Licensing and master server use
by Vijay Myneni · in Torque Game Engine · 07/20/2005 (3:56 pm) · 3 replies
Does the TGE license allow us to use the garage games master server even if we end up publishing our game with a third party publisher? Even if the game becomes wildly famous and a trillion people are playing it everyday, can we still have our game use the GG master server to hook up gamers with eachother? I know that probably won't happen, but I just want to make sure that using the server is okay under any circumstances. Thanks, Vijay.
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08/10/2005 (1:44 am)
I'd recommend using your own domain name within your game, and then defining that name to be an alias for GG's server. Something like "master.mynenisgame.com CNAME master.garagegames.com". That way if GG goes out of business (god forbid) or their master shuts down, you can just point the name at your own server. Avoid hard-coding someone else's domain into your product. 
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The GG server is a test server. They can take it down at any point and there is no guarantee for uptime, which is bad for business if you rely upon it for your customers. In fact, they could decide one day to take it down and never put it back up again...leaving you to scramble to create your own master server backend or watch your online only game shrivel and die.
06/11/2007 (6:41 am)
Old post, but referenced recently.The GG server is a test server. They can take it down at any point and there is no guarantee for uptime, which is bad for business if you rely upon it for your customers. In fact, they could decide one day to take it down and never put it back up again...leaving you to scramble to create your own master server backend or watch your online only game shrivel and die.
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