Tanksim Squad for T-34 vs. Tiger online battles: signup sheet

[Boats]

Whatever the virtual tankers call themselves. I know some clans of RO have secondary units for that sim. But I'm wondering if there won't be a clan, sqd. plt, whatever, dedicated to WW2 Battle tanks. I don't think any sim that have tanks as a secondary player can really do it justice anyway.

I've always enjoyed being in a sqd. for the flight sims I've owned and I'm thinking that this will translate well if the multiplayer is as descibed.

Yeah, I'm jumping the gun, just pre-ordered from GoGamers.com and it never hurts to do some homework before committing oneself.:know:

[Onkel Neal]

Let's start one here, Tanksim squad. I'm in. You want to be the CO? What do we need to get started? Maybe we can start this thread as a sign up sheet.

I just played my first MP game in T-34 vs. Tiger against Magnum of SimHQ, it looks very promising. There is an easy mode that allows you to use your AI crew, and an expert mode where it's all you. With two players, no lag.

For a moment, I forgot why it's called "Deathmatch"
http://www.tanksim.com/images/t34vst41.jpg




And then it came back to me!
http://www.tanksim.com/images/t34vst43.jpg

[Boats]

OK I'll put my ambitions where my mouth is, I'll do the CO thing. I've done it before with the flight sims, there can't be too much difference. I'll just have to remember not to retract my gear.

First thing we need is information. Information only you have at this point. I wasn't going to sign up with any particular unit, clan, whatever, until I could see how the multiplayer worked. Is it feasible for a good team effort? Upon your word sir, hangs the fate of subsim's ....

Well, that's another matter needing to be addressed. Do you want it to be called a tank sqd, plt. clan, keeping with the original nature of subsim, a flotilla? We need a name. A tank plt has 4 tanks IIRC. How many can get into the server at one time?

Maybe Magnum can start a unit at simhq and we can have some friendly team matches.

Oh yeah, are we dedicated to one side or the other? I understand void skins are included so custom skins are possible.

[Onkel Neal]

First thing we need is information. Information only you have at this point. I wasn't going to sign up with any particular unit, clan, whatever, until I could see how the multiplayer worked. Is it feasible for a good team effort? Upon your word sir, hangs the fate of subsim's ....

I've played MP a couple hours so far and it seems stable, the chat works well, and the game has an option for disabling the AI crew and external views, so you can play it for action or for realism. I have not had a chance to put together a team yet, since only a few people have the game.

Well, that's another matter needing to be addressed. Do you want it to be called a tank sqd, plt. clan, keeping with the original nature of subsim, a flotilla? We need a name. A tank plt has 4 tanks IIRC. How many can get into the server at one time?

Man, I would really like to call it Tanksim something, since we own that name and that is Subsim's sister site and would really tie in well with Tanksim's past online gaming clans (Spearhead, Panzer Elite). Whether we plays a a squad or platoon, maybe our name should refect our group; Tanksim Warriors, or Tanksim Company.

The game allows for 16 players in Skirmish (deathmatch) and team mode. Let me quote from the game manual to give you a better picture:



From the initial multiplayer screen, you can start
hosting multiplayer sessions or join an existing
game of either Skirmish or Team Modes, enter a
player’s name, choose a tank and assign it a turret
number. TvsT supports up to 16 players via Direct-
Play or GameSpy Arcade.


5.2.1 Skirmish (free for all)
From the initial MP screen, you can change the
Session name to a more descriptive one, as well
as changing the Frag limit and Time limit settings.
Using zero (0) for either of those enables unlimited
frags and/or unlimited session time, respectively.
The available number of ‘’Slots’’ depends on the
map-size: 4-player maps thus have 4 slots available,
8-player maps 8 slots, and so forth. Slot options
include ‘’Open’’, ‘’Bot’’ or ‘’Closed’’, allowing
you to add AI controlled tanks (Bots), close them
to limit the amount of players joining, or open them to allow players to join.

Expert Mode allows you to host a session forcing all clients to not have external views available.

Bot Difficulty allows you to set how challenging your AI opponents in Skirmish mode will be.

Clicking ‘’Create’’ will start a Skirmish sessions that others can join by browsing for it.

