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ScriptWolf

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Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« on: December 15, 2010, 10:41:21 am »
ok, i have been thinking of this for a while and how it could be implemented. So here goes.

for dwarf fortress mode i was thinking that you could create a fortress and then through lan you can host it so that upto 4 of your friends can join in and then help you build your fort ( this could also help other people get interested in the game because they have a more experianced player helping them) and could also have much more "Fun" and also could build a mega fortress and get alot more out of the game.

Also i was thinking about an adventure mode having A lan hosting for a world as well and changeing it for real time moverment instead of turn based, then you can host a map up and your friends can join in and then hack eachover to bits or try takeing down mega-beasts. Also would it even be possilbe to have different servers with massive worlds where different players can join and hack eachover up? would be so fun haveing huge battles :D.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 12:04:54 pm »
guys at best we get hotseat party adventure mode, and that will be a hacky script.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 12:21:43 pm »
This has been suggested, in various iterations, more than anything else ever. I'm pretty sure Toady already said that it isn't going to happen.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 12:25:45 pm »
It wouldn't be a good idea to do this until the game's pretty much finished. And this is DF, so it'd just turn into a hilarous farce anyway.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 12:29:18 pm »
No, no no and no. This has been suggested a million times (quite a few of which were vastly more verbose, well engineered and plausible than yours), out of which a million have been shot down. IIRC even Toady eliminated that option, so that's a definitive no.

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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 01:42:10 pm »
Just to point out how much this has come up and why you should use the search first.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 02:03:56 pm »
Quote from: Footkerchief on December 14, 2010, 11:28:58 am
Multiplayer is one of the most popular suggestions of all time:

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Many of those suggestions suggest a similar approach to yours.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 02:05:52 pm »
You're a little bit late on this one ^_-
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 02:16:40 pm »
I'm aware that a search link was already posted, but I try to post specific thread links when it's practical.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 02:19:01 pm »
I was referring more to the fact that you usually leap on these by the fourth post or so, we all appreciate the search fu ^_^
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 06:20:32 pm »
Not to mention there's already a multiplayer DF suggestion thread on the first page of this forum with similar outcome.   

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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2010, 06:42:01 pm »
Clever acronym, there!  :D  And much needed.  Every release there's always a surge of repeat threads. :/
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2010, 06:57:24 pm »
Hopefully if I use it enough people will start to live by it and the forums will become slightly more readable and useful.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2010, 06:59:33 pm »
On the spot mnemomics for the win. You'll never beat the story of the wise sage and the deer though. That was just amazing.
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Re: Multiplayer Lan and possible Internet?
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2010, 07:03:40 pm »
So... If I read all your posts correctly, I can expect multiplayer support this coming year then?  Awesome!
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