8 player disappeared

[TheRapier]

It appears that the 8 player LAN mode disappeared with the last update?

Is it possible to get it back? I found it very useful for teaching my son how to fly in the game.

Thanks!

[The Fugitive]

nope, all gone. Too many people abused it so they removed it. Last I read was they were looking for some way for paying subscribers to use it in the future.

[Tigger29]

If you take the time to read his post, he said "8 Player LAN mode"

Not the free "8-player Internet" mode that went byebye a while back...

[The Fugitive]

If you take the time to read his post, he said "8 Player LAN mode"

Not the free "8-player Internet" mode that went byebye a while back...

.....and if you checked when you load up the game you will see no more LAN button either. Too many people were abusing this by setting the game up on free servers to create "LAN"s over the internet and so make 8 player rooms again. Please try to keep up 

[dkff49]

Too many people were abusing this by setting the game up on free servers to create "LAN"s over the internet and so make 8 player rooms again. Please try to keep up 

where did you read that at I saw nothing of it in the information page when I updated.

this is the only thing I found that even remotely says anything about LAN, but it has nothing about abuse in it.

We're looking at ways to implement that style of play into something that we can host on our servers.

quoted from Pyro from this thread.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,247408.0.html

[Denholm]

He knows the reason because lots of people suggested using that method, which is against the rules.