Multiplayer Questions

[myGuy080]

I have been keeping an eye on this game and have been thinking about purchasing. I do have some questions though.

1. I use a Linux operating system, is the multiplayer option on this game cross-platform? With who i play with online a few of us use Linux OS and a few use Windows OS, and we would like to play together.

2. For the multiplayer games is there a match making system? Also, can you play your friends vs the AI (co-op)?

[TapocoL]

this!?

[TAG]

Yes, multi-player is cross-platform.

No, there is no matchmaking system. Co-op vs AI is only possible locally, online in development.

[myGuy080]

Is Online Co-op vs the AI complete for this? The last post from the developer said it was in development, but that was back in November last year.

[koper]

Many people play multi?

[Derty]

Originally posted by TAG:

Yes, multi-player is cross-platform.

No, there is no matchmaking system. Co-op vs AI is only possible locally, online in development.

Online co-op is the main thing I am waiting for in this game.

[KCCHRIS]

i'm waiting co-op vs AI in the championship mode. will be awesome.

[Chronszcz]

Originally posted by Derty:

Online co-op is the main thing I am waiting for in this game.

There actually is an online co-op mode. In the "Create party" menu change the "Versus" mode to "Co-op".

[YorkyPudsy]

Originally posted by TAG:

... Co-op vs AI is only possible locally, online in development.

Originally posted by Chronszcz:

There actually is an online co-op mode. In the "Create party" menu change the "Versus" mode to "Co-op".

Does anyone know if the game now supports AI players being added to an online game? On both teams? Or only all-human vs all-AI? If I'm reading Chronszcz's post correctly, it sounds like it is now at least possible to play humans vs AI?

I'm just trying to decide whether it's worth each of us picking up a copy of the game, or if we're better off sticking to local multiplayer.

Would anyone be kind enough to explain any other differences between the game's local & online capabilities, eg...
- any modes that are online-only, or local-only?
- does the view scroll differently? (eg. locked to ball in local, locked to controlled player online)
- any awards/unlocks/progression/similar that players might miss out on if we only play local?
- anything else?

Many Thanks!

[YorkyPudsy]

OK, so I picked up a single copy of the game myself, and I'll answer some of my own questions based on my brief try of the game (which is actually really fun & does bring back memories of Sensible etc.)...


- The game supports OFFLINE / LOCAL MULTIPLAYER up to 5 human players (1 keyboard + 4 controllers), and they can be placed on either team (at least in a single one-off match), with AI players filling in any empty slots on each team
- The AI difficulty can be adjusted, but it seems you can only adjust it globally (ie. not have a different setting for each AI player, or even separately for each team)...?

- The game also supports ONLINE MULTIPLAYER with up to 5 human players on each team
- You can toggle the online mode from VERSUS to CO-OP (as mentioned above in Chronszcz's post), which allows up to 5 players to play together against an AI team
- You can tweak the AI difficulty for online in the same way as offline (again, just one global option)
- I haven't had chance to try out the online yet, so I'm not sure if it's possible to have some AI players on BOTH teams at the same time

I also haven't tried anything beyond a quick single match with AI players, so not sure what other modes might be available, or if they work with multiple players (local or online)... though there seem to be various tournaments/cups, including the facility to create your own custom one, so hopefully we can at least enable multiple players in some of that, even if only locally.
{ EDIT: OK, so the tournaments/cups can be played with mutiple human players, but it looks like these are only available when playing offline, as I suspected }

I don't remember seeing any options regarding camera movement, so I don't know if that's handled any differently with online vs. local, but I expect it will simply follow the ball in the same way in both modes.


So to sum up, it looks like LOCAL/OFFLINE is the preferred option & supports all the different modes of play for up to 5 human players, and even allows AI players on both sides (at least for one-off matches). However, ONLINE play does allow up to 10 human players total, albeit seemingly limited to simple one-off matches (unless I overlooked something?). I'm now wondering why local is restricted to 5 human players... maybe some limitation of whatever tools were used to make the game? Anyway, 5 is enough for us!