Ok, let's start a list and then I'll poll it! Remember, this is not really about MMOG but about making the engine more MP friendly which in turn will make it easier to make a MMOG (which is still the hardest thing in game development... nothing the engine can do or offer will change that fact)

- Lose DPLAY and go with Raknet, Enet, ???
- Server to server communication
- Lobby system
- Security Fixes (ie: the ability of a dummy GS client to crash ANY GS server)
- File transfer
- Web Player
- Individual Client update
- Better network diagnostic panel
- Native MySQL integration

Anything else, please build on this.

(PS: Stupid question but I'm not seeing the obvious way to create a poll as a new topic)

" I'm interested in talking about all the "workarounds" that many of us in the MP community have had to do to create viable MP games... As Epsilon stated, we should move the discussion towards outlining the current state of the net engine, what works, and what doesn't. I personally am going to wait to post my issues until others have, like Firo. " -- Fastlane

I would like to hear an outline on the current state of the engine's netcode. Fastlane would you oblige us ?

I am considering using A7 for an MMO , after a long absence. I would very much like to hear about the general experiences and approaches used in Acknex to workaround its limits.

Hey, so how do I make a poll? Still don't see the option for it.

Hmm, you could start a new thread and I, as a moderator, could merge it with this thread

Thank you. But my question is more to the point that I make a new thread and I don't see where I can make a poll...

good question fastlane , before they changed the forum over it was very straight forward but now the option doe s not seem to be there

Just click at "Poll Manager". It's just above the checkboxes

here is what i see just above the checkboxes



what im not seeing is a poll manager

am i wrong?

Ditto. I see as badapple sees.

ok fastlane i figured it out , at the bottom of the page is a style chooser set it to gamestudio and start a new thread you will see the poll manager


thats not cool though that you have to change styles to get it