Truckers MP

[Kitt]

Is it ran by only one person? Sure seems to be, how often do we need to backtrack in order to be on your servers? I just Hope some day the developers realize they should include a MP option in their title. Welcome to the day and age of MP gaming ffs, get with the times. SP option is great and an MP option in the load screen = is even better. If it takes us to request it they are already lost.

[ttower]

The game DOES include Multiplayer now. It is called Convoy mode, but is limited to lobbies of 8 players max. However, unlike TruckersMP, it works properly without sacrificing major things like traffic. It is also a personally preferable method of MP in this kind of game for me and many others.

[Reese]

TruckersMP pretty much has like 1 programmer, with assistance on occasion. Most of the TruckersMP staff team are either moderation or events.

ATS has had MP built-in for a couple years now. Even supports mods, up to 70, and 8 players.

[Kitt]

Originally posted by Reese:

TruckersMP pretty much has like 1 programmer, with assistance on occasion. Most of the TruckersMP staff team are either moderation or events.

ATS has had MP built-in for a couple years now. Even supports mods, up to 70, and 8 players.

Up to 70 and 8 players? Which is it? If all they can offer in 2023 is 8 player convoy's I guess folks like me will have to keep on hoping that when I need a break from sim racing and check TMP that it is up to date. The last handful of times I have loaded it, it requests me to roll back an update. No TY as it just does not seem to be worth the bother even tho it only takes a couple of minutes. Great project do not get me wrong I just wish the game itself offered it. I take no joy in staring at AI in my game time.

I also want to add a TY for those that replied.

[Reese]

70 mods, 8 players. For me, that's plenty. Me and a handful of friends can drive together without the tyranny of TruckersMP staff. We're hoping Convoy will support more than 8 eventually. We'll just have to wait.

[Kitt]

"Tyranny" ? The Admin overwatch is not an issue unless you are a child causing issues. Just drive your truck and deliver your load, I fail to see the complication. 8 players just seems to be lazy esp after a decent run of TMP has shown that there is a market for MP in ETS and ATS.

[Ryu]

It's not "laziness", rather, it's not wanting to have the lag. The worst times I remember from playing TruckersMP was when I would come into an area with a bunch of people and things became a laggy, rubber-banding, stuttering mess. And when some of those folks were connecting from far away with poor connections? There's a reason some folks avoid the "popular" areas, and it isn't because they don't like traffic. :P

There are hacks to make Convoy have up to 256 players. And they lag in the same way. There isn't any tweaking you can do to solve poor internet connectivity.

[Reese]

Over the many years and hours I have put into TruckersMP, I have never been banned or suspended, and very rarely warned. Some kicks due to trolls crashing into me or accidentally pulling a banned load into a specific area. I used to drive the Calais-Duisburg road in ETS2 for 8-12 hours a day, driving realistically and following the speed limit. All because I had nothing else to do at the time.

I love traffic, but as above, once you start hitting triple digits, frame drop is inevitable. And if players are lagging, everyone suffers, even those getting 144fps.

Which means, all said and done, that you'll have a better time with a smaller number of players. 8 is fine. It's not great, especially if you have a virtual trucking company, or a discord group you regularly drive with that has more than 8 people. But flawless 8-player gameplay is infinitely better than accidental bans/trolling players.

In my opinion. Convoy can support more, but with time it may grow.