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Anyone here want to play Descent FreeSpace: The Great War or Descent FreeSpace: The Silent Threat or Descent FreeSpace: Darkness Rising on multiplayer some time? I have all three and have never played any of them online before. I have version 1.06 of Descent FreeSpace: The Great War (English version, United States). So if anyone would like to get a match going sometime, don't hesitate to reply.

Freespace 1 was supposedly terrible online due to networking issues.

Spaceboy wrote:Freespace 1 was supposedly terrible online due to networking issues.

I have a cable modem, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Ezri wrote:

Spaceboy wrote:Freespace 1 was supposedly terrible online due to networking issues.

I have a cable modem, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Freespace 1 had such bad networking issues that it was difficult to play on LAN. It was a seriously laggy game. Playing it online, even with modern high-speed internet, is troublesome at best.

FreeSpace doesn't have the greatest of netcode, mostly because of the burden required for the game. You have to track so much that it almost loses practicality: ships, positions, spacecraft velocity, headings, hull/shield information, missile locations, heading, missile/warhead velocity, and so on. It works, but not well.

I have played FS2 Open online and it's laggy and not the best experience. Descent is more fun online.

You would reach more people by registering and posting on the forums of Hard Light Productions, the main FS community hub. The Game Warden is another place where you can meet FS players. I am registered on HLP, but don't visit there often.

Zantor wrote:FreeSpace doesn't have the greatest of netcode, mostly because of the burden required for the game. You have to track so much that it almost loses practicality: ships, positions, spacecraft velocity, headings, hull/shield information, missile locations, heading, missile/warhead velocity, and so on. It works, but not well.

I have played FS2 Open online and it's laggy and not the best experience. Descent is more fun online.

You would reach more people by registering and posting on the forums of Hard Light Productions, the main FS community hub. The Game Warden is another place where you can meet FS players. I am registered on HLP, but don't visit there often.

What if we played on really low graphics settings, wouldn't that reduce the burden?

Zantor wrote:FreeSpace doesn't have the greatest of netcode, mostly because of the burden required for the game. You have to track so much that it almost loses practicality: ships, positions, spacecraft velocity, headings, hull/shield information, missile locations, heading, missile/warhead velocity, and so on. It works, but not well.

I have played FS2 Open online and it's laggy and not the best experience. Descent is more fun online.

You would reach more people by registering and posting on the forums of Hard Light Productions, the main FS community hub. The Game Warden is another place where you can meet FS players. I am registered on HLP, but don't visit there often.

What if we played on really low graphics settings, wouldn't that reduce the burden?

Zantor wrote:FreeSpace doesn't have the greatest of netcode, mostly because of the burden required for the game. You have to track so much that it almost loses practicality: ships, positions, spacecraft velocity, headings, hull/shield information, missile locations, heading, missile/warhead velocity, and so on. It works, but not well.

I have played FS2 Open online and it's laggy and not the best experience. Descent is more fun online.

You would reach more people by registering and posting on the forums of Hard Light Productions, the main FS community hub. The Game Warden is another place where you can meet FS players. I am registered on HLP, but don't visit there often.

What if we played on really low graphics settings, wouldn't that reduce the burden?

And, what if we played on really low graphics settings, wouldn't that reduce the burden?

No. The problem is that lots of information about each ship needs to be sent to all of the other players- the info has nothing to do with graphics.

Even Freespace2 had this issue, although it was playable on net under 100ms, but LAN produced by far the best results for desirable game play. If you PM me Ezri I may be able to get with you sometime & setup a server for you to connect to & show you what we are talking about.

Triple post. That's got to win something.

Sirius wrote:Triple post. That's got to win something.

Here we go.

Duper wrote:

Sirius wrote:Triple post. That's got to win something.

Here we go.

Triple post and 2 users "Super Fail"

actually, bubba, I'm not surprised by his triple post. The server seems to be lagging a bit lately. It takes a minute or so for a post to go through.

As far as the Freespace thingy goes, I can't say one way or the other. I played FS2 a bit on line, but I sucked so horribly at dodging missiles, I just gave up. .. just as well.

Ezri, lowering the graphics setting wouldn't make much difference if at all. The network programming isn't that great, and that's where it matters.

You can get FS2 Open using the FreeSpace Open Installer. With this you can get the latest in the open source stable release builds and the extra enhancements like high resolution textures and models, and user made campaigns. There is a multiplayer lobby and tracker, and an IRC channel.

Zantor wrote:Ezri, lowering the graphics setting wouldn't make much difference if at all. The network programming isn't that great, and that's where it matters.

You can get FS2 Open using the FreeSpace Open Installer. With this you can get the latest in the open source stable release builds and the extra enhancements like high resolution textures and models, and user made campaigns. There is a multiplayer lobby and tracker, and an IRC channel.

