Dedicated server cancelled?

[SamEstine]

I heard a rumor from multiple players saying Fatshark is planning to cancel dedicated servers due to "technical difficulties" with how the game handles lobbies.

Could someone please confirm / deny?

[Gobbo Slayer]

Nothing to confirm or deny when they stay vague like this.
They already said that the whole procedure is proofing to be mire difficult than they thought it would, so there can be a chance that they cancel it if it consumes to much time and ressources.

[Mei]

They are talking it it being both much more expensive and more difficult to get running than they innitially thought. Also that it wouldn't really solve any big problem, so it isn't feeling like its worth it.

[Hedge]

We're still working on the dedicated server functionality and at the same time exploring other avenues which we believe now to solve the problems players experience more accurately than the dedi-server option.

[BLAMBLAM]

in other words you aint getting them is what he was trying to say. Basically if you haven't go them by now you're never getting them. Prove me wrong I dare ya

[Xuhybrid]

Dedicated servers are expensive and what happens to the game when they get taken offline?

[Vacca]

Originally posted by Xuhybrid:

Dedicated servers are expensive and what happens to the game when they get taken offline?

which is a valid point, so devs at least take down that damn "dedicated server functionality (coming soon for pc" banner on your website. seriously.

[TigerTabCat]

Originally posted by Fatshark Hedge:

We're still working on the dedicated server functionality and at the same time exploring other avenues which we believe now to solve the problems players experience more accurately than the dedi-server option.

If another avenue is more effective, I support that.

[Vampire Detective]

If dedicated servers are not happening, at least make it so that the game has TRUE host migration. Meaning, when the host quits, progression isn't lost and the session continues.

The host migration currently in the game is useless. I may as well quit the game and start a new lobby or join another group.

[ZeN (uk)™]

Originally posted by Space Viking:

If dedicated servers are not happening, at least make it so that the game has TRUE host migration. Meaning, when the host quits, progression isn't lost and the session continues.

The host migration currently in the game is useless. I may as well quit the game and start a new lobby or join another group.

Ideally, host migration/progression should in theory reset the horde timer on short cooldown. Such as if a host dc's during a horde, the client holds the next wave in a buffer for when a new host is picked.

[SkacikPL]

Originally posted by Fatshark Hedge:

We're still working on the dedicated server functionality and at the same time exploring other avenues which we believe now to solve the problems players experience more accurately than the dedi-server option.

You can't fix hosts with poor PCs and connections though.

Nothing but a dedicated server machine can.

[James Howlette]

Originally posted by Vacca:

Originally posted by Xuhybrid:

Dedicated servers are expensive and what happens to the game when they get taken offline?

which is a valid point, so devs at least take down that damn "dedicated server functionality (coming soon for pc" banner on your website. seriously.

This is the main issue I have with the whole "dedicated servers" thing honestly. I don't really care how they fix the connection issues whether it's host migration, dedicated servers, or something completely different, I just find it obnoxious that said fix has been "coming soon" since release like 9 months ago.