Update:
Webserver is up and running. Check out the link in my signature (Roland's Mod Workshop). Let's just hope I don't get TOO much traffic. :P Maybe I can ask my ISP for a static IP address at some point...
I suppose a game server will be next. Perhaps... But not likely anytime soon. ;)
Update 2:
Downloaded GIT (Gamer's Internet Tunnel), spent about half an hour running between my two computers and installing various files (and a half hour before that tracking down said files) so that I could test out Hellfire MP, and sure enough, it works. I was able to play a game via IPX between my two computers, and I guarantee it'd work via the internet (if you wanted to connect to my GIT server). Absolutely wonderful!
Too bad we still don't have a Battle.Net-esque service for Hellfire to use, because while GIT allows you to do MP Hellfire (without paying for, nor using, Kali), it only lets you set up one game at a time. I.e., the server creates a game, others join, and when that game is "cleared", the server operator would have to start a new game. So, Kali earns points there for having a match-up service, but otherwise, this is great for two to four people to get quick Hellfire games going. And, as DeeBye (or someone) said already, it should work for The Dark, too. :) But, again, it's really no different than Kali, and lacks the match-up service that Kali offers.
Guess we're still stuck with Kali for the time being, until someone implements a Battle.Net interface for Hellfire. KP, you're the resident expert on this, is there any chance of someone doing it? I.e. is there still code bound inside that could be utilized? Or could someone whip up some sort of extension to accomplish the task? I'm not a programmer, so I wouldn't know how to do it, unfortunately.
Webserver is up and running. Check out the link in my signature (Roland's Mod Workshop). Let's just hope I don't get TOO much traffic. :P Maybe I can ask my ISP for a static IP address at some point...
I suppose a game server will be next. Perhaps... But not likely anytime soon. ;)
Update 2:
Downloaded GIT (Gamer's Internet Tunnel), spent about half an hour running between my two computers and installing various files (and a half hour before that tracking down said files) so that I could test out Hellfire MP, and sure enough, it works. I was able to play a game via IPX between my two computers, and I guarantee it'd work via the internet (if you wanted to connect to my GIT server). Absolutely wonderful!
Too bad we still don't have a Battle.Net-esque service for Hellfire to use, because while GIT allows you to do MP Hellfire (without paying for, nor using, Kali), it only lets you set up one game at a time. I.e., the server creates a game, others join, and when that game is "cleared", the server operator would have to start a new game. So, Kali earns points there for having a match-up service, but otherwise, this is great for two to four people to get quick Hellfire games going. And, as DeeBye (or someone) said already, it should work for The Dark, too. :) But, again, it's really no different than Kali, and lacks the match-up service that Kali offers.
Guess we're still stuck with Kali for the time being, until someone implements a Battle.Net interface for Hellfire. KP, you're the resident expert on this, is there any chance of someone doing it? I.e. is there still code bound inside that could be utilized? Or could someone whip up some sort of extension to accomplish the task? I'm not a programmer, so I wouldn't know how to do it, unfortunately.
Roland *The Gunslinger*