5.2.2 Team Mode (red team against blue team)
From the Team Mode screen you can set up and
launch team multiplayer sessions.
Options regarding Player name, Vehicle selection
and turret numbering, Session name, Frag and
Time limits, as well as managing available ‘’Slots’’
are the same as in Skirmish mode, however, there
are no ‘bots’ in Team Mode!

Upon creating a Team Mode game, you are moved
into the Team Mode’s lobby.
The lobby is for players to join Team Mode sessions. Here they can select their team (red or blue),
and tanks, and assign turret numbers independently from Skirmish mode.
There is also a chat window for players to communicate prior to launching the session.

Note: A team game can only be launched when
all open slots are occupied with human players.
You can always go back one screen and adjust
slot availability according to available players
joining your game.

Note: Since players are able to choose either the
T-34 or the Tiger for any team, it essential to know
each team member’s tactics and the location of
their tanks to avoid killing teammates. Good communication
within the team is the key!

Clicking ‘’Start’’ will launch the Team game when all players have joined, placing all team members’
tanks near the rally point.




Maybe Magnum can start a unit at simhq and we can have some friendly team matches.


yeah, that would definitely be fun!


Oh yeah, are we dedicated to one side or the other? I understand void skins are included so custom skins are possible.


Dedicated, as in you can only play as a Tanksim guy. No, I would think it would be better to keep it casual and let people join in as they wish, but that could be decided by the players, not me.

I will ask the devs about custon skins. I do know you can choose your tank number in MP.

Good ideas, keep them coming!
Neal (aka PanzerMax) :ping:

[AVGWarhawk]

I would like to join up! Neal has sold me on this game/sim and multiplayer could be excellent. This type of game really lends itself to multiplayer action. When is the game due out anyway?

Edit, I had to go back a read the recommended specs to play. I'm far above and beyond what is recommended.

[Skybird]

Stickied. Depending on the echo and popularity this receives, I'll leave it as a separate thread on its own, or attach it to the Resources-sticky in a couple of weeks. All of you guys: if you want this sticky staying visible, make the project an experience well alive! ;)

The Management.

[Onkel Neal]

Stickied, but are you in? :hmm: Come on, Sky, I want you on my team :yep: I don't want you shooting at me.

Warhawk, their "firm" release date was Oct 17, then Oct 24, we'll see.

[AVGWarhawk]

Excellent! BTW, I roll with the T-34.

[Boats]

"Dedicated, as in you can only play as a Tanksim guy."
I think you're saying no duel memberships with another tank clan. I agree.

But what I meant was dedicated to a German or Soviet tank unit? If we stay casual I guess it wouldn't matter as long as we had some markings that identified us (custom skins). I mean, if we are allowed the tank we want then target Identification would not be by sillouette alone. Dayglow T34 anyone?
Or we could decide to do both and switch back and forth as the situation dictates.

I was thinking that we could have both historical campaigns where we use realistic settings, but also a time where we just do the ultra casual thing. Anyone can partake of either or both.

I got ahead of myself. I should have asked, can we write our own online missions? If so we can have a historical coop campaign. This can be casual, mid-casual or tightly realistic. If this thing takes off then we might expect to see other units pop up and that might mean having to adapt to whomever we're playing. That is, if someone comes up with ladder matches like in IL2.

Or we could cooperate with another clan and write our own campaign. Roll of the dice sets the map up, like a board game.

Can the ingame comms divide the sides like team speak does?

I'm hoping my machine can handle this game as well. I noticed the requirements are the same across the board. Minimum and recommended. I have a hard time translating what the processor requirements are into duel core speak.
So we have half a name then... Tanksim something, or something Tanksim.

Edited, I posted this before I read Warhawk's post as I was apparrently writing it as he posted. We have one vote for T34's (Soviet side). German units were known to have used captured T34's. But I'm thinking if a lot of clans begin cropping up the majority of them will probably be German clans as German tanks are Kwell (did I get that right?). So if we dedicate ourselves to the Soviet side we most likely won't be at a loss to find a good game. That is if we go down the road of defining ourselves as one side or the other. Then again we could have both sides represented by Tanksim guys/gals as was the case with SH2 and Destroyer Commander.

Edited again. here's the link for Gogamer's page. They're saying the 31st.
http://www.gogamer.com/WWII-Battle-Tanks--T-34-vs-Tiger--I--PC-Games_stcVVproductId29341304VVcatId444758VVviewpro d.htm

[Skybird]

Stickied, but are you in? :hmm: Come on, Sky, I want you on my team :yep: I don't want you shooting at me.

