Re: Another D2X-xl question

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From: ace
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:21

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karx11erx wrote:
> You probably wanted to jump into the game after having set it up as
> game host, didn't you?
> 
> That message is only a warning, telling you that it might not make much
> sense to start a multiplayer game and being the only player taking
> part.
> 
> It's kind of historic though - afaik in the original Descent you
> couldn't even start the game when you were the only player, but had to
> wait for at least another one.
> 
> As in open games more players can always join in later, this never made
> that much sense to me, at least in well designed levels with enough
> weapons for everybody, were being there first wouldn't give you an
> edge.
> 
> So you can safely ignore this message.
> 

Thanks for the reply
I am trying to host co-op games and see if I can drum up any interest.
If the PlanetDescent forums are still active maybe I'll post over there
too. (I've been away from the Descent scene for around five years)

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