Question about multiplayer....

[Stogie]

Hey, I'm thinking about buying this game, and I have a question.

Can 2 people be playing on the same computer...-with- people online?

I know I can do local co-op. And I know I can do internet. But can I do both at the same time?

[Joe Kaze]

I would also like to know this.

[Big Fudge]

Unfortunately this is not an option at this time, Nguyen said somewhere that it's not massively high up on their list of priorities - but if you want it definitely bother them!

[Maxalty]

No right now, but you can play with the same computer up to 4 players LAN.
To play ONLINE you need a computer for each player...

The developers said they will consider the feature you talking about since is a really good one. Depending on how good the game does on the sales, since they have already plans to things they will add to the game next including the level editor as a free DLC.

[Stogie]

ok thanks

[JacksonTersely]

Did this ever end up getting added?

[pocico]

Not yet. The developers are busy on their next game right now, but they care about us I believe, so let's wait.

[SeriousCCIE]

Im one of those people that view online as being on the lan, internet as being the internet, and offline as when there is no flashing light. Offline is never LAN, because you'd be offline from the LAN. wireless is WLAN and no one ever mentions that because typically people have the same 192.168.0.x home network for wifi and lan because network wizards dont really explain much.

So I need to ask -- what does it mean when you say "you can play with the same computer up to 4 players LAN" -- because LAN gaming, like those events where people brought their own PC to play counterstrike for 72 hours straight -- requires everyone to a) be online in a network called a LAN and b) be on their own PC to do it and c) doesn't require internet and quite possibly isnt even supported in the original game (like the original doom1 doom2, like when playing John Romero's new ep1m8 map).

To play ONLINE with your definition means "internet with licensed copies for everyone on their own PCs", right?

And that you're saying I can have two players on one PC and two players on a second PC and all four can play together in a cooperative game when on a local lan with two PCs? Or is that not what you are saying?

I am the type of person that set up a VPN tunnel with IPX tunneled in a IPV4 GRE inside the VPN IPSec tunnel to allow that doom map I mentioned to be playable via Novell IPX on the LAN settings over the internet with a friend- so the distinctions I ask of do have meaning to me! It took longer to get running than we played it for, but its the principle of the matter.

(Of course I am also a geek so there's that aspect, too.)

[pocico]

I'm assuming LAN will be the same as playing on Steam in regards to only one person can play with one executable of monaco. However, if you are only playing locally meaning neither LAN nor internet then 4 people max can play at once. Whenever you play over any network, then each individual must have one copy of monaco. I've never tried playing monaco over lan, so I am only assuming that lan requires this restriction.

[Stogie]

To sum it up:

If you have 1 computer, either 1 person can play online. Or 4 people can play together on that 1 machine.

If you have 2 computers, 2 people can play online, or 4 people on 1 of those computers. There's not an option for "2 people on 1 computer, playing with 2 people on another computer"

It's either all together on one box, or everyone has their own box.