Warhawk, their "firm" release date was Oct 17, then Oct 24, we'll see.

Ha, I currently do not even know if I will get this game, or the other one, or none of both. Even SBP I do not play online.

Hey, I never play online! I'm just a shy boy. :D

I recommend to advertise at simHQ. They have famous online events for ArmA and RFactor running. They plan to be back online this weekend, their info screen says. Wether it all functions then is something different! :lol:

Release: a huge German game seller lists release now as 27th Oct (www.okaysoft.de)

[Terraneer]

Hi all!

I am willing to sign up and join you guys in a group.

My preferences would be:
Difficulty: Realistic
Side: Soviet

Thanks to Boats for leading me to this thread.

S!

[ReM]

[quote=SkybirdRelease: a huge German game seller lists release now as 27th Oct (www.okaysoft.de) (http://www.okaysoft.de))[/quote]

The publishers website (Lighthouse Interactive) lists Oct 24 as the release date, so this sounds pretty realistic.

The game can still only be pre-ordered from their website as of today.....

[BadKarma1001]

[quote=SkybirdRelease: a huge German game seller lists release now as 27th Oct (www.okaysoft.de) (http://www.okaysoft.de))
The publishers website (Lighthouse Interactive) lists Oct 24 as the release date, so this sounds pretty realistic.

The game can still only be pre-ordered from their website as of today.....[/quote]

Well, i pre-ordered the game from the publishers shop. Let´s see when they ship. I hope i don´t regret it but anyway play.com also still has the game up for pre-order and not "in stock".

I am very excited about the multiplayer even more since i read in the review that there are only12 missions in total, which is some kind of a big bummer.
Hope to see many of you guys on the virtual battlefield!

[Herr_Pete]

Hey there guys. Is there a certain program you are using to show servers ?? I have been using the In game 1 and there are no servers.

any help would be great!

Thanks

[fivetide]

I'm sure we can give you a full 8 player side on http://www.t34vtiger.com as soon as everyone gets the game.. hopeing today ! We also have a 50 slot TS server with team channels and we are putting in a challenge / tourney MOD so we can create some competitions/team invites etc.. most of us are PE player from the 90's and treadhead mad lol S! hope to see some of you on the battle field

[Dowly]

I'll be looking forward on getting this one, been ages from my last tank sim (I think it was Armored Fist 1 or 2 by NovaLogic), but once I get the hang of it, count me in. :up:

[HunterICX]

Same here, its been ages when I play a Tanksim
I think the last tanksim I played was M1 Tank platoon
looking forward to get this sim :yep:

HunterICX

[Onkel Neal]

I'm sure we can give you a full 8 player side on http://www.t34vtiger.com as soon as everyone gets the game.. hopeing today ! We also have a 50 slot TS server with team channels and we are putting in a challenge / tourney MOD so we can create some competitions/team invites etc.. most of us are PE player from the 90's and treadhead mad lol S! hope to see some of you on the battle field

Very cool, thanks! :yep: Looks like you have already laid the groundwork, see ya on the battlefield. :up:

[Onkel Neal]

Hey there guys. Is there a certain program you are using to show servers ?? I have been using the In game 1 and there are no servers.

any help would be great!

Thanks

Myself and another player are scheduled to play today at 1400 EST, look for us in the game waiting room.

[Boats]

Good to see you found us Terraneer.

[AVGWarhawk]

I will check my area stores this weekend and see if it hit the shelves.

[Magnum50]

If and when SimHQ ever comes back online, and I can finally get my articles published and the word out to my readers that WW2 Battle Tanks is not only out, but great... then I will gauge the intrest of a roster to play against TankSim.

BTW, Great review Neal... funny how your MP screens show you killing me all the time, and in my review, all my screens show me killing you! lol. ;)

[Onkel Neal]

Heh heh, funny how that works! :up:

[Onkel Neal]

Ha, I currently do not even know if I will get this game, or the other one, or none of both. Even SBP I do not play online.

Hey, I never play online! I'm just a shy boy. :D



Well, that will never do. You need to strap on your tank and show test your mettle. :yep: You don't want to miss out on the MP experience a new tanksim like this brings.

