Attn: Server operators

[JG1_Butzzell]

S! All

 

The Great Battles series expansion into Tank Crew and Flying Circus has given the community new opportunities for fun and adventure. Server operators and mission designers are experimenting with these new features. Unfortunately finding a server for the type of  Great Battle you are looking for can be confusing. Most servers have a name of the sponsoring group up front and then the type of conflict. Ex: JG1 FC Kuban V .3.   What IF ( notice big if) all Flying Circus servers were named with the Great Battle series name as the first part? Our example above would change to   FC JG1 Kuban V.3. Why would we do this? So that when a person is looking for FC servers they would all be in the same area of the server list.  Simple, easy to do and helps everyone. Maybe TC for Tank Crew servers?

[BMA_West]

What about servers presenting a mix  …

Multiple prefix?

That mix may differ from mission to mission, but mostly with the early BOX modules so presenting either IL2, FC or TC stuff.

Taining servers may even follow 3 of those ways in one typical mission.

 

Also remember the devs already started changing the GUI for their Air Marchal plans while before the end of the years a Lobby is scheduled:

https://stormbirds.blog/2019/02/06/part-1-an-interview-with-jason-williams-and-daniel-tuseev-il-2-great-battles-series/

that ShamrockOneFive brought to our attention on the IL2 forum.

Edited February 8, 2019 by West

[JG1_Butzzell]

S!

 

There are a variety of servers offering combinations of modules. No one system works for everyone but may work for some.

 

I think everyone is interested in the Air Marshal and how it will work.

 

Cab you explain Lobby?  I am used to other games like CSF 2. It had a lobby for players and then would start a coop mission when there were enough players. 777 has a TS server set up where people can meet and see what server they might want to join. They can stay and use TS while playing the game. I think I am asking "What is a lobby used for?"

[BMA_West]

 

I guess we will have to find out later this year, but I can only presume it will be a waiting chat room.

I figure something like the TS meets we have before engaging in one of those yearly MP ROF campaign missions only in chat & with separate rooms?

 

Quoting from article on the subject:

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Q Improving the multiplayer lobby is one of the goals that you’re hoping to tackle this year and you’ve previously said that it won’t be easy. What kinds of features are you hoping to have and how much of a challenge is it to build this in?

 

A Jason: “I can’t say right now what the exact shape it will take. Obviously, people want chat and a lobby of some kind. Everyone remembers old Hyperlobby and how that worked. So, something that can make match-making easier, but with features users want. We haven’t sat down to draw a final design yet, but that time is coming soon. We briefly mapped it out over a year ago, but it was just to understand the resources we would need to do it. And yes, everything about MP is difficult. A very tough crowd to please. “
A Daniel: “While exact design is in development now, now I can only say what we want to have there. We supposing to have common chat, chat rooms, friends, server pre-start lobby where players will bring together and start server when they will be ready and so on.”
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Edited February 10, 2019 by West

[JG1_Butzzell]

S!

 

ty

 

Very interesting.  I remember Hyper lobby. You sit in a room with friends wanting to play for one team and when there are enough people for the other team, it starts. Like World of Tanks also. I do not think IC 777 will put up servers and missions. This will probably be a Dserver add on.  Something up to the server operator if they want their server set up as a lobby server.  This works well for coop missions.

 

again, ty

[BMA_West]

@ Butzzell

 

I guess in here everyone is more than convinced the MP server names can use that prefix,

however for properly reaching their administrators attention the thread would be better in the appropriate forum:
“Multiplayer Servers and Hosting”

Don't you think?

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Hmmm.......

[=RS=Stix_09]

 

22 hours ago, JG1_Butzzell said:

S!

 

There are a variety of servers offering combinations of modules. No one system works for everyone but may work for some.

 

I think everyone is interested in the Air Marshal and how it will work.

 

Cab you explain Lobby?  I am used to other games like CSF 2. It had a lobby for players and then would start a coop mission when there were enough players. 777 has a TS server set up where people can meet and see what server they might want to join. They can stay and use TS while playing the game. I think I am asking "What is a lobby used for?"

Jason from his recent interview , he said
about Air (and Ground) Marshal

quote

" It will be an optional feature for servers if they don’t like it "

full interview here (as west said above)

 

he also talks about lobby there, much of this stuff is not fully worked out yet how it will work

 

and yep thread is better suited to mplayer section of forum...

Edited February 11, 2019 by =RS=Stix_09

[JG1_Butzzell]

s! All 

 

Well as you can tell from the questions posed by West, I really did not have things fully worked out.  I placed the thread here because I was originally thinking of just FC.  I added the TC at the end because I was starting to understand that there may be additional applications.

 

 

Only time will tell.

 

Thanks for all the input and help.