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Jaaa, es gibt Dinge, die auch einfach geheim bleiben müssen ;-)

Thanks for reaching out. Getting some support on this end could indeed be super handy :) This is definitely not my strength :D Here's the link to a discord server for the project: discord.gg/QuWNGPb2 Happy to discuss further ;)

Hey @rentless666: How is it going? If you have some time, feel free to reach out via discord (discord.gg/QuWNGPb2) ;) Some help in the 2d art space would be extreeeemely nice ;)

@@CrushingJosch Hi, sorry for late reply. I think the discord link has expired?

@@rentless666 Happy to provide a new one discord.com/invite/A3NXPNeD

I am also onterested! If you ever read your replies...

Can you elaborate on what you want to achieve? I don't understand what you mean.. :/

no lan multiplayer kinda way

​@@BigsausageaSorry for the late reply, was a few days off.. The method I show hee works for both, LAN or thorugh internet. The only important thing is, that both computers can communicate through the network connection, i.e., if you connect online, make sure that the respective ports are openec etc.

There are already quite some videos on how to achieve that. Search for "Multiplayer Spawner" in Godot 4 ;-) If you need any specific advice, feel free to ask!

I am not sure what exactly you want to achieve. Yes, you can talk to servers written in other languages. I show an example here for realizing a server-browser: ruclips.net/video/x-PF_EZI2ZM/видео.html So, for retrieving any kind of data, this works quite well, using e.g. the HTTPRequest system, or working with the UDP-Server. Although I never tested the UDP-Server to another software platform, such as java.. But for the actual game-logic, I don't see any advantage in having the game-server in anything else then Godot. Again, technically possible, but probably creating a lot of extra work and making it more complicated to manage...

@@CrushingJosch I don’t know how godot network will handle it high-online, for example in 5k in a 2D game, if the 2D game is divided into squares - locations (like Ragnarok), so I’m going to write my own server, or rather, it’s already been written, but not quite finished))) ofcourse all depends from game architecture i think

Yes, this was always very important :D Good that you figured it out yourself ;)

Is this case sensitive? @@CrushingJosch

Thanks! Iam making some progress and hope to have a new alpha version ready soon that can be played in real multiplayer mode :)

@@CrushingJosch I am a Godot programmer too! I love how you want to bring back the GTA 2 style! I'll follow you with great interest. If you can, I suggest to create a mission generator as base, like an endless mode. Then a good storyline in GTA fashion!

@@Alessar30 Cool to hear that you are a Godot Dev as well :D At the moment, my game focusses fully on multiplayer in a Deathmatch mode. But a co-op mode with missions could be a lot of fun as well. But step by step. If you find it really interesting - Iam always looking for people who want to join making the game ;) Let me know if this could be relevant for you! You can also join my discord server, if you want: discord.gg/CA5T5E56

Iam not sure what exactly you mean... Maybe this helps: - I have (as also GTA2 had) a subtle auto-aim-assistant that keeps aiming on nearby other players / bots / NPCs - There's also a driving assistant that helps staying on track and aligns the car to street lanes. This helps going a bit faster, but of course does not prevent crashing into anything on the way ^^

@@CrushingJosch Yeah IK GTA 2 added bullet curving and car correction on lanes (which arguably made it worse for dodging cars at high speeds), but npcs absolutely crush the player in actually aiming and hitting the target they want to hit while players have to painfully turn and shoot only to miss especially when moving. A button that locks on who you want to shoot would be eccentric! But with a drawback that it takes a slight while to lock on fully compared to shooting straight, or that the bullets have spread, or whatever. As for driving, driving without crashing is just straight impossible because the default zoom is too close in and then you can't reverse since that doesn't really zoom out until you hit something, overall just having the camera zoomed at near maximum zoom and slightly gradually zooming out at high speeds rather than such drastic zoom out would be awesome. But also have a button that sets the speed you're going at as the max speed you're car can go until you press the button would be amazing for driving and lastly a button that toggles the auto correction on lanes or makes you hold it or whatever so dodging cars is better would make everything smooth. Don't have to have these things, but this are the strong things that kept me from enjoying GTA 2 tbh.

Thanks a lot for your thought on that - highy appreciated :) I honestly did not experience it like that, but also just played the game on a very casual level and probably did not notice it that much^^ Your ideas make a lot of sense and I don't see any reason not to implement something like that. If you want, please feel free to join my Discord-Server, where we can discuss and summarize such thoughts a bit easier: discord.gg/4SDS4vVD I also plan to do some alpha tests, hopefully more or less soon, to iterate more on how the game feels and plays. It's still super early-stage, but these things are just super critical.

@@CrushingJosch alrighty just joined! Thanks for having me!

Yes, in a typical setup, a dedicated server would not have a viewport. And if you would deploy the game, you would probably remove it. But if you run the engine with --headless, it probably just ignores all viewports anyways. What I like to do is that I have some viewports/cameras also on my dedicated server and that I run it with "show collisions" when I am testing stuff. Then I also get a visual representation of what's going on there, which I find very helpful for development and debugging. Then in the end I upload everything to my server and execute the engine with --headless and it runs without the viewports. In the end I would not define "dedicated server" to whether or not it has a viewport, but if there is any player actively playing on that machine (listen server) or if it's really just receiving, e.g., player inputs, is processing everything and sending info out to the clients (dedicated server in my eyes).

I haven't yet tried the synchronizers yet, good question! I am honestly not super sure to what extent I am going to use those.. Don't have time to test things at the moment, due to quite stressy work, but am going to have time again in March :) And thanks for your positive feedback on the video itself!!

Yes, exactly. And you also need to have the same set of rpcs on both sides.

I also have this from time to time and, unfortunately, did not find out why that is. If you have a case of that, maybe you can post it into their discord channel? Would be nice to get this fixed :D discord.gg/T34EMbaz

I am happy that you found it useful! And I am happy to have found someone else with the same issue. If have any experiences in using Godot 4 in such a setup, please don't hesitate to share. I will try to do the same, but won't have much time for the project in the next weeks, unfortunately...

Thanks for your motivation!! :)

Danke für deine Motivation :D Blöderweise gab es bei dem Plan nach der Alpha nochmal nen Rückschlag - mein Server packt es irgendwie nicht so richtig.. Ich muss schauen, was das Problem ist...

Hey, thanks a lot for the comment :) I was super busy with new life-situation in the first half of the year, but am actually making some nice progress at the moment. Hope to release a new alpha version with true multