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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