Thanks for the link!

Zantor wrote:Ezri, lowering the graphics setting wouldn't make much difference if at all. The network programming isn't that great, and that's where it matters.

You can get FS2 Open using the FreeSpace Open Installer. With this you can get the latest in the open source stable release builds and the extra enhancements like high resolution textures and models, and user made campaigns. There is a multiplayer lobby and tracker, and an IRC channel.

I don't want to play FS2 though, I want to play FS1.

Zantor wrote:Ezri, lowering the graphics setting wouldn't make much difference if at all. The network programming isn't that great, and that's where it matters.

You can get FS2 Open using the FreeSpace Open Installer. With this you can get the latest in the open source stable release builds and the extra enhancements like high resolution textures and models, and user made campaigns. There is a multiplayer lobby and tracker, and an IRC channel.

I don't want to play FS2 though, I want to play FS1.

Zantor wrote:Ezri, lowering the graphics setting wouldn't make much difference if at all. The network programming isn't that great, and that's where it matters.

You can get FS2 Open using the FreeSpace Open Installer. With this you can get the latest in the open source stable release builds and the extra enhancements like high resolution textures and models, and user made campaigns. There is a multiplayer lobby and tracker, and an IRC channel.

I don't want to play FS2 though, I want to play FS1.

Ezrl on caffine I think.

Ezrl on caffine I think.

Ezrl on caffine I think.

I have the original CD's and the 3 original boxes in almost mint condition for:

- (Descent) Freespace 1
- (Descent) Freespace 1 add-on pack called \"Silent Threat\"
- Freespace 2

Need to reload both soon since rebuilding my PC... then get the new exe's from the Freespace Community.

Freespace 1 had terrible online net code.

Freespace 2 played well online EXCEPT when people would mess with MAXMTU settings for extreme packet loss in \"Squad Wars\" (also known as \"Squabble Wars\") matches.

Haven't played Freespace in way too long online or offline.

Look here too: http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/

SirWinner wrote:I have the original CD's and the 3 original boxes in almost mint condition for:

- (Descent) Freespace 1
- (Descent) Freespace 1 add-on pack called "Silent Threat"
- Freespace 2

Need to reload both soon since rebuilding my PC... then get the new exe's from the Freespace Community.

Freespace 1 had terrible online net code.

Freespace 2 played well online EXCEPT when people would mess with MAXMTU settings for extreme packet loss in "Squad Wars" (also known as "Squabble Wars") matches.

Haven't played Freespace in way too long online or offline.

Look here too: http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/

What about Darkness Rising?

Don't know anything about \"Darkness Rising\".

From what I saw on a Google Search... It was the pre-release name for \"Freespace 1: The Great War\".

SirWinner wrote:Don't know anything about "Darkness Rising".

From what I saw on a Google Search... It was the pre-release name for "Freespace 1: The Great War".

IDK, but I saw it on Amazon for like $10 and I got it (I can't tell what is different about it from The Great War though, other than that it says Darkness Rising on the CD and in the game, and it is stand alone.

SirWinner wrote:Don't know anything about "Darkness Rising".

From what I saw on a Google Search... It was the pre-release name for "Freespace 1: The Great War".

IDK, but I saw it on Amazon for like $10 and I got it (I can't tell what is different about it from The Great War though, other than that it says Darkness Rising on the CD and in the game, and it is stand alone.

Duper wrote:actually, bubba, I'm not surprised by his triple post. The server seems to be lagging a bit lately. It takes a minute or so for a post to go through.

You know my comments are for users who are absolutely clueless about sarcasm because of the lint in their glass belly button. But yeah the DBB has been this way for over a year now, seems to be getting worse... and kind of irritating that this board is broken shall i redline my sarcasm for the feeble

BUBBALOU wrote:

Duper wrote:actually, bubba, I'm not surprised by his triple post. The server seems to be lagging a bit lately. It takes a minute or so for a post to go through.

You know my comments are for users who are absolutely clueless about sarcasm because of the lint in their glass belly button. But yeah the DBB has been this way for over a year now, seems to be getting worse... and kind of irritating that this board is broken

There is no real point in being sarcastic on the Internet, since nobody can tell that your sarcastic since you can't add tone and facial expressions to a forum post (unless you post a video of yourself saying what you want to say in the post).

Ezri wrote:There is no real point in being sarcastic on the Internet, since nobody can tell that your sarcastic......

Obviously this is true for only a few....here I'll make it easy for you

[sarcasm]

sarcasm can not be deciphered by an online translator... over the internet, So online it can be that common sense can read sarcasm and enjoy the humor, ignorance can not and it shows by the response

[/end sarcasm]

Well FS2SCP FTW

Nice sarcasm tags.