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4 total messages Started by kad... David Kadlcak Wed, 22 Mar 1995 21:45

#1364

Author: kad... David Kadlcak
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 21:45

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   Parallax Guys:
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 What is the best way to play two players multiplayer? Seting up a two 
computers network or just connect them via null-modem?

(What has a faster transfer rate? What occupies the CPU the least?)

   Thanks.

Dave.







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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott Campus, Arizona

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Re: Networking routers...

#1365

Author: Pramod Gumpeni
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 04:33

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Thanks, Mr. Pletcher, for answering my questions.  The time factor was no 
problem.  Since we last wrote, I found out a couple of things.  First 
off, that you do not use Ipx broadcast packets, but rather, directed 
packets, Spx I believe.  Also, by using the showaddress and gameserver 
command line parameters, this allows direct hookup between server and 
client players, but only on the same subnet.  The main problem is to 
encode the packets so that they can be DIRECTED across routers, not 
broadcasted across them.  If this can be solved, it would pave the way 
for easier coding for TCP/IP protocols, since the directed packets then 
could be packaged into TCP/IP packets, and then decoded after reception.  
Of course, this could all be pure hyperbole, since I am currently drawing 
off of several FAQ's and books, and not from direct programming experience.

Hope this helps.  Hehe.  Great game!  (I think I said that already...)

Pramod Gumpeni
(ifragger, and trying to learn how to understand all these TCP/IP and IPX 
programming manuals...)

Re: Networking routers...

#1366

Author: Pramod Gumpeni
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 20:32

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Thanks to both Interplay and Parallax for setting me straight, and for 
respoding so quickly.  

Hopefully, we'll be seeing the release of the patch soon.

Looking forward to it!

Hey, did I mention that Descent rules?

Pramod Gumpeni

Re: Networking routers...

#1367

Author: gen... Scott Coleman
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 15:10

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Have you ever played network Descent, not only across routers, but
across the Internet?

You're gonna... ;-)

-- 
Scott Coleman, President ASRE (American Society of Reverse Engineers)
as...@uiuc.edu
Life is temporally limited - drive velocitously!!

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