Modem multiplayer ?

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3 total messages Started by Eyedunno Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:48

#285702

Author: Eyedunno
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:48

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G'day. Been played a little doom, d2, Quake, & II, and a lot qIII on PSII.
Owned PC QIII for a long time but only now using it.
How can I multiplay with my mate via modem/phone line: Just he & I please?

Thanks. Looking foreward to PC Quakeing again...Had a lot of fun with some
simple scripts in qII...

Re: Modem multiplayer ?

#285703

Author: Inglo
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:46

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On 9/17/2005 1:48 AM Eyedunno brightened our day with:

>G'day. Been played a little doom, d2, Quake, & II, and a lot qIII on PSII.
>Owned PC QIII for a long time but only now using it.
>How can I multiplay with my mate via modem/phone line: Just he & I please?
>
>Thanks. Looking foreward to PC Quakeing again...Had a lot of fun with some
>simple scripts in qII...
>
>
>  
>
Why would you want to do that?  Just set up a private server if you just 
want the two of you to play.   Quake 3 requires a tcp/ip connection to 
play anyway.  I think you might have been able to do modem to modem with 
the original Quake but it was a pain in the ass.  I'm curious if you set 
up modem to modem connections often for other applications?  Just seems 
so incredibly primitive, I had to ask myself if I ever did that, then a 
whole lot of bad memories cropped up of trying to get a successful 
"handshake" 15-20 years ago.

-- 
Dudley Moore: "You're a bleeding nutcase!" Peter Cook: "Hah! They said that about Galileo." 
Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."

Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
www.inglostadt.com

Re: Modem multiplayer ?

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Author: Miss Understanding
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:03

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"Inglo" <ioo@??.żżż> wrote in message
news:8mTWe.2656$3V6.1843@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> On 9/17/2005 1:48 AM Eyedunno brightened our day with:
>
> >G'day. Been played a little doom, d2, Quake, & II, and a lot qIII on
PSII.
> >Owned PC QIII for a long time but only now using it.
> >How can I multiplay with my mate via modem/phone line: Just he & I
please?
> >
> >Thanks. Looking foreward to PC Quakeing again...Had a lot of fun with
some
> >simple scripts in qII...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Why would you want to do that?  Just set up a private server if you just
> want the two of you to play.   Quake 3 requires a tcp/ip connection to
> play anyway.  I think you might have been able to do modem to modem with
> the original Quake but it was a pain in the ass.  I'm curious if you set
> up modem to modem connections often for other applications?  Just seems
> so incredibly primitive, I had to ask myself if I ever did that, then a
> whole lot of bad memories cropped up of trying to get a successful
> "handshake" 15-20 years ago.
>
> -- 
> Dudley Moore: "You're a bleeding nutcase!" Peter Cook: "Hah! They said
that about Galileo."
> Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."

Cool sig -

The old versions of Command and Conquer used to have the option of 'Calling'
another pc - but I have not seen that option on other pc games.

What about a program that establishes a tcp connection over the phone line -
like 'PC Anywhere'?  Once the network is created using this type of
software, would it not then be easier to play Q3 across the line?

-- 
M

Blessed are the geek, for they shall inherit the Earth.

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