Please please make 4 player netplay =(

fenty · Post by **fenty** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:54 pm

Is it on the agenda? Will it be done in the future? I'm sure a lot of ppl wpuld be gratefull at zbattle. Thats the place buzzing away as we speak.

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:55 pm

It is being worked on AFAIK, but don't take my word for it.

CyberBotX · Post by **CyberBotX** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:27 am

If I remember reading the change logs correctly, wasn't it removed because it caused horrible timing issues with other stuff (yeah, I can't remember what) and won't be recoded until that stuff is finished? I'd check what it was, but I just finished a reboot and need to catch up on other things.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:32 am

AFAIK, 4 player netplay (each on one computer) hasn't been implemented in a public release.

Normal netplay isn't included in the WIPs because the network coded is being redone.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:47 am

Make it 5 player netplay while we're there... Like for Super Bomberman 5.

fenty · Post by **fenty** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:40 am

Thanks for the info guys, seems like I need to wait on the network code being done. Ahh well, I'll just have to sing my beer bottle song.. 10 million bottles of beer on the wall 10 million bottles of beer..

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:52 pm

Better make it 4,294,967,295 bottles.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:39 pm

grinvader wrote:Better make it 4,294,967,295 bottles.

Assuming each verse takes an average of 12 seconds to sing (due to the really big numbers), you're saying that 4-player netplay will be done in 1,633 years, whereas fenty's estimate (using 10 seconds per verse) is a mere 3.2 years.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:11 pm

Why not 4,294,967,296?

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:51 pm

creaothceann wrote:Why not 4,294,967,296? :o

Because using the carry flag as 33rd bit isn't recommended for your health.

fenty · Post by **fenty** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:20 pm

So, do ya reckon theres a possible time it could be ready? Even if it was 3 years i could wait. I'd count the days merrily & cross a day out of a specially made calender everynight.

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:58 pm

"Sometime in the near or not-so-near future."

Kerafyrm · Post by **Kerafyrm** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:12 pm

Make it 5 player netplay while we're there... Like for Super Bomberman 5.

While we're there... actually, I could see using about 8 clients in a netgame, maybe even more. Not kidding either. I have a group of friends, one of which is fairly ludicrously good at super metroid (not the only game we do this with either, though it is the primary one), and we like to have people sit in on the games and watch. We've been stuck using snes9x when there's more than one, but we strongly prefer ZSNES, and we could probably get 8 people observing at once at times. Obviously, only one person actually has controls enabled in this type of game... but it would be really handy if ZSNES could support a large number of players, maybe with some allowances to just try to keep the non-playing guys as up-to-date as possible without slowing down the game for the people that have controls on. Snes9x has HUGE desync issues with this kind of thing (and never resyncs without a reload,) I'm hoping ZSNES can solve that and support big exhibition games... it certainly handles 2 player a lot better so far. Is this feasible?

Thanks

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:32 pm

Kerafyrm wrote:<stuff without return or spaces>
Is this feasible?

Not 8. As much as possible.

And it's in the plan.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:14 am

grinvader wrote:
Kerafyrm wrote:<stuff without return or spaces>
Is this feasible?
Not 8. As much as possible.

And it's in the plan.

Sounds good.

Kerafyrm · Post by **Kerafyrm** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:27 pm

Not 8. As much as possible.

And it's in the plan.

Dynamic allocation up to 255 or even more maybe? >;-) Yeah, gotta second that "Sounds good" on that idea!

Now, if you can just get it done in time for Christmas, too...

TIA, BTW