reflex custom servers.

[al167]

just wondering if its possable? and if so how hard would this be to do? i think this would be a huge step for reflex. the current servers are buggy and laggy.
for mx simulator you can make your own servers. something like that is what we need, or even a better one on this site (td zone), i dont know how long the steam one will be around for too!!!!

cheers allan

[mcm2boys]

It is possible to set up custom servers for some valve games - and i have seen some people looking at making their own game servers to replace Steam servers. Maybe that's a place to start looking.. I did see some mention of getting thrown off steam if they detect that you've tried to hack their servers..

Laurie

[al167]

i found instructions here on how to make custom steam servers;
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Steam-Dedicated-Server

i havent given it a go yet. maybe ill give it a go when reflex custom tracks can be raced on.

[Razmatazz]

I dont think it will work, since you are connected randomly to the first "fitting" server, without the chance choosing from any serverlist. Despite, when you open a new server within the game, it is bound to the game mode. Don't know wether you can set it up via this dedicated thing correctly.

But there is a programm called "gameranger" out there. Since my friend lost his original copy of MCM2 and needed to download it (since originals are pretty rare [in germany]) and the online play, even with hamachi, didn't worked, i searched intensly for a solution, and found this. You can set via this programm a LAN-server, like in hamachi. The people can connect to it until you press start. You will get in game where you can modify the server settings (mode, map, max players, ...) and after this, the others connect to your server"lobby" (where everybody has to click ready).
The server "up-setting" is in Reflex different from MCM2, so dont know, if it would be possible anyway. But the guys support a bunch of games (mostly old ones).
But maybe it would be more promising to ask and work with them.

The problem would be, that with this the downloaded and cracked versions would have a platform, and maybe even hackers and cheaters.