Broadband only?

[janipewter]

will there be an option in the admin panel to make the server only let in people with broadband? no offence, i fcuking hate dialup people cos they lag like shit and its hard to kill them.

maybe it could do a quick bandwidth test on players trying to enter and it would only let in those with a downstream rate of 256kbps or higher?

[orappa]

But wouldn't everyone do that then, and hence it's pointless for dialup users to try to play? They have improved the netcode, so dialup users will have less of an advantage.

[Slothman]

of course if you have the server, you can set a max ping already with mtama.

[T-1000]

You can already set a ping-kick with MTAmA, yes. That quick bandwidth test you speak of could be a bit stressful for the servers, it doesn't seem a good idea.

Anyway, dialup users are aware of their so-called "advantage" and (at least those who aren't noobs) try to use servers with the lowest ping possible.

[Brophy]

/me looks at zircon

[TmM_Ryan]

why not difrent server for difrent connections.

i.e. Broadband any connection gd pign under 50

56k ping of around 250+

[orappa]

Do you really think that would stop 56k-ers joining broadband servers and vice versa?

[HAZJ]

For the shake of God, you wanna kill the community!

yes Jon, he meant that.

[janipewter]

also another thing, the server location is important. say there was a server is australia, a person livin 1 mile away with 56k would probably have a lower ping then a person living 8000 miles away with 2mbit.

[crazy_man]

hey i have 56k on my internet and after 1 minute ill get kicked causeof "too much ping " man i hate that message. but do you have play 0.3 r2 on lan it is right the same as 0.4 on internet

[Scorp]

for u all 56 k'ers, I recommend to play mta on LAN at times, if u can u just dont get the full enjoyment out of MTA with 56 kbit, but u cant do anyting about it.. well u could of course get a better internet thats always something.. it even recommened BB in the manual, ahh its easy for me to say "get a better internet!" but i know it aint that simple

[StAnToN]

thats why broandband rules and is great for online gaming!

[Leviathan]

We have a LAN with 2 computers, but my father allways says: no games on his computer computer.

so I have to play online (we don't have broadband), bet my father allways says: do not use the internet to long.

Damned. "but I wanna play MTA!"

I am so sad...

[MAD_BOY]

for u all 56 k'ers, I recommend to play mta on LAN at times, if u can u just dont get the full enjoyment out of MTA with 56 kbit, but u cant do anyting about it.. well u could of course get a better internet thats always something.. it even recommened BB in the manual, ahh its easy for me to say "get a better internet!" but i know it aint that simple

you do realise that bb isn't available (yay i wrote it right) everywhere, right?

[Scorp]

you do realise that bb isn't available (yay i wrote it right) everywhere, right?

yea im quite aware of that, there are many remote locations here that only can get satelite internet or 56 k

guess im just lucky to be on the main island

[orappa]

Well, Intel's invented a technology called WiMAX, which gives hotspot broadband access to people with laptops or those who live in rural areas which don't have cabled broadband. But it's not going to be featured in any products until at least 2005.

[darkdreamingdan]

Well, Intel's invented a technology called WiMAX, which gives hotspot broadband access to people with laptops or those who live in rural areas which don't have cabled broadband. But it's not going to be featured in any products until at least 2005.

then there is the cost

[orappa]

Well, Intel's invented a technology called WiMAX, which gives hotspot broadband access to people with laptops or those who live in rural areas which don't have cabled broadband. But it's not going to be featured in any products until at least 2005.

then there is the cost

It's cheap to produce the chips, and because it's wireless, there are fewer sunk costs (i.e. the costs of laying and maintaining the cables), encouraging more businesses to branch out into that area, which means lower prices for consumers.

[Agret]

We have a LAN with 2 computers, but my father allways says: no games on his computer computer.

so I have to play online (we don't have broadband), bet my father allways says: do not use the internet to long.

Damned. "but I wanna play MTA!"

I am so sad...

If you install windows you can do file and printer sharing which allows you to access and run files from other computers. You can make virtual drives from other computers like this:

net use Y: "\\phantom\D$\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto Vice City"

into the start run box then you just goto Y: and run the game directly off the network. That way nothing is installed on your fathers computer. When you are done playing delete the GTA User Data folder from "My Documents" and you should be cool.

[crazy_man]

u must have a save to run mta or it just come "error mta dll files is missing" OR somthing like that

[DarkDragon98756]

How can you guys still be even using a 56k connection? It's so out of date and cable hardly costs more. Lucky for me, I got Optimum Online. 50 bucks a month and it's like the 4th fastest cable connection in the world. It's faster then a T1 connection. But seriously guys; if you still have a 56K modem, buy cable. It's worth it in every way possible.

[OpiuM.]

DSL even, SBC yahoo DSL 30 bucks, 40-50 (MAYBE) 60 ping, if the server is in the USA (assuming thats where you live, i dont know if yahoo is accomidating to other contries.)

[andeh]

How can you guys still be even using a 56k connection? It's so out of date and cable hardly costs more. Lucky for me, I got Optimum Online. 50 bucks a month and it's like the 4th fastest cable connection in the world. It's faster then a T1 connection. But seriously guys; if you still have a 56K modem, buy cable. It's worth it in every way possible.

Or you could get narrow band