Server Size

Random Ping · 09-06-2006, 07:00 PM

I was reading up on BF2142 the other day and noticed that it is still only going to be up to 64 player to a server. Thinking back, I remember in BF42 that they said 64-player servers were merely the beginning, and then with BF2 they were saying the same thing. Yet we're still stuck with with max 64 players to a server in BF2142; and one would think with all the improved server technology over the years that they could up the max players to 80-100 instead of the old 64, why is that?

Caslon · 09-06-2006, 09:23 PM

Those were the pre-release days when the sky was the limit and DICE had grand plans.

Actually...32 on a team is OK. As it is...you rarely are able to survive killing someone on a street before you yourself are killed from some other direction.

Deathmaker · 09-07-2006, 02:48 PM

With the current netcode, imagine a 256 player server.

TitanSound · 09-07-2006, 03:05 PM

It would melt

faker_phil · 09-07-2006, 06:54 PM

It wouldn't just melt, it would have the same effect as a nuke hitting the city the server is stationed in

grim reaper · 09-07-2006, 09:53 PM

It is possible, just look at the huge amount of connections MMO servers have.

I think EA has more to do with this than it seems.

128 would be very time consuming to implement and it probably wouldn't generate a huge amount of sales, axing it is then an easy enough thing to do as it would get the game to its projected release date.

Stranger things have happened.

faker_phil · 09-07-2006, 09:57 PM

OMFG Grim you egomaniac

Just looked at your signature, and.. yea, the above states it pretty well.

09-06-2006, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Random Ping Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Evergreen State (at least on the West coast) Posts: 1,293	Server Size I was reading up on BF2142 the other day and noticed that it is still only going to be up to 64 player to a server. Thinking back, I remember in BF42 that they said 64-player servers were merely the beginning, and then with BF2 they were saying the same thing. Yet we're still stuck with with max 64 players to a server in BF2142; and one would think with all the improved server technology over the years that they could up the max players to 80-100 instead of the old 64, why is that? __________________ It is not important that the glass is half-full or half-empty, but rather how the glass got that way.

09-06-2006, 09:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,803	Re: Server Size Those were the pre-release days when the sky was the limit and DICE had grand plans. Actually...32 on a team is OK. As it is...you rarely are able to survive killing someone on a street before you yourself are killed from some other direction.

09-07-2006, 02:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Deathmaker Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 349	Re: Server Size With the current netcode, imagine a 256 player server. __________________

09-07-2006, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
TitanSound Captain Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London, England Posts: 2,811	Re: Server Size It would melt __________________ "You often find drummers have amazing memories, they have to remember long musical phrases as pure data, its almost binary"

09-07-2006, 09:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,256	Re: Server Size It is possible, just look at the huge amount of connections MMO servers have. I think EA has more to do with this than it seems. 128 would be very time consuming to implement and it probably wouldn't generate a huge amount of sales, axing it is then an easy enough thing to do as it would get the game to its projected release date. Stranger things have happened.

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