Moving to a dedicated server

[Bugabuga2]

Any estimated time for this to come Berkay? :v
Also any thoughts on making lobbys 8 slots available?

[berkay2578]

Originally Posted by FEDPOL1

Will there be a way to get carslots without spending SB?
Edit: Will there be freeroam chat?

Those 2 are to be discussed within the team, can't tell you something for sure.

Originally Posted by polloteca

considering the server needs funds, i think the A/M boost is a good idea, i mean, the aftermarket doesn't affect your racing directly, and the drops will also give other players that don't have a way to support to get those parts

That's exactly my thoughts

Originally Posted by peshe12357

totaly free for everyone.i know it costs you some money to host it but as you sayed before,you won't share udp(MP)for evryone so they can host their own server.if you build this just because you enjoyed it now that you reached to this level with the game you become greedy.that's what i don't like.if you do something for fun and share with everyone!don't keep just for yourself.

It is totally free for everyone already. All performance related stuff are for IGC. Only stuff that are only visual will be for boost. If you're calling me greedy, I have no idea what to say to you.

Originally Posted by Bugabuga2

Any estimated time for this to come Berkay? :v
Also any thoughts on making lobbys 8 slots available?

I'll never give an EST, it's just stupid.

That's race related, have to edit nfsw.exe.

[peshe12357]

actually i had a second tought and u are right , u worked allot for this, i retreat all that i said earlier, sorry about that.btw will you add some devs/admins from the comunity ?

[berkay2578]

Originally Posted by peshe12357

actually i had a second tought and u are right , u worked allot for this, i retreat all that i said earlier, sorry about that.btw will you add some devs/admins from the comunity ?

Cody Fraker (a friend of mine) -> Co-Admin
Sash (flameswild) -> Moderator

As for the devs part, I need people that can create a http1.1/xmpp request handler in C/C++. I tried Delphi but I could only do HTTP1.1.

[Bxx88]

Originally Posted by berkay2578

I'm still not certain on that topic but it will probably be no.

What's that supposed to mean? We won't be able to use offline server we have already if you launch the online one?
Or you just won't update and support offline anymore?

[Oelie]

How can you be sure this will work out and EA won't hunt your *** down? The second you start talking about some way of sb selling to maintain the server it's like fresh meat for EA's lawyers...

[berkay2578]

Originally Posted by Bxx88

What's that supposed to mean? We won't be able to use offline server anymore if you launch the online one?
Or you just won't update and support offline anymore?

I have strong proofs that a guy named Vitaleks straight-off stole my server and started selling it for 2.5$, so I'll stop supporting the offline server.

Originally Posted by Oelie

How can you be sure this will work out and EA won't hunt your *** down? The second you start talking about some way of sb selling to maintain the server it's like fresh meat for EA's lawyers...

I can't speak on exactly how it will be done for legal reasons, but I don't think they will contact me at all.

[Joufi]

It seems to be some hard work @berkay !
Good luck and i will support your work

[Oelie]

Don't forget it's not just any game, it's in the bookshelf of famous Need for Speed series, so EA would seriously love to be the only one to control anything related to it. They made a torrent disappear already, so they don't like the client to be around for 'new' players after the servers went offline. So who says they won't make any servers disappear to which those clients can connect?

I think there should be no central server if nfsw has to survive. Implement torrent-like stuff, make serverlauncher have contact with some peers to tell other clients where offline servers are enabled to host games. I'm thinking of ancient games like MOH-Spearhead where you had a window with active servers hosted by other players and you could join a match or host your own server. Users with good internet would typically be hosting and if you live close to them on the planet it would be with very little lag most of the time.

[berkay2578]

Originally Posted by Oelie

Don't forget it's not just any game, it's in the bookshelf of famous Need for Speed series, so EA would seriously love to be the only one to control anything related to it. They made a torrent disappear already, so they don't like the client to be around for 'new' players after the servers went offline. So who says they won't make any servers disappear to which those clients can connect?

Unless it's thepiratebay or similar really good sites that only keep magnet data and nothing else taking down torrents is too easy. Just mail them saying "here are my lawyers, take it down."

No further discussion is required on this topic.

[peshe12357]

so i guess everything is clear now.so if the server will be online the NFSW file we download(through launcher) will be from a magnettorrent?that way nobody will suffer by any law besides the torrentsite

[tkelleci]

Whats A/M parts?

[fabx24]

but you have to pay to play?

[beyondthematrix2]

ok

[macktheknife19]

Can't pay for what can't stay; just me thinking! Understand EA owns the NFSW game and absolutely no one can profit from it! But there has to be another model that allows us to pay for services used without infringing on EAs rights! We need some legal smarts helping us solve this question. I would love to support an online version of NFSW, but it has to be legally responsible. I've said way too much, sorry for my sloppy way of stating our problem! Hoping all works in our favor!