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Yellow_fin
30th Jun 2012, 07:25 PM
Hi everyone,

This question has ben asked many times before with the same answer, “no it cant be done”, says most. There have been games in the past like for example The Elder Scrolls Oblivion which was intended and released as a single player game, but some very clever chaps decided they could make a external client that allowed them to connect to each other via old school tcp/ip. Take a look http://www.moddb.com/mods/obliviononline, I have known about that mod for a while but it hit me that the same external hand coded program as a concept could be made and some pretty crafty core mods, hey presto you can now share screens with other player. Okay so its easier said than done, but how hard would it actually be to set up a second camera for player 2 and perhaps exploit the holiday locations in such a way that a second neighborhood that is in-fact a duplicate, one player would control one neighborhood and the other player would control the (holiday) neighborhood. (something along those lines (think nras traveler x1000). i think the only problem would be syncing the two together, but there are ways of doing this too, but thats the point you could be on the same save file, there is already a chat client implemented by EA with show time, perhaps all these new features could serve as a loop hole.

so what do you think?

Kaiserschmarrn
2nd Jul 2012, 08:37 PM
If you ask me this does not sound unrealistic at all. A good example which does something similar would be the several multiplayer modifications for GTA. With the help of memory hacking and function hooking they enable a really nice multiplayer feeling. Now in the case of GTA, the game developers provided the source code for an abandoned MP project which for sure made things a lot easier.

Another example would be, like you already mentioned, the Oblivion (or Skyrim) multiplayer.

HugeLunatic
2nd Jul 2012, 09:09 PM
Since your both so positive it can be done, then you should get started on it! Can't wait to see what you come up with. =)

Yellow_fin
23rd Jul 2012, 03:24 PM
This is magic way beyond the tallents of a 4th year!

Im sorry but i can visulise what needs to be done but i never have been able to get my head around any coding language. The best thing i could come up with is a sketch on the back of a napkin. Let it be known, never say never :P. if anyone is very very experienced or working for EA, if you feel like a little project behind your bosses back this would be a very well recieved project. i would imagine your granny 3d software would be a great place to start. dont just mod the game rebuild it. dont you just love statements like this to validate your sense of self worth, even if it is of little value (this is directed at myself).

Srikandi
25th Jul 2012, 04:11 AM
This is magic way beyond the tallents of a 4th year!

Im sorry but i can visulise what needs to be done but i never have been able to get my head around any coding language. The best thing i could come up with is a sketch on the back of a napkin. Let it be known, never say never :P. if anyone is very very experienced or working for EA, if you feel like a little project behind your bosses back this would be a very well recieved project. i would imagine your granny 3d software would be a great place to start. dont just mod the game rebuild it. dont you just love statements like this to validate your sense of self worth, even if it is of little value (this is directed at myself).

No requests, even thinly veiled ones, allowed at MTS, Yellow_fin :) This forum is for the folks who are prepared to jump in and give it a go.

I think everybody agrees it's doable, just involves experience, time, and dedication.... if somebody has the knowledge and desire to do it they will not need any prodding from the community :p