Multiplayer FPS

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 12 Sep, 2005 3:24 am

Oh yeah, don't forget that! Though Ztris is a bit better in my opinion.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Mon 12 Sep, 2005 3:25 pm

Ztris is the best tetris clone for the 83/+. IMO.

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Mon 12 Sep, 2005 8:42 pm

This topic has gone a bit off-topic, hmm? First it's about Multiplayer FPS's, then suddenly people start talking about Tetris, rather a change, hmm? Perhaps we should put this topic back on the right track, don't you people think so, hmm?

coelurus · Post by **coelurus** » Mon 12 Sep, 2005 10:07 pm

Great idea, all I can add is that I have zero time to investigate and try linking. There are a lot of "available" people around here, right? Consider the discussion in the Zelda thread

EDIT: Not all of them are available, but that doesn't mean they're all occupied...

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Mon 12 Sep, 2005 11:43 pm

Not all of the people that don't proclaim to be working on something aren't working on anything.
As soon as I finish the basic contest I'll be working on a C project for the 89.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 16 Sep, 2005 10:03 am

Haven't I seen this topic a thousand times before..? Yup, I have. Why aren't there dozens of link games then? Because it's freaking difficult to keep the speed up when you're linking. Why aren't there any 3+ linking programs? Because that always requires _some_ form of special hardware and because it is killing for performance. Besides, it's hell to code

If you want to make a multiplayer game, don't start with a FPS... You'll give up faster than you can say "Damn that's slow"

(For those of you who remember I was working on a (multi calc) linking library: I'm still working on that a bit, but I have zero time for coding at the moment, and there are a few nasty little bugs in my code that I can't seem to find... so that'll take a while)

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Fri 16 Sep, 2005 11:29 pm

Actually, believe it or not, more than half of the games I've downloaded for my 89t have multiplayer via linking.

Is it faster on the 68k processor? It can't just be the USB thing because I don't think the regular 89 has that.

katmaster · Post by **katmaster** » Sat 17 Sep, 2005 12:47 am

of corse its faster on an 89. its got like 3x the RAM. that means 3x the SPEED!!!

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 2:13 pm

katmaster wrote:of corse its faster on an 89. its got like 3x the RAM. that means 3x the SPEED!!!

Hmm, it has nothing to do with the amount of RAM, but yes, it's much faster. And perhaps it has a link assist (hardware), or an easy to use include (software, like the one I try/tried to make) for coders to use in whatever situation.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 3:38 pm

katmaster wrote:of corse its faster on an 89. its got like 3x the RAM. that means 3x the SPEED!!!

doesnt it have 15 mhz? ours is capped at 6mhz.

coelurus · Post by **coelurus** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 3:50 pm

89s have 68ks, not z80s.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 7:44 pm

coelurus wrote:89s have 68ks, not z80s.

right, but does it run at 15 mhz?

coelurus · Post by **coelurus** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 8:20 pm

10. Google

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 8:30 pm

coelurus wrote:10. Google

10 for 89, 12 for tit., and 15! for 83+ silver

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Mon 19 Sep, 2005 8:31 pm

15! = 1307674368000... yeah.

What I don't notice is my 84+ working noticeably faster or even as fast as my 89.