Poll regarding Steam users

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

5. You can install STEAM on any PC you want. Download your games there and play. No more "7 activations for your lifetime are enough".

Awesome - Now I just have to move all my peripherals from one to the other PC, lol.

[Flyby]

if it's the only way I can get to fly CoD online, then I'll go with steam. Does this preclude CoD in Hyperlobby? I don't understand.
Flyby out

[TheGrunch]

Maybe. Steam's server browser is better than Hyperlobby, though.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

Maybe. Steam's server browser is better than Hyperlobby, though.

do you know if they are private servers or company run (rentals) servers?

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

do you know if they are private servers or company run (rentals) servers?

You do not have to rent servers from Valve if that is what you are asking. You can use any server service you desire including running a personal server.

Edit: For clarification. VVVV Yes VVV

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

You do not have to rent servers from Valve if that is what you are asking. You can use any server service you desire including personal.

what i meant was can anyone put up a server like we do on HL?

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

what i meant was can anyone put up a server like we do on HL?

Yes.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

what i meant was can anyone put up a server like we do on HL?

This essentially depends on whether Maddox Games release dedicated server software, and all indications point toward yes. Not necessarily straight away, though...anyone know if the dedicated server software will be available at release?

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

what i meant was can anyone put up a server like we do on HL?

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

Yes.

Who told you this ?

[Les]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

what i meant was can anyone put up a server like we do on HL?

Leans forward out of the shadows, casts a cynical, world-weary and somewhat crazed look at the questioner, thinking, assessing, then looks left and right to see who else is around and relaxes a little, what the hell...

"This is the last part of the puzzle and still isn't known. To do so will require by-passing the game's built-in server-browsing features, which will be set up to go through Steam.

In the past, with IL-2/Ubi's built-in multiplayer system, that wasn't a problem, or you could say, a blind eye was turned towards it and neither the developers or publishers seemed to mind. But to be honest I wouldn't expect that to be the case this time.

And from here we start to get into potentially murky territory, whereby there may in fact be a new Hyperlobby-type arrangement and online scene, that we'll never be able to talk about here.

Sorry for the melodrama, but having been left in the dark to speculate like this, and looking at all potential possibilities, I can't help but wonder whether certain profit-motivated decisions have really been fully thought through. A dedicated community can be cajoled into bringing you some really nice bones, but it can also turn around and ravage your half-arsed dreams and schemes if you're not careful.

Will have to wait and see.

I'd rather ask, will there be a need for a service like Hyperlobby anymore? And I'd like to automatically and without hesitation say, no, there'll be no need or want for a Hyperlobby type service anymore, it won't be necessary, and it won't be necessary for the developers to code that option in or leave that loop-hole open. But..."

Looks around again, gives a slight shrug of the shoulders and a parting, who-knows kind of look, before retreating back into the shadows, "...will have to wait and see."

Questioner just stands there, looking into the darkness, blinking, wtf was that all about? I just wanna fly online.