Dev Question on Online COOP

[Sneakablez]

Is Zombie Army Trilogy now can create a public online game horde/campaign drop-in drop out session?
Or is still the same as 1 and 2 where everytime no one is playing it will create a public game but you still have to sit there waiting for someone to join before a public can even start. If no there's no one mulitplayer waiting for less than few seconds then there's no other choice but to quit multiplayer and just play campaign solo yourself where there's no can do any online drop-in/out.

I think that's the main problem with the online COOP on 1 and 2 why there's only few who plays multiplayer. Because you cannot create a public game that you can play it solo where anytime anyone can join your campaign as drop-in drop-out. If only the multiplayer works like Borderlands it might be good and much better.

I hope ZAT will have the option to create a playable public game and just maybe a server browser too to see who are hosting public game with ping values. Just like how it works with Borderlands coop. If other games do it I'm sure ZAT too I hope so.

[Dakks]

Yes, this was a fairly annoying setback of the NZA games that people could not join a game in progress, and I agree that it's an enormous reason why the multiplayer dropped dead. I can't remember if this was ever patched into the old games... in any case, I hope join in progress makes it into ZAT.

[Terminal Meltdown]

NZA 1 and 2 were patched later on so you can drop into games now. Surely NZA3 will have the feature at launch.

[Sneakablez]

Originally posted by Terminal Meltdown:

NZA 1 and 2 were patched later on so you can drop into games now. Surely NZA3 will have the feature at launch.

Yeah but you still still cannot create and play online public game and play solo first if no one is playing playing multiplayer at the moment and just let other public players drop in later on.

[♠ slushpin™ 2022]

I'm wondering about this too... So bad not able to create a public game and play it alone and just let other public players who will do quick match to drop-in and join my game.

[Rebellion_Beldeth]

Hey guys.

So we currently have Quick Match and Private Games.

Within Quick Match anyone will be able to drop in and join your zombie massacre. The game will scale at various checkpoints to the number of people you have playing.

Private games people will only be able to join via invite so you will not be interrupted if you do not wish to be.

[♠ slushpin™ 2022]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Hey guys.

So we currently have Quick Match and Private Games.

Within Quick Match anyone will be able to drop in and join your zombie massacre. The game will scale at various checkpoints to the number of people you have playing.

Private games people will only be able to join via invite so you will not be interrupted if you do not wish to be.

So still the same as NZA 1 and 2? :(
Unable to create a playable solo public game.... if no one is playing the game when you use Quick Match it will just keep on loading waiting for another player.... Geez...I hate this part on quick match

I will skip this one....

[Wakane]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Hey guys.

So we currently have Quick Match and Private Games.

Within Quick Match anyone will be able to drop in and join your zombie massacre. The game will scale at various checkpoints to the number of people you have playing.

Private games people will only be able to join via invite so you will not be interrupted if you do not wish to be.

But this is what buffles me to no end!!

"Quick Match" will search existing running games and join it, OR creates a new one (become a host) with a screen "Waiting for 1 player" when it can't find one. On the latter scenario, when another player comes in, you're taken into the lobby with that player. There's a "PRIVATE MATCH" tick box there to indicate whether you want this lobby to become a Private Match, no longer a public match.

"Create Private Games" will create a lobby directly with you as the host. It is supposed to be a private game. However there's that "PRIVATE MATCH" tickbox there unticked, indicating that it is a public match. You can tick it to become a private match.

So, the question is, is a private match determined by that "PRIVATE MATCH' tickbox, or determined by the menu you chose to eventually go the the lobby. Because the lobby is EXACTLY the same.

What most of us need is the ability to create/host a PUBLIC game while playing it. I dunno about you guys, but I hardly have the patience to stare at "Waiting for 1 Player" for more than 2 minutes. I could be playing the game solo WHILE waiting another public player joining in.

This could really reduce the number of accidental "lobbyhoggers" (watch tv instead of staring "Waiting for 1 player" screen, but then forget about the game) that are currently in the games, and potentially keeping the coop alive longer.

Firstly, that two menus combined with PRIVATE MATCH tickbox is confusing and unintuitive. Which one should I use because they are contradicting each other.

NZA1&2 has already HAD the capability to have public players joining in in the middle of the game. But you can't have a host playing solo in a public game while waiting other players to join?

[ToddKC]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Hey guys.

So we currently have Quick Match and Private Games.

Within Quick Match anyone will be able to drop in and join your zombie massacre. The game will scale at various checkpoints to the number of people you have playing.

Private games people will only be able to join via invite so you will not be interrupted if you do not wish to be.

So that confirms that you cannot start a game and play solo until other people join? Well, not to be a Negative Nancy, but congrats on just killing your game. Same reason I never bought the first ones.

But lets be honest...eventually when this is in a steam sale I'm gonna buy it...I mean...zombies...c'mon...

[Dakks]

This is a bit strange. Please confirm whether these fears are true Rebellion, because I too reckon it could be a game killer. The ability to start an online public game on your own and play while you wait for others is paramount.

[Sneakablez]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Hey guys.

So we currently have Quick Match and Private Games.

Within Quick Match anyone will be able to drop in and join your zombie massacre. The game will scale at various checkpoints to the number of people you have playing.

Private games people will only be able to join via invite so you will not be interrupted if you do not wish to be.

OMG, still freaking the same still cannot start a game and play solo until other people join, what a joke. I'm sure just a month or two this game coop/multiplayer will be another ghost town again as NZA1 and 2.

Why is that not possible Rebellion? Why? Why?

[Rebellion_Beldeth]

Originally posted by Dakks:

This is a bit strange. Please confirm whether these fears are true Rebellion, because I too reckon it could be a game killer. The ability to start an online public game on your own and play while you wait for others is paramount.

Hey, I can confirm you will be able to start your own public game and then have people join when they sign up themselves.

The quick match signup will search for other players. If none are found after a short duration it will create your own public lobby.

[The Devastator]

I agree that you should be able to start a public game solo if there are no games started.

[Sneakablez]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Originally posted by Dakks:

This is a bit strange. Please confirm whether these fears are true Rebellion, because I too reckon it could be a game killer. The ability to start an online public game on your own and play while you wait for others is paramount.

Hey, I can confirm you will be able to start your own public game and then have people join when they sign up themselves.

The quick match signup will search for other players. If none are found after a short duration it will create your own public lobby.

Then if none is found on Quick Match and will create a public lobby, will the game start solo? Or more big waiting

"Waiting for 1 Player"

again? Still stuck on the lobby?

Please Rebellion allow us to make our and host our own Public Games on our own rather than using Quick Match again and again.

[The Devastator]

Originally posted by Rebellion:

Hey, I can confirm you will be able to start your own public game and then have people join when they sign up themselves.

The quick match signup will search for other players. If none are found after a short duration it will create your own public lobby.

That's great.

[Rebellion_Beldeth]

Originally posted by Sneakablez:

will the game start solo?

It will start solo :)