Multiplayer Compatablilty between mac/pc?

[berzerker]

The only problem (aside from a less than satisfactory server - now gone ) was freezing during the AI, especially when barbs appeared on my games screen. That problem has virtually disappeared (no more freezing barbs) with the 1.1.1 patch.

[Smash]

I have no major problems.Berzerker is very active and also manages well with cross platform games.

While I've never actually finished a game(not in my mind anyway) I have gone to modern ages.

[RobRoy]

Guess it might be worth trying again...

Do you find it any different if there is a Mac host vs. a PC host?

Or are there any practical limits on the number of participants?

Most recent experiments (which failed) had PC as host and more than two participants.

[TheAppleGuy]

I just started seriously getting into MP, and haven't had any issues with cross-platform games...in fact I don't think I've played a game with anyone who has used a Mac

A lot of the problems I've seen with TCP/IP cross-platform games comes from outdated software...Open Transport and things like that.

Another thing you might want to look at is your extension set. I've got almost all non-essential extensions turned off, and I know that helped in ending the "Error Type 12" errors I got the first couple times I hooked up.

[Smash]

thats a good point(maybe).PCs do seem subject to extension conflicts with some games more than MACs.Finding which one is a bit of a pain though.

[finbar]

I'm having next to no problems playing with PCers. There are the usual episodes of people being booted, but that seems not to be platform-related. In fact, about the only other Mac player I play with seems to be Bez. And the freezing on the barb/AI turn seems to have lightened off too. Doesn't stop me holding my breath every time the buggers have their turn though.

Occasionally I have episodes of being unable to connect to a game. It happened one day in a diplo game which I'd never had any problem joining before. For some reason, I couldn't get past the Waiting For Others To Join dialogue box. Eventually, for the sake of the others, I had to find a sub to play that session for me. Next session, I was in without a problem. Who knows?

I do a lot of hosting and I haven't found any differences between hosting and not hosting.

Equally, the number of players doesn't seem to matter, providing everyone's patched up. Statistically, I suppose, the more players you have, the more room there is for a problem.

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[This message has been edited by finbar (edited May 23, 2000).]