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2 players on the same computer

by Mathieu · in Torque Game Engine · 11/14/2002 (2:08 am) · 3 replies

Hi,
Does someone already tryed to make a multiplayer game without using the network engine?
2 (or more) players on the same computer, using the same keyboard.

There is limitation with the keyboard? (pressing 5-6 keys simultaneously)
Is it difficult to load and to activate 2 Torque players in the game?

Thanks

- sorry for my english, frenchy frog... -
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Torque Owner Mathieu
#1
11/23/2002 (11:39 am)
I'm trying to find the best way to do this for a week.
I realy need advises.

So, I need to have 4 cars controled by 4 peoples on the same computer.


Do I need 4 ClientConnections to the game? each creating 1 player controling 1 car.

Do only one player can control 4 Vehicules? is it really a good solution?

Can I create 4 players on the same ClientConnection?



Many thanks,
Mathieu

Torque 3D Owner Phil Carlisle
#2
11/23/2002 (12:27 pm)
Hmmm.. a good question.

Right now it seems you'd need 4 gameconnections (or rather, something derived from), if you look at how the AI client is done that might give you some idea's for how to implement it without "connections".

Phil.

Torque Owner Mathieu
#3
11/24/2002 (3:00 pm)
Thanks for the advise, I'm working on it but the connection system is hard to understand :)

It seems to me that we can control only one object.
Do I need to make 4 "setControlObject" fonctions?

setControlObject1 -> controlling vehicule1 on GameConnection1 (using moveMap1)
setControlObject2 -> controlling vehicule2 on GameConnection2 (using moveMap2)
...

I'm not sure it's the best way to manage this...