[fivetide]

Hope that helps Neal.. sorry Magnum I dragged your name into another article .. hope you forgive me..again lol ... well Iknow you will because its all good :)

[Albert77]

Hello everyone!

I got the game today after few months of waiting. I have played RO's tank maps and this looks preatty good. Now we have to wait for the first patch.

Im in if you are planning any MP games. I am used to play online (ARMA, RO, BF2, CoD, BF2142 an so on) so after few rounds in SP to learn all the keys, I'm ready for real and thinkin opponents. :arrgh!:

-A-

[fivetide]

Hello Albert77 welcome to the site ..loads of great people here.. :D


You think your guys can fight with tanks.. challenge us at www.t34vtiger.com (http://www.t34vtiger.com/) if you win we will make you a nice cup of tea and bacon butty J

[Albert77]

You think your guys can fight with tanks.. challenge us at www.t34vtiger.com (http://www.t34vtiger.com/) if you win we will make you a nice cup of tea and bacon butty J

Umm...

Its just me. Im a big fan of simulator games and especially online games (IL2, Lock On, GTR, LFS, RO, ARMA and so on) and I'm looking for mature players to play this game with. =)

I was hoping that I would find people to play MP and practice this game at this weekend.

BTW My Gamespy could't find the game. How do you manage the MP?

-A-

[Boats]

Been reading many posts between here and the game's forum and I'm noticing something I hadn't thought would be an issue. A lot of people, either involved with a tank sqd. or interested in joining one for this game, have voiced a preffrence for the T34 over the Tiger.

I wonder if we should set things up for both sides. Have a sqd. for each. It will enable Tanksim sqd to broaden its involvment in the team matches that I'm sure are going to arise. (I hope they do anyway, on the order of IL2 and CFS). Most of the matches will probably be with realistic settings, meaning not death matches but of a historical nature. If there's a dearth of German sqds to go up against then we'll be able to (excuse this Fruedien slip) play with ourselves.

I will now don my, EHEM, CO's cap.:arrgh!: There, firmly in place. By a show of hands what is the concensus on the basic structure of this group? Some sqds I've been in like to be loose some like to be rigid, some like the tempid clime of the inbetween. How about command structure, how far do we want to go? IMHO, if we are going to do anything other than death matches then a couple of people calling the shots gives us a better chance of winning then if everyone does their own thing. For cooperation sake, you understand. If we can get 8 tanks on a map then we can break it down to two teams of four for flexibility. That would be two sqd leaders, one of which would be the plt. commander in overall command of the unit as a whole. Within those two sqds we can break it down further to two pairs (like wingmen) for more flexibility. Anyone who would like to give his tactical skills a try can have a turn at each position. Someone like myself who likes to take orders can opt out. (Can't be blamed for loosing the battle that way.)

OK CO hat off:doh: let me have it.:huh:

[Skybird]

Some new faces around here - welcome you all aboard!

[HunterICX]

Some new faces around here - welcome you all aboard!

The 2 new games seems to give a good activity boost to the Tanksim forum :yep: :up:

HunterICX

[AVGWarhawk]

Welcome aboard all. Mature players? Hmmmm....it all depends on your definition of mature:D I'm off today to see if I can secure a copy:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

No joy on a copy yet. The search continues:cry:

[Dowly]

Okie, just ordered it from Lighthouse's webby. :up:

[Task Force]

So whens this one gona be released in the US?:-?

[AVGWarhawk]

So whens this one gona be released in the US?:-?

I went to Best Buy and K-mart. K-mart is always a long shot. No joy:shifty: Perhaps by next weekend they will be on the shelf.

[ArmorEtr]

Hiyas, waiting for Gogamer.com to start shipping out the game. But would certainly be interested in clan/team play.

[CPO1TIGGS]

I would be interested as well Panzer Mk VI for me:rock: ...and I really am interested in this genre...however am still deciding whether to download as the over all response to the sim in the Lighthouse Forums has not been positive to say the least and there seems to be very little feedback from the Dev Team or Publisher concerning all the apparent issues.

Cheers and have a great day

TIGGS

[Skybird]

Currently best advise probably is to wait with buying and see wether they move within a reasonable time or not. but there is not much reason to be optimistic.

There is a second chance with Steel Fury. A chance from that chance is a mentioned successor to Steel Fury which then will feature MP as well. It is a reasonable assumption, though, that the fate of the successor will depend on how the predecessor performs in sales - and that will depend on it's quality.

