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Eyes_in_[VOID] Oct 28, 2021 @ 11:50am
What is a Dedicated Server?
I am very new to the whole online thing. The only actual online Co-Op that I have is Splatoon, ACNH, No Mans Sky, and Space Engineers. I need sum halp...
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⇧⇨⇩⇩⇩ Oct 28, 2021 @ 11:54am 
Its like a multiplayer map that is hosted 24/7 so a group of players could together or individually log in to that map at any time and build a bit on the factory.
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Eyes_in_[VOID] Oct 28, 2021 @ 11:56am 
oooh. Thanks!
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Buntkreuz Oct 28, 2021 @ 12:01pm 
A dedicated server is a server used only to host a game, not to play a game.
You start a dedicated server to provide that server to other players.
Its different in that way to a typical server host where you also play while hosting.
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Nicodemus Oct 28, 2021 @ 1:39pm 
I believe every player on the same server shares the same technology advancement.

So it is like multiple people playing one persons game. You do not have separate goals / advancement.

Correct me if this has changed with the latest update.
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Buntkreuz Oct 28, 2021 @ 1:57pm 
Originally posted by Jed:
I believe every player on the same server shares the same technology advancement.

So it is like multiple people playing one persons game. You do not have separate goals / advancement.

Correct me if this has changed with the latest update.
That wasnt the question though.
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Nicodemus Oct 28, 2021 @ 2:09pm 
Originally posted by Argentum:
Originally posted by Jed:
I believe every player on the same server shares the same technology advancement.

So it is like multiple people playing one persons game. You do not have separate goals / advancement.

Correct me if this has changed with the latest update.
That wasnt the question though.

You so funny.

Originally posted by ZeffrimX:
I am very new to the whole online thing. The only actual online Co-Op that I have is Splatoon, ACNH, No Mans Sky, and Space Engineers. I need sum halp...

OP said they were not familiar.

The info I pointed out is very crucial for gameplay, on "dedicated servers".
Last edited by Nicodemus; Oct 28, 2021 @ 2:10pm
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Mojo Oct 28, 2021 @ 2:35pm 
SE (Space Engineers) has dedicated servers available, so you have surely heard of them before. :)
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Buntkreuz Oct 28, 2021 @ 3:06pm 
Originally posted by Jed:
Originally posted by Argentum:
That wasnt the question though.

You so funny.

Originally posted by ZeffrimX:
I am very new to the whole online thing. The only actual online Co-Op that I have is Splatoon, ACNH, No Mans Sky, and Space Engineers. I need sum halp...

OP said they were not familiar.

The info I pointed out is very crucial for gameplay, on "dedicated servers".
?
The question was what a dedicated server is.
Question was answered. You now come around with random bonus info.
Yeah theres tons of info relevant for playing on a server.
But the question is what the difference between standard player hosting and dedicated servers is.
No need to get pissed just for pointing out that you go off topic. Have a nice day.
Last edited by Buntkreuz; Oct 28, 2021 @ 3:06pm
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Nicodemus Oct 28, 2021 @ 3:14pm 
Originally posted by Argentum:
Originally posted by Jed:

You so funny.



OP said they were not familiar.

The info I pointed out is very crucial for gameplay, on "dedicated servers".
?
The question was what a dedicated server is.
Question was answered. You now come around with random bonus info.
Yeah theres tons of info relevant for playing on a server.
But the question is what the difference between standard player hosting and dedicated servers is.
No need to get pissed just for pointing out that you go off topic. Have a nice day.

Dude, chill. No need to get feisty when all I did was tell them a very important fact about progression on dedicated.

You need to get a life man. Seriously.
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Eyes_in_[VOID] Oct 28, 2021 @ 4:11pm 
OI!!! Its cool. Im really new and have some problems learning. Im thankful for all the info you ppl have given me
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Eyes_in_[VOID] Oct 28, 2021 @ 4:13pm 
Originally posted by Mojo:
SE (Space Engineers) has dedicated servers available, so you have surely heard of them before. :)
Btw I did see that but i must have overlooked it
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Garog Oct 28, 2021 @ 5:59pm 
Previously the game had peer-to-peer multiplayer. One player sets their machine as a 'server' and people connect while they also play.

Game is too complicated with mass amounts of data being transferred, also needs a lot of resources to do the computation needed to host a game, try adding that on-top of playing the game at the same time and issues occur.
Previous multiplayer mode had de-syncs and lag between the players and the server host, making multiplayer a terrible experience and practically impossible to play.

Devs have now released 'dedicated' server hosting.
Basically they've allowed people to set a machine to be dedicated to being a central connection point for all players, the computation power this machine has is dedicated to dealing with multiplayer connections and hosting the game environment.
Why is this cool?
Basically it should reduce or eliminate de-syncs and lag between players when playing together, it'll take further development to get it perfect but so far it's a good start.
Once it's finished with netcode optimisations in place, the only limit would be the hardware of the server people are playing on.
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