Multiplayer needs testing

[JeodC]

Multiplayer games could do with cross-platform testing. A windows server is being hosted at 64.44.131.41 - Dmax Chicago v1.5 test

[bryanperris]

Probably should test on the local LAN first, which is simply running 2 D3 instances on 2 separate machines connected to the same LAN. The firewall on your router could simply be blocking ports on WAN.

[JeodC]

Probably should test on the local LAN first, which is simply running 2 D3 instances on 2 separate machines connected to the same LAN. The firewall on your router could simply be blocking ports on WAN.

If it is a firewall issue, there needs to be an error message.

[bryanperris]

It depends on what kind of socket you are opening, if its UDP, you simply don't care if it is blocked or not, you send out a packet no matter what. If it is TCP, then yeah, the connection handshake will fail, in return you receive some kind of error from networking stack.

EDIT: Looking at the source, D3 supports 4 protocols: UDP, TCP, IPX, and SPX, but this is based on a header file setting up the memory states for these, I don't really know what it actually decides to use.

[JeodC]

In v1.4 for the steam version I was able to type in an IP address and hit enter to get the server info to appear. In current builds it does nothing. I'm told this is due to a protocol change, but I haven't seen any documentation for it.

[JeodC]

I ran a dedicated server on a laptop and was able to connect to it. This appears to just be a matter of having some updated dedicated servers.

[bryanperris]

What we don't know is, if the dedicated servers have been setup based on how the private updated repo works.

[JeodC]

What we don't know is, if the dedicated servers have been setup based on how the private updated repo works.

I updated the OP with a test server. We should verify all platforms are able to connect to it and ideally have multiple clients connected at once for a playtest or two.

[JamesTKhan]

Grabbing the latest build artifacts I was able to connect to the server on a Windows machine by typing in the IP address. I can probably be open for a play test depending on the time.

[JeodC]

Grabbing the latest build artifacts I was able to connect to the server on a Windows machine by typing in the IP address. I can probably be open for a play test depending on the time.

@InsanityBringer is releasing a modernized fork of Descent 3 soon I believe. Since the community is for the most part waiting on playing the game until it feels more natural, perhaps that release would be a good test bed for cross-platform multiplayer.

[DescentMax]

I have a couple servers I can host for testing. Be more than happy to do this. One in Chicago and one in Colorado

[DescentMax]

okay I have 2 servers running the latest build (as of 4.27.2024) on 2 servers:
Chicago: 64.44.131.41:2092

Colorado: 96.9.208.115:2092

They are running, but for some reason they are not reporting to the trackers. When I revert back to 1.4 they post so Im still investigating on why, but they ARE running. If you cant get in, please let me know

[Snyper587]

I'll try to help with this. If you click the "Search For Games At Address:" it looks like it presents the server details. I joined the server on my Widnows box and looks like it's working fine. Will see if I can dig out one of my Ubuntu boxes from the closet and give it a test.

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