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RE: [VANILLA-LIST:2432] Extra observers
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Y. Villalpando [mailto:unbelver@brain.jpl.nasa.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 8:18 PM
> To: vanilla-list@us.netrek.org
> Subject: [VANILLA-LIST:2432] Extra observers
>
>
> This comment from the PROJECTS file from Tom:
>
> * Increase observer ports
>
> Easy to do in the server, however, clients (at least COW) have 20
> MAX players hard coded in them (defs.h). Funky things happen to the
> client.
>
> Defer this to the next release while we make everybody get
> new clients?
Two Words...
FEATURE PACKET!
If the client doesn't support 'Increaseplayerslots' feature or whatever,
the server doesn't send the extra info.
Steve
- References:
- Extra observers
- From: "Carlos Y. Villalpando" <unbelver@brain.jpl.nasa.gov>