What do you think of the multiplayer station mode?

Kaptain Lord Aaron · 07-30-05, 11:51 AM

Do you use it?
Just want to know if people :P like to play as their own ship

or mulit stationed :hmm:

Fish · 07-30-05, 12:13 PM

I see dozen's of reports weekly, multistation reports are rare. very rare.

Kapitan · 07-30-05, 12:25 PM

cant use it cant connect to it totaly useless to me

Beer · 07-30-05, 12:53 PM

I enjoy Multistation frequently with the P-3 online, trouble is finding people that want to learn the different stations...

XabbaRus · 07-30-05, 02:30 PM

I think the trouble with Multi station MP is that a lot of people are maybe a bit nervous of relinquishing control

I think there should be a big push for MP and HyperLobby...

Kapitan · 07-30-05, 02:32 PM

but some who want to play cant and theres nothing we can do so what now ?

Caseck · 07-30-05, 08:55 PM

I think multistation mode is great. But it seems to be a bandwidth hog, which is strange!

I think the reason people use it less, is because it seems to get flakier with more people online.

You'd think that having 2 boats with 4 people apiece would be less bandwidth than 4 boats, but it isn't true.

That has been my frustration. Multiplayer stability seems to suffer with more people in multistation. Other than that, I love it. One great option would be the ability for the "Captain" or "highest ranking" guy connected to be able to reassign stations on the fly, so when someone gets dropped, it can all be reassigned.

Of course, being able to reconnect would be great too. A "TIME-OUT!" option.

OneShot · 07-31-05, 03:48 AM

At least 50% of my MP time I played MultiStation, and I really like it. However there are some drawbacks to it. While I haven't noticed any Lag problems there are two real problems. First, if someone drops involuntarily out of whatever reason the station he played goes bye bye and unless he had it on AC its useless. You can live with that if it was something like sensors when you have Pilot/TACCO on the P-3 for example and at least another player on your side in the game who can help on the detection side. But it really sucks if the other player is in control, because that means for you that you can either sit and watch or leave yourself.

The second problem is when people start up a MP/MS game and say 30 or 45 in game find out that they have to leave, fortunatly I could convince those (when that occured) to leave their PCs running and turn on AC in their stations, that however is just a workaround. So I really would appreciate if stations could be reassigned on the fly.

Soulchaser · 07-31-05, 05:52 AM

multistation is graet on a FFG up to 3 or 4 players.
also good on a P3 with 2 Players.

on the seahawk... boring.
on a sub...forget it...unless one of the player is doing TMA and just TMA. nothing else.

and yes, there should be LOTS more multiplayer and HL usage.

Nexus7 · 07-31-05, 07:07 AM

I played multistation is sub vs sub scenarios two times. Didnt notice lag and it was great fun

For example you can have someone focus on TMA...

I am of the opinion that multistation increases the boat efficency...

MaHuJa · 08-09-05, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caseck

I think multistation mode is great. But it seems to be a bandwidth hog, which is strange!

I think the reason people use it less, is because it seems to get flakier with more people online.

You'd think that having 2 boats with 4 people apiece would be less bandwidth than 4 boats, but it isn't true.

Except now there is new things that need to be transferred, such as contact information (including solutions), bearing lines (consider a sensor used by a different player than the one having TMA) and various extra information that in one-player-per-platform mode is contained on one computer.

Quote:

That has been my frustration. Multiplayer stability seems to suffer with more people in multistation. Other than that, I love it. One great option would be the ability for the "Captain" or "highest ranking" guy connected to be able to reassign stations on the fly, so when someone gets dropped, it can all be reassigned.

Of course, being able to reconnect would be great too. A "TIME-OUT!" option.

With some of the stations, this will at the very least force a "reset" of all data (sonar histories would be gone etc) but it would indeed be better this way than the current station no longer available.

SubMonkey · 08-14-05, 08:06 PM

I haven't played multi-station online, but I love playing it via LAN. I hope it is a feature that is kept in future release by Sonalysts. I do think though that in the future stations should be able to be re-routed by the host if somebody drops out. I can see how that doesn't work too well for online gaming.

