[Question] about Local Server

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Gerfand, December 30, 2014.

  1. Gerfand

    Gerfand Active Member

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    I'm a Brazillian w/ a bad internet, so I haven't played much of PA, but my friend brought PA and his internet is even worse than mine, but he have a 8G of memory on his PC (while I have only 4), so he can make local server w/out problem...
    So can I play w/ him while he use the local server to (try to) kill the lag?
  2. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    If your computers are in a lan then yes that should work out.
  3. Gerfand

    Gerfand Active Member

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    unfortunately they aren't(yet)...

    But THX for the response
  4. g0hstreaper

    g0hstreaper Well-Known Member

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    I'm sorry ;-;
  5. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    You could try out Hamachi or similar to emulate a LAN.
  6. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    If his internet is sort of bad, there are mixed chances they might also lag as badly. Depends if it runs through the local providers entirely, or ping off something more distant.
  7. nixtempestas

    nixtempestas Post Master General

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    To host a server requires an enormous amount of upload speed, so you'd need to be in a LAN to see any benefit. Running a VPN with hamachi won't work very well unless ISPs in brazil give decent upload rates (they don't in Canada)
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  8. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    Good point. Is Hamachi P2P or server based?

    Edit: nixtempestas also raises a good point, in that the upload requirements likely make the question moot.

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