I don't believe they are adding any support for this into the 360 version. The PC and 360 versions are two different branches now.
-Mike On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Brent Veal <[email protected]>wrote: > The current system was picked because it works best for the 360 version. > They obviously didn't have the time to come up with an entirely different > system that would work best for the PC version > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Adam Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I really like that idea. I love to know what ideas where kicked around > why > > the current system was picked verses something like that. > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Jonah Hirsch <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > If valve were to implement a system where the lobby grabbed a server > > BEFORE > > > the start game button was pressed, it could solve this problem, a > little. > > > > > > Let's say that as soon as you make a lobby, L4D will find a server for > > you, > > > and tell you that a server has been found and reserved, and it has a > > timer > > > showing how much time you have left in this reservation (5 minutes?). > > > > > > If that system was created and implemented, then people would be able > to > > > download the custom campaigns from the game server (or redirect server > > > specified in the game server) that was grabbed WHILE IN THE LOBBY. > Their > > > progress could be shared with everyone, meaning the leader would know > > when > > > everyone was ready to start. Then, they could just hit "Start the > Game", > > > and > > > boom, connecting to a server, no time wasted searching for a server or > > > waiting for people to download the .vpk's, as they would be downloaded > > > while > > > the lobby is filling up. > > > > > > Before anyone points out holes in this system: > > > There could be a limit of how many people need to be in a lobby before > a > > > server is found. > > > As long as people are downloading the .vpk, the server reservation > would > > be > > > extended, and the leader could start the game before it runs out if > > people > > > haven't finished downloading. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
