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Morbid_Addiction	Oct 28 2009, 6:01am Anchor
Morbid_Addiction	<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><xml> </xml> I'm looking at different engines and I've just checked out Unreal 3. I have some questions for people in the know about it. 1). How many players could it support? For instance: 32vs32 + 10 - 20 bot controlled? Example: looking at player vs. player but with maps that have 'neutral/hostile' creatures and random scripted 'bosses' like sky-scraper tall beast that spawns for some reason (only 1 per game or 1 at a time) and is hostile to both sides (for instance; giant worm creature that came from underground and doesn't move but can attack... amongst other bosses that can move/fly etc etc). 2). What are the mapping capabilities of the editor? Like, possible to have large maps... that are well detailed... also most if not all buildings in map have internal structure (you can enter them, go up the levels etc/they're all open and accessible instead of basically a giant block with a skin to look like a building). 3). Sever-wise what are its capabilities, can it follow ‘progress' of players/set off random triggers/communicate between two severs, set commands etc etc Sorry if these are stupid questions. Thanks for your time, Morbid.
O N L I N E myles Woah.	Oct 28 2009, 6:08am Anchor
O N L I N E myles Woah.	1.) It is only limited by the power of the server, but I would think for this amount of players you would require a dedicated server with a very good connection. You've got to consider if you would ever reach those sort of player counts though. 16vs16 is still more than enough. 2.) If the mapper knows what they are doing it is very easy to ensure only what is being seen is being rendered. 3.) Server can easily tracks progress/ triggers without much work, but I'm not sure if they can share work load between two servers. -- Portfolio Error: The operation completed successfully.
Morbid_Addiction	Oct 28 2009, 7:12am Anchor
Morbid_Addiction	I ment communicate between them. and yes I know, I was just putting max possible I was thinking of. I think the conecpt I am doing, in theory would work better as 16vs16+ becuase, the levels big enough to have netural 'natural wildlife' etc and hostile ones. and yeah... everything of that sort. Thanks
Ex0TiCz Crazy Ninja Modder Thing	Oct 30 2009, 5:25pm Anchor
Ex0TiCz Crazy Ninja Modder Thing	I have UE3 but i just give it away because i dont need it, reason being im using IRR LICHT for a mmorpg.
Squiggers I'm British, you Muppet.	Oct 31 2009, 8:46am Anchor
Squiggers I'm British, you Muppet.	Well, i'm fairly interested in Unreal3, as its apparantly quite flexible, but i've no idea how big the maps can be - anyone got info on that? -- Crystal Wolf Studios
Joe_Shmoe is tele-pathetic... Thats right	Oct 31 2009, 9:28am Anchor
Joe_Shmoe is tele-pathetic... Thats right	Its quite flexible indeed, map size wise, it can do pretty large enviroments, but what exactly is it you want to create in size? in terms of multiplayer im guessing 1 huge open area, in that case just by looking at some of UT3's warfare maps, you can almost double those if you know what your doing, and in single player campaign like gameplay you could connect maps and stream them together with no loading in between like what was done in gears of war... its realy up to you what you want to do, you can almost do anything with it =] -- The best work never was and never will be done for money. Everyone who has a computer fancies himself a game designer, just as everyone with a guitar wants to be a rock star. There is nothing wrong with that if you remember that success is a long, hard road.
xscottx019	Oct 31 2009, 1:10pm Anchor
xscottx019	I know of lineage 2 a mmorpg that runs off unreal2. Im sure unreal3 can do just the same if not a lot more
ambershee Nimbusfish Rawks	Oct 31 2009, 5:44pm Anchor
ambershee Nimbusfish Rawks	Any renderer can be used to make an MMOG, so the point there is entirely moot.
Toyoka What's that all aboot, eh?	Oct 31 2009, 10:42pm Anchor
Toyoka What's that all aboot, eh?	Squiggers wrote:Well, i'm fairly interested in Unreal3, as its apparantly quite flexible, but i've no idea how big the maps can be - anyone got info on that? If you've played Borderlands (which you should really try, if you haven't already!) you'll find that the majority of the maps are quite large, probably capable of holding more than enough players (since Borderlands runs off the Unreal3 Engine). I assure you, Unreal3 is quite flexible -- ~Toyoka's Gaming Channel~