Posted February 21, 2018
Does this game's multiplayer have LAN support?
EmJayJay
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Registered: Dec 2012
From Finland
Gzack123
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Registered: Dec 2010
From United States
Posted March 16, 2019
Now that the game is released, what's the status on LAN support?
DC_vipeout
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Developer
Registered: Sep 2018
From Poland
Posted March 16, 2019
We do not plan on supporting LAN games. We wanted to have it, but our plans got so tight, that we had to drop something :(
Lukin86
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Registered: Apr 2013
From France
KomodoC
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Registered: Aug 2011
From Italy
Posted March 17, 2019
Hey, DC_vipeout, I understand completely, but if you'll add LAN support, this is a sure buy from me. As of now, I wouldn't know what to do with the game, as I don't like online only multiplayer
DC_vipeout
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Developer
Registered: Sep 2018
From Poland
Posted March 17, 2019
We'll see, but I cannot promise anything. If we ever add it, I'll make sure it's properly advertised. For now, it is the way it is.
timesink
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Registered: Jul 2012
From Germany
Posted March 17, 2019
hm, not sure if i buy that exlanation ;)
for multiplayer as it is, each player needs a bought version of the game to be able to connect.
With a lan mode, theoretically, theres only need for 1 copy of the game, since no external auth server involved.
That also means, that its possible to have multipalyer over wan via tunnels.
So, its at least a possible interest/motivation on developers side, not to offer this kind of lan mode at the release of the game, since it could hurt sales.
on the other hand, id like to have lan mode to be independent from any 3. party will. I want to be able to play a lan session at home w/o any mandatory datapacket leaving the house. From my experience, GoG Customers are mostly thrustworthy, and they buy their stuff. So id suggest take the risk and add that mode not now but in a year or so, when the game reached a nice state of maturity.
for multiplayer as it is, each player needs a bought version of the game to be able to connect.
With a lan mode, theoretically, theres only need for 1 copy of the game, since no external auth server involved.
That also means, that its possible to have multipalyer over wan via tunnels.
So, its at least a possible interest/motivation on developers side, not to offer this kind of lan mode at the release of the game, since it could hurt sales.
on the other hand, id like to have lan mode to be independent from any 3. party will. I want to be able to play a lan session at home w/o any mandatory datapacket leaving the house. From my experience, GoG Customers are mostly thrustworthy, and they buy their stuff. So id suggest take the risk and add that mode not now but in a year or so, when the game reached a nice state of maturity.
Post edited March 17, 2019 by timesink
Zerkstorm
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Registered: Nov 2016
From United States
Posted March 18, 2019
Nevermind. Everyone has to make their own decisions, come what may.
Post edited January 30, 2020 by Zerkstorm
DC_vipeout
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Developer
Registered: Sep 2018
From Poland
Posted March 18, 2019
for multiplayer as it is, each player needs a bought version of the game to be able to connect.
With a lan mode, theoretically, theres only need for 1 copy of the game, since no external auth server involved.
That also means, that its possible to have multipalyer over wan via tunnels.
So, its at least a possible interest/motivation on developers side, not to offer this kind of lan mode at the release of the game, since it could hurt sales.
Steam LAN support involves steam libraries anyway. Doing a real LAN would mean cut yourself from any 3rd party dependencies. Which means another set of multiplayer netcode. We've just finished switching it over from Steam to GOG, and look how long it took. This stuff seriously takes time.
Post edited March 18, 2019 by DC_vipeout