> Put in a field where players can set their location. Could be just > country (or region of country for larger countries), or even > latitude/longitude. But probably just choose country from a list. Now, > when you're on a server, show a map of the world, and show where the > players are. > > I've always wanted this for IRC too - so you could see the "global > nature" of what you were doing. > > This from the 1024 player "client servers" idea guy :^P
You can already sort of do that. Take a look at NeoTrace... http://www.neoworx.com/products/ ...it allows you to trace an IP address to it's source. It works pretty well for most of the coporate IP addresses and web servers that I've tried to trace. They use traceroute and whois information as well as other geographic data to show you the route your IP connection takes between a client and a server (or between a server and a client). Jeffrey "botman" Broome _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
