When I first heard that HTC were planning to make an option that made it possible to host your own free online games, - I thought it was stupid to give the game away like that.
But later I realized how brilliant the idea was. It will make it much easier to get ppl in from other sims, and the the free 8-player option will never be dangerous competion to the arena experience anyway. As it is now I find it very difficult to get my mates from European Air War into the AH world because of the stress factor in the Arena. If an old EAW squad could train together in peace it would be much easier to drag em into the arena. Well enuf of that..
I would like to see the TCP/IP and IPX feature to be like this:
#1 1v1 Deathmatch for dogfight training and ladder:
The two planes should spawn at 20K altitude heading towards each other at about 5K distance. Maybe these numbers could be set by the host as an option. There should be a reset button so the host or both players could reset the game so both planes respawn at default posions again. - This is to minimize timewaste during training or laddermatch.
#2 Team matches or squadtraining:
It should be pretty much the same as in #1 but maybe the teams could respawn in formation heading toward each other. Here only the host should be able to reset the game.
#3 General features:
It should be fast and easy to start an online game, - best if only one screen was involved. I have seen a lot of solutions on this isue.. Fighter Squadron SDOE, MigAlley MSCFS and EAW. Only the solutions in EAW and CFS works properly in the long run.
It would be very nice if it was possible to join during the game, maybe with a password option.
It this kind of online games lag is very often the biggest problem, maybe the host could choose a scenery that would reduce lag, maybe open sea with no land land visible and no clouds.
This was what I had to say this time. But maybe there will come more later
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GrinBird