And SBP always is a third option of apparently superior quality anyway. And it has MP as well - functional, and stable, and being a blast, they say.

[Boats]

I had my order with gogamer changed from this title to Steel Fury.

Buzz is Steel Fury will be upgraded in one way or another to include multi-player.

As for WW2 tvt I can't see the point in buying the game if the multiplayer is SNAFU. That's the only reason I was buying it in the first place. I'd be more motivated to jump in with my eyes closed if the developers would at least make a statement about addressing the problems.

If they fix it, I'll buy it, my interest isn't completely dead. But without multiplayer its kind of pointless.

[Konovalov]

Currently best advise probably is to wait with buying and see wether they move within a reasonable time or not. but there is not much reason to be optimistic.

There is a second chance with Steel Fury. A chance from that chance is a mentioned successor to Steel Fury which then will feature MP as well. It is a reasonable assumption, though, that the fate of the successor will depend on how the predecessor performs in sales - and that will depend on it's quality.

And SBP always is a third option of apparently superior quality anyway. And it has MP as well - functional, and stable, and being a blast, they say.
Not bad advise. Not sure myself if I should purchase now or wait a little while for Steel Fury.

[Skybird]

I had my order with gogamer changed from this title to Steel Fury.

Buzz is Steel Fury will be upgraded in one way or another to include multi-player.

Probably not, nobody mentioned that. but it was mentioned that the team considers a steel Fury 2 which then will inlcude MP - if the first Steel Fury being released in some days justifies that project. I have read that in their forum. No matter how, we speak not about months but 1-3 years in time, I think. So, if MP is a must for you, SBP is the path to go as long as you do not want to wait that long.

Why preordering Steel Fury anyway? Just wait for the release and then check the customer'S feedback - and then order it if you want. Amazon sends it to you just the other day. ;) Preordering if not being sure about what to expect, is nothing but a gamble. That way, low-quality developers get encouraged - since their stuff sells despite low quality. as long as they must not fight for customers, most of them will not improve - why should they make their life difficult if they get their gold in easier ways as well?

[Boats]

Well, as someone else already stated, I'm a WW2 history enthusiast. My interest in that time period even had me joining the Marines as a young man.:o
Anyway, I had TVT pre-ordered through gogamer because, as someone else has stated, there isn't much else out there for new WW2 tank sims. I'm not too concerned with Steel Fury because it's not getting poor feed back from those who already have it. The reviews are good, as were the reviews for TVT, but there isn't any multiplayer to offset those good reviews. Afterall, TVT was given a good review until people tried to connect with more than one other player.:rotfl: And even now you can find someone giving it a good word over on the TVT forum. If they stay in single player mode.

So I suppose I'll wait and see what happens with TVT and get my kicks on steel beast (almost said route 66). Just d/led the demo of COD World at War so that will hold me over for awhile.

As for Amazon, I don't do internet type shopping. I like to be able to send a check in. And I think GOgamer is the only distributor in the states for these two titles. EB has never listed them.

[CPO1TIGGS]

It took about an hour and a half to DL, comes with PDF Manual and a Gamespy Patch for MP.....and it works surprised the crap out of me; especially with all the negative threads....the sim works extremely well... I am running a Core 2 Quad with 4 Gig Ram with two 1 Gig Nvidia GTX 260's in SLI configuration...VISTA OS..... I did not have to add extra DLL Files. It does ask if I want to run FFDshow (I do not know what that is) but I run that....and the game runs just fine.... on to try the editor and see if I can hook up with some one for MP.


TiGGs

[Skybird]

Is this thread still alive? Else it gets moved into the TvT Resources.

[mcrue]

Hello,I`m new here and I`m interested how can I play MP?
What is IP address.
All the best

[Skybird]

Sorry mcrue, but I fear you're just a little bit too late, judging by the dates of the last postings. ;)

[Skybird]

Is this project somehow alive, guys? Is there an active virtual squad existing - or can I delete the reference to this thread from the TvT resources-sticky? It seems to me this is dead meat...?

[Skybird]

That answers it, I think.

[Falco250]

I'm interested in trying out some MP. I can host/join on GameSpy Arcade.
I have the TvsT Beta patch released by Lighthouse Interactive.
Just email me if interested. Falco250 ///