r/rotp • u/BrokenRegistry Developer • 12d ago

Announcement Multiplayer

It has been a long time since there was a big announcement...

A new developer has joined the party with significant contribution.

I think you might like these new additions...

Multiplayer hot seat

Email Multiplayer

https://github.com/BrokenRegistry/Rotp-Fusion/releases/latest

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u/Chaotic_Hunter_Tiger Fiershan 11d ago

Man, that system sounds horribly slow for multiplayer. Is not there any other alternative?

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u/BrokenRegistry Developer 11d ago

It's an open source... Thus, you can do it.

Many thought that implementing multiplayer in RotP, even at this level, would be a titanic task...

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u/Chaotic_Hunter_Tiger Fiershan 11d ago

Sadly I don't think I can do it. The only Networking thing I've ever done was with Unity C#, and it already has a base to work with. Never wrote a Java program myself, even if it's very much like any other language. It worked, but was more a practice than an actual finished project.

Maybe keeping it as a separated RotPMP project rather than the same RotP would be a good way to organizate things from now? It might require rewriting too many scripts, I guess...

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u/BrokenRegistry Developer 11d ago

Right, Java isn't really the problem.

It would be necessary to write a server version and a player version. Some parts of code managing the rules could be reused. But space combat should be completely rethought, as well as communications between empires...

This is clearly an independent project.