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Kibber Jan 30, 2018 @ 7:09am
Listen servers
Why KF1 has is but not KF2?
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Revalopod Jan 30, 2018 @ 7:11am 
What’s a listen server?
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Kibber Jan 30, 2018 @ 7:12am 
Private servers withoud dedicated.I mean you hosting ans someone else can join your room
Last edited by Kibber; Jan 30, 2018 @ 7:13am
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Kanonen-Gerda Jan 30, 2018 @ 8:02am 
If not disabled, there is a takover possibilty on servers ....
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Rivery Jerald Jan 30, 2018 @ 11:26am 
Originally posted by RevCat:
What’s a listen server?
How the ♥♥♥♥ do you not know that? I've knew what that was since 2011 ( wen i registered on steam back in 201)
Last edited by Rivery Jerald; Jan 30, 2018 @ 11:27am
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Kibber Jan 30, 2018 @ 12:53pm 
Originally posted by Kanonen-Gerda:
If not disabled, there is a takover possibilty on servers ....
I know but its not the same thing. Its matching you to random servers.
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LogicalBeast Jan 30, 2018 @ 2:12pm 
Originally posted by Rivery Jerald:
Originally posted by RevCat:
What’s a listen server?
How the ♥♥♥♥ do you not know that? I've knew what that was since 2011 ( wen i registered on steam back in 201)
Alright, no need to be a bragging p**** about it. Yes he could've just Googled it instead of ask here, but still, no need for such a crap response. I myself had no idea what listen servers were back in 2011 I just played KF1 offline ONLY.

On topic: yeah listen servers would deffo be sweet, idk why Tripwire are not following this up. Unless they're renting out dedicated servers to people and want to monopolise/make money that way? It would be a LOT less painful playing with your friend if listen servers were brought back, I know my aim isn't garbage but on 175ping I can't aim for s***.
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JtDarth Jan 30, 2018 @ 3:38pm 
The problem with listen servers, is that hosting the client and running the server calculations is resource intensive.
They don't want the forum flooded with complaints about poor performance from people hosting a listen server without enough grunt to do so. It's much more viable to simply rely on dedicated servers for the moment.
It also verifies that you don't have infinity+ 1 person listen servers clogging up the browser, which reduces the felt effect of a smaller playerbase. Killing floor averages a couple thousand players average on any given day. When you only have 20-30 servers per difficulty, that's not a problem. When you've got every tom ♥♥♥♥ and harry hosting a listen server, none of them will really fill, and having all those spare servers showing up in the browser as only one person in the room makes the game look more dead/the community more toxic than it actually is.
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iiTzHentai Jan 30, 2018 @ 3:43pm 
It's 2018 we don't need Listen and Peer too Peer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ servers.
Get out of the stone age.
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Kibber Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:02pm 
Originally posted by iiTzHentaiPT:
It's 2018 we don't need Listen and Peer too Peer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ servers.
Get out of the stone age.
I don't want to play 300 ping+ with my brother thats why.LAN would be great too
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Revalopod Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:24pm 
Originally posted by killerlord:
Originally posted by iiTzHentaiPT:
It's 2018 we don't need Listen and Peer too Peer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ servers.
Get out of the stone age.
I don't want to play 300 ping+ with my brother thats why.LAN would be great too
+1 to lan
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iiTzHentai Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:36pm 
Originally posted by killerlord:
Originally posted by iiTzHentaiPT:
It's 2018 we don't need Listen and Peer too Peer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ servers.
Get out of the stone age.
I don't want to play 300 ping+ with my brother thats why.LAN would be great too
Learn to use server browser or creat your own server.
Last edited by iiTzHentai; Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:36pm
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Kibber Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:49pm 
Originally posted by iiTzHentaiPT:
Originally posted by killerlord:
I don't want to play 300 ping+ with my brother thats why.LAN would be great too
Learn to use server browser or creat your own server.
Tryed open server since game released but I can't open server.Fallowed all steps in dedicated server guide still not work. And why I must open dedicated server?Its that hard to add LAN idk

Edit:lowest ping 100 but I can play other games with 60-70 ping like Paladins
Last edited by Kibber; Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:51pm
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spearten.com Jan 30, 2018 @ 8:05pm 
Saying "Learn to use server browser" is such a pointless response. You would think that KF2 would allow you to easily just play with your Friends, being a COOPERATIVE game after all. It doesn't have to be public, a friend should just be able to invite a friend to play a game on his connection, like games have done for ages, in PRIVATE sessions.

Thousands of indie arcade games with a lot less funding than KF2 allow this, especially on the Unreal Engine.

I feel like they just don't want players to be able to do it. Trying to use Server takeover is garbage and it always either doesn't give you what you want, or it puts you into servers with terrible ping. So you are forced to use the server browser.
Last edited by spearten.com; Jan 30, 2018 @ 8:06pm
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Rivery Jerald Jan 30, 2018 @ 9:26pm 
Originally posted by iiTzHentaiPT:
It's 2018 we don't need Listen and Peer too Peer ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ servers.
Get out of the stone age.
it's useful wen you're playing games that have it just to ♥♥♥♥ around, like gmod, synergy and etc
Dimwit
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LogicalBeast Jan 31, 2018 @ 3:46am 
Originally posted by DarthNachoz:
The problem with listen servers, is that hosting the client and running the server calculations is resource intensive.

On my machine it isn't....I appreciate others won't have a 1080 and/or SSD + decent connection to spare but still, shouldn't be *too* bad? Well, once TWI optimise their game better anyway, I should NOT be having frame drops on Ultra settings. :/

Originally posted by DarthNachoz:
It also verifies that you don't have infinity+ 1 person listen servers clogging up the browser, which reduces the felt effect of a smaller playerbase. Killing floor averages a couple thousand players average on any given day. When you only have 20-30 servers per difficulty, that's not a problem. When you've got every tom ♥♥♥♥ and harry hosting a listen server, none of them will really fill, and having all those spare servers showing up in the browser as only one person in the room makes the game look more dead/the community more toxic than it actually is.

Surely there's a way for TWI to hardcode filter them from Server Browser if the user sets his Listen Server settings to private (which should be DEFAULT setting imho)? Filters already exist, like not empty, not full, not passworded (afaik? KF1 had that). If hardcoding them is too much of a pain for inviting people then have the filter visible instead to hide all Listen servers and set it default to on.

Each problem has a solution, we just have to put our minds together and solve it. :)
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