OKO · 08-15-05, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Soulchaser

on a sub...forget it...unless one of the player is doing TMA and just TMA. nothing else.

You must be joking ... or talking about something you just unaware of ...
2 in a sub is one of the BEST experience you could have with DW ...

one on =>
- ship control
- periscope
- Radio/ESM
- fire control

other on =>
- sonar suite
- radar
- TMA
- Sail bridge

this repartition give you the more efficient sub you ever saw.
one (the commander) take the lead of the ship, and fire at contact.
The other, pick up contact, analyse them and give them to the commander.

With the fregate, subs are the best plateform to share.
it's not to give TMA only to one man, I think you really don't get it ...
certainly because you never tried it ....

07-30-05, 11:51 AM	#1
Kaptain Lord Aaron Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 37 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What do you think of the multiplayer station mode? Do you use it? Just want to know if people :P like to play as their own ship or mulit stationed :hmm: __________________ Alle Hagel Herr Aaron, Und GlÃ¼cklicher Jagen zu allen Sie Seadogs

07-30-05, 12:25 PM	#3
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	cant use it cant connect to it totaly useless to me __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

07-30-05, 12:53 PM	#4
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07-30-05, 02:30 PM	#5
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think the trouble with Multi station MP is that a lot of people are maybe a bit nervous of relinquishing control I think there should be a big push for MP and HyperLobby... __________________

07-30-05, 02:32 PM	#6
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	but some who want to play cant and theres nothing we can do so what now ? __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

07-30-05, 12:13 PM	#2
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I see dozen's of reports weekly, multistation reports are rare. very rare.

07-30-05, 08:55 PM	#7
Caseck Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CONUS Posts: 116 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I think multistation mode is great. But it seems to be a bandwidth hog, which is strange! I think the reason people use it less, is because it seems to get flakier with more people online. You'd think that having 2 boats with 4 people apiece would be less bandwidth than 4 boats, but it isn't true. That has been my frustration. Multiplayer stability seems to suffer with more people in multistation. Other than that, I love it. One great option would be the ability for the "Captain" or "highest ranking" guy connected to be able to reassign stations on the fly, so when someone gets dropped, it can all be reassigned. Of course, being able to reconnect would be great too. A "TIME-OUT!" option.

07-31-05, 03:48 AM	#8
OneShot Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 956 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	At least 50% of my MP time I played MultiStation, and I really like it. However there are some drawbacks to it. While I haven't noticed any Lag problems there are two real problems. First, if someone drops involuntarily out of whatever reason the station he played goes bye bye and unless he had it on AC its useless. You can live with that if it was something like sensors when you have Pilot/TACCO on the P-3 for example and at least another player on your side in the game who can help on the detection side. But it really sucks if the other player is in control, because that means for you that you can either sit and watch or leave yourself. The second problem is when people start up a MP/MS game and say 30 or 45 in game find out that they have to leave, fortunatly I could convince those (when that occured) to leave their PCs running and turn on AC in their stations, that however is just a workaround. So I really would appreciate if stations could be reassigned on the fly. __________________ All the things you always wanted to know about Dangerous Waters but never dared to ask!

07-31-05, 05:52 AM	#9
Soulchaser Seaman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austria Posts: 33 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	multistation is graet on a FFG up to 3 or 4 players. also good on a P3 with 2 Players. on the seahawk... boring. on a sub...forget it...unless one of the player is doing TMA and just TMA. nothing else. and yes, there should be LOTS more multiplayer and HL usage. __________________

07-31-05, 07:07 AM	#10
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I played multistation is sub vs sub scenarios two times. Didnt notice lag and it was great fun For example you can have someone focus on TMA... I am of the opinion that multistation increases the boat efficency...

08-14-05, 08:06 PM	#12
SubMonkey Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I haven't played multi-station online, but I love playing it via LAN. I hope it is a feature that is kept in future release by Sonalysts. I do think though that in the future stations should be able to be re-routed by the host if somebody drops out. I can see how that doesn't work too well for online gaming.