Sanctus comments on StarCraft-Inspired RTS From Former Blizzard Devs Losing Online Multiplayer Because Server Partner Was Bought By AI Company

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 19 points 7 months ago (5 children)

BAR doesnt have servers and it can be played online. I know its not the most secure but at least do it P2P the old school way rather than tossing online completely. Kinda insane to read.

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't Starcraft P2P?

Everyone has suoerfsst internet, why does every game need dedicated servers and probably a subscription.

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[–] delmain@beehaw.org 10 points 7 months ago

There's no subscription, it uses servers because otherwise cheating is 100 times easier.

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[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

There are 2 reasons for dedicated servers, matchmaking and refereeing. Both those functions can be archived by community servers, but need to exists. If you don't have matchmaking you need to find opponents for each game by yourself.
If you have no referee, the player hosting the match can easily mod their game to have a god mode.

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