What's the Consensus on 1.3 Multiplayer?

[E3kHatena]

I've seen a lot of arguing over this but no definite answer. Will 1.3 have a peer-to-peer-type multiplayer, or has nothing really changed?

[jhs_old]

Nothing changes.

[ostrich]

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

Nothing changes.

100% accurate

[E3kHatena]

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

Nothing changes.

Alright. I figured there'd be more information on the Wiki if multiplayer had drastically changed and couldn't find any concrete proof that the multiplayer had been restructured. Might look into the server stuff if that's the case. Thanks!

[JellyPuff]

Terraria is already peer-to-peer and that won't change.
It will just be made alot easier and faster to connect with your steam-friend-o's, given you can already host steamworks-integrated games without any issues.

[jhs_old]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Terraria is already peer-to-peer and that won't change.
It will just be made alot easier and faster to connect with your steam-friend-o's, given you can already host steamworks-integrated games without any issues.

You may want to check the definition of peer-to-peer.

[Dea]

See I can portforward fine, so this doesn't effect me much but now I'm really curious, what's the point of having steam integration and it being basically the same as it is now? Also won't it just work similar to other steam games that allow you to invite people without port forwarding?

[Pinkytoe32]

how do you port forward?

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Terraria is already peer-to-peer and that won't change.
It will just be made alot easier and faster to connect with your steam-friend-o's, given you can already host steamworks-integrated games without any issues.

You may want to check the definition of peer-to-peer.

Yeah, sorry, i thought just pressing "Host&Play" opens up a peer-to-peer session for others to just drop in, but appearently, you're creating a server, everytime you're doing it.

A bit unnecessary, if you ask me, if you just wanna host for a couple of hours tops and considering, that player-count is usually low when playing with friends, but meh, peer-to-peer terraria might be a thing next week.

Originally posted by styngraygiant:

how do you port forward?

It's explained in the very first thread pinned on this board...how can people miss that?

[Dea]

Well you can also host with the dedicated server file in the terraria folder if you don't want to have to be on the server at all times when you host. You have to make sure you type "exit" instead of just closing the server though or it may not save

[VagueCryptid]

Well, they changed multiplayer because of Pink team... I guess... But other than the stuff said above, nothing.

[Dea]

Pink team?

[VagueCryptid]

Yeah, they will add Pink team to the Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, and White/Neutral.

Also, I just remembered something they added to multiplayer. A teleport to player potion. You use the potion, click a player on the map, and you go there! I tried not to look at too many spoilers, but watching the trailer and a few spoilers showed stuff.

[jhs_old]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

You may want to check the definition of peer-to-peer.

Yeah, sorry, i thought just pressing "Host&Play" opens up a peer-to-peer session for others to just drop in, but appearently, you're creating a server, everytime you're doing it.

A bit unnecessary, if you ask me, if you just wanna host for a couple of hours tops and considering, that player-count is usually low when playing with friends, but meh, peer-to-peer terraria might be a thing next week.

Originally posted by styngraygiant:

how do you port forward?

It's explained in the very first thread pinned on this board...how can people miss that?

Peer to peer will never be a thing for gaming. At least on games with more than several consecutive players anyway.

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

Peer to peer will never be a thing for gaming. At least on games with more than several consecutive players anyway.

It's still a thing. The latest CoD, for example, only uses p2p.
I think it's not bad for up to 4-5 players, but if you do it like CoD:AW and not offer the option to start dedicated servers yourself, you've messed up.

A big plus for p2p, is, that players aren't dependant on a server (or it's host...).

I guess we'll have a more clear answer tommorow...someone just asked Cenx directly on the official forums, if she can share any more detailed infos about steam integration and how it works and she responds to questions almost every day lately.

[ubermann]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by Committed Sudoku:

You may want to check the definition of peer-to-peer.

Yeah, sorry, i thought just pressing "Host&Play" opens up a peer-to-peer session for others to just drop in, but appearently, you're creating a server, everytime you're doing it.

A bit unnecessary, if you ask me, if you just wanna host for a couple of hours tops and considering, that player-count is usually low when playing with friends, but meh, peer-to-peer terraria might be a thing next week.

Originally posted by styngraygiant:

how do you port forward?

It's explained in the very first thread pinned on this board...how can people miss that?

are you creating and hosting the server or are you renting a server from steam?
the first one would still be called peer-to-peer, but not pure peer-to-peer, because you have someone to check the information.

but i could be wrong