What's the situation on DW Multiplayer?

Red October1984 · 11-21-12, 07:03 PM

Im new to DW. Dont know much about support and community other than subsim.

Might have access to faster internet over the next couple of days. May want to check out MP.

magicstix · 11-22-12, 12:52 PM

Sadly DW multiplayer is pretty awful. There's no matchmaking service and you have to know the IP address of the person you want to connect to. Even then, I've had a hard time getting it to work.

Joloc · 11-22-12, 01:50 PM

I never managed to get it to play for longer than about 30min without crashing in multiplayer.

Red October1984 · 11-22-12, 06:20 PM

It's a shame. I've got access to lightning fast Internet at the moment.

To be · 12-10-12, 02:22 AM

The real problem is that multiplayer is locked to 1x time acceleration. While there is a good reason for this, so you can't guess what other players are doing by how they change time acceleation, I suspect the real reason is actually that the DW netcode is awful and can't handle time accel. That would be consistent with all the crashes. So you have to be ready to play a long game, and long games might crash.

Hinrich Schwab · 12-10-12, 12:18 PM

To be fair to DW multiplayer, I do not think it was ever really intended for internet play. It seems more geared for LAN parties with dedicated machines and hubs than anything else. I also agree that the multiplayer coding is not that stable. It is not as bad as it was in SH2/DC before the PM patch, but it is hardly reliable.

magicstix · 12-11-12, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by To be

The real problem is that multiplayer is locked to 1x time acceleration. While there is a good reason for this, so you can't guess what other players are doing by how they change time acceleation, I suspect the real reason is actually that the DW netcode is awful and can't handle time accel. That would be consistent with all the crashes. So you have to be ready to play a long game, and long games might crash.

How exactly would time acceleration work in a multiplayer game?

You'd have to all agree to accelerate to the same amount at the same time...

11-21-12, 07:03 PM	#1
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	What's the situation on DW Multiplayer? Im new to DW. Dont know much about support and community other than subsim. Might have access to faster internet over the next couple of days. May want to check out MP. __________________

11-22-12, 06:20 PM	#4
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	It's a shame. I've got access to lightning fast Internet at the moment. __________________

11-22-12, 12:52 PM	#2
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sadly DW multiplayer is pretty awful. There's no matchmaking service and you have to know the IP address of the person you want to connect to. Even then, I've had a hard time getting it to work.

11-22-12, 01:50 PM	#3
Joloc Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 28 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	I never managed to get it to play for longer than about 30min without crashing in multiplayer.

12-10-12, 02:22 AM	#5
To be Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 140 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	The real problem is that multiplayer is locked to 1x time acceleration. While there is a good reason for this, so you can't guess what other players are doing by how they change time acceleation, I suspect the real reason is actually that the DW netcode is awful and can't handle time accel. That would be consistent with all the crashes. So you have to be ready to play a long game, and long games might crash.

12-10-12, 12:18 PM	#6
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	To be fair to DW multiplayer, I do not think it was ever really intended for internet play. It seems more geared for LAN parties with dedicated machines and hubs than anything else. I also agree that the multiplayer coding is not that stable. It is not as bad as it was in SH2/DC before the PM patch, but it is hardly reliable.