June 5th, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
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Originally posted by aiken:
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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
my wishlist for SE5 would be for a hosting exec that will run on Linux with no GUI.
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I think that's a great suggestion. Actually this idea can be expanded into the new server-client architecture, so the game could consist of 2 separate programs: CLI based server (with simple graphical games management frontend, maybe) capable to make turn computations only and graphical clent which will "draw" the turn delivered from server and provide actuall game interface. In conjunction with improved tcp\ip mechanism this could make game hosting much easier. And sure, the server side should be written to be easily ported to another platforms (*nix, mac, whatever)
I think that is a bit excessive (other than porting the game to other OS). SE4 already has a CLI based server mode that works just fine. It doesn't draw any pictures or anything. This is why PBW is possible, and it is fairly easy to use the host mode.
[ June 05, 2004, 17:09: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ] |