stupid things and yelling at them through my monitor.

    I can see the next Battlefield engine upgrade allowing for massive servers of 256 players. That won't be for a couple of years though when most online players will have decent broadband.

    The servers themselves would need to be leviathons too. 16 core minimum for a 256 player game of any complexity like Empires or BF2. 16 players per core is still cutting it tight too. Bring on the multi Quad processor racks!

    Before anyone says it BF2142 isn't an engine upgrade. It uses exactly the same engine as BF2 and as such is limited to 64 players.
     
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  11. MOOtant

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    Someone should try that proxy. :P It's not about yelling at noobs but to check if it works (GK vs BSID and stuff).
     
  12. Miss Mary

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    yeah its our clan servers source tv
    and it doesnt work :/
    just gets to the team select menu and stays there
     
  13. Niarbeht

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    If a 400MHz single-core single-CPU server could handle 32 players seven years ago, including vehicles and hordes of placeables...

    What the hell's going on today?
     
  14. Wereaser

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    Things are smoother. Smoother iterations need more power. :)
     
  15. Private Sandbag

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    I want a gigantic 128 game NOW. :(
     
  16. MrBojangl3s

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    I don't. Empires at 32 people already gets the runs and decides to poo on our connection. 128 and it would just take a shit on our PC's.
     
  17. Miss Mary

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    128 player would be cool in the future
    that would make some massive battles
    but at the moment there arnt maps big enuf and yeah 128 players would rape ANY pc let alone the server
     
  18. Dubee

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    i would put up with the lag for the insanity,, they should just make a mod for massive battles,,
     
  19. Destroyer224

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    Who cares if i'm getting 0.0001 FPS!!! 128 players would be M A S S A C R E.

    Just think... Nukes and Bio

    And you'd have to have the resource multiplier on 1000! Jesus, the maps would be CROWDED. You'd bump into people all over the place and the VF... The VF would be so crowded you couldn't scratch your ass if you had to.
     
  20. Al Fire 101

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    It could become as crazy as this
     

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