I can't say about a performance drop, but gameplay definitely changes between 24 and 32 players.
Then again, I play Spy a lot, and it's a lot harder to get behind enemy lines when there's more enemies. On 7/2/2010 6:37 PM, Craig H wrote: > TF2 was budgeted for 24 players, after that performance starts dropping > notably with each additional player. 32 is bad enough, I can only imagine > how poorly a 64 player game would run. > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:05 PM, clad iron<[email protected]> wrote: > >> agreed, it would be nice to be able to have more slots on some of those >> *custom >> *maps. >> >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Allan Button<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You would not be forced to join that server. Calm down. >>> >>> Allan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken >>> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:38 AM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] More than 32 slots with the new TF2 update? >>> >>> Oh god, please don't valve. 32 2fort is already painful enough. Dustbowl >>> would give me the shivers as well. >>> >>> Plus, yes, there would be performance issues on both servers and clients. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 2/07/2010, at 6:57 PM, Shane Arnold<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I thought the hardlimit on slots was in place due to Orangebox Engine >>>> performance/limitations? Do existing extra-slot plugins not allow 64 >>>> players? >>>> >>>> On 2/07/2010 1:54 PM, Harry Strongburg wrote: >>>>> Now that the new TF2 update warns about servers with more than 24 >> slots >>> as being "possibly unbalanced".. >>>>> Can we get 64+ slot servers without needing to use any extra mods or >>> plugins? People will know it will be unbalanced, but if people want to >> have >>> that many slots, I don't see why they should be denied that. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
