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Modern Warfare 2 SA multiplayer community thriving

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:00 -0200

Local Steam communities provide growth platform for MW2

FLaty

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:35:53 -0200

I would like to say that i read a couple of posts on this site before buying the game , i was worried about the multiplayer , but i must say i have been playing online for 2 days and i have no lag at all. the game runs smooth. for anyone who was worried , go out and buy the game its amazing.

woot

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:06:17 -0200

Why doesn't IS , Iburst or SAIX host a P2P server 24/7 wont that be the same thing ??.............ps i havent played it, just my 2 cents :D

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:45:32 -0200

I also thought that. wont it be the same as hosting a p2p server.

Nictron

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:41:12 -0200

I think Megarom must provide each of the major game server ISP's with a copy of MW2 so that we can join those servers for local games by adding them as Steam Friends.

Good idea?

Wolfman

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:48:57 -0200

Just noting that saying peer-to-peer server seems like misnomer :P, but I get the idea. Couldn't the local bandwidth issue be sorted by a program like routesentry? I know it's used extensively in the tf2 community.

BlaZe

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:57:48 -0200

very interesting article i must say.
I wounder if the difference between 384k and 512 will be, playability wise be worth the upgrade to 512k ? or is 4mb simply the way to go for mw2 performance..

Nic Simmonds

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:01:26 -0200

Blaze, from what I have gathered over the years, the increased price from 384 to 512 does not warrant the performance increase.

You may as well spend a bit extra and go 4Mbps. With a 4MBps line you will be selected to host games, which some say does give you an edge when playing, although, it also eats bandwidth.

Playing on a 384 line I almost always get 4 bars and its very playable.

Rich

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:27:44 -0200

It won't work for some local company to simply "host" a p2p server as there doesn't appear to be any way to guarantee that IWNet will select that computer as the host. It'll be sort of like just jabbing a server connection in the dark in the hope of hitting a game that could use its services. Far too hit and miss.

I must say I played Team Deathmatch last night for 3 hours and had an absolute blast! Scored 12 levels in that time, unlocked some awesome stuff. Props to all the local guys I played with, everyone was well behaved and generally just had a fun time.

I suspect that I was selected as a host a few times last night and so to read that it's using 200mb an hour of bandwidth is quite frightening; hope that amount is either inaccurate or due for a nerf in a future patch.

Jedijo

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:24:58 -0200

Perhaps if it were hosted by a local company who has a steam username, then one could simply join?

Nic Simmonds

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:28:51 -0200

I chatted to iGame about this. It is impossible to automate a continuous server in MW2.