CO OP?!?!?!

[Joe]

So I was reading one of the recent posts about what is planned for exanima. Co-op was mentioned but is this full story mode dungeon crawling deliciousness with my best friend? Or is it simply arena mode or the practice arena that I'll be able to enjoy with a buddy? Not sure if anyone else is as hyped about this as me but I've been wanting to do the story mode with a friend since the first time I got dropped into that terrifying hell hole of a dungeon.

[zaratan4o]

Both.

[Rhabarber Barbar]

coop would be cool. 100% agreed. but this would very difficult to implement
the engine for this is pretty complex and the ping must be low in order for any of this to work.
so i am not suprised if there will be coop next or the year after that. or a bit sooner

(but they really have more stuff to do that is probably a bit easier and faster to programm than a multiplayer mode)

[John]

IIRC they did some tests with LAN and it has worked. They want to do co-op as well as mp but it'll only work well with low ping (and decent bandwidth so ya don't spike when something is in use ofc). Not sure when they plan to introduce it, but my guess is that it'll be within the year (at least testing of the network, prob not perfect till release).

[ooowwwooo]

Wouldn't same pc coop work well? Sounds like it would be easier to program than online coop, and there wouldn't be any lag.

[Zwei833 the Buggy Modder]

Originally posted by P0P218:

coop would be cool. 100% agreed. but this would very difficult to implement
the engine for this is pretty complex and the ping must be low in order for any of this to work.
so i am not suprised if there will be coop next or the year after that. or a bit sooner

(but they really have more stuff to do that is probably a bit easier and faster to programm than a multiplayer mode)

What would happen if the Ping is not low enough?

[Joe]

Originally posted by Ivenend _zwei833:

Originally posted by P0P218:

What would happen if the Ping is not low enough?

I think that because the games physics system is so complicated that a small ammount of lag would mess things up severly. My guess is to the point of unplayability since the game is so reliant on the physics system.

[John]

Originally posted by Phillip:

Originally posted by Ivenend _zwei833:

I think that because the games physics system is so complicated that a small ammount of lag would mess things up severly. My guess is to the point of unplayability since the game is so reliant on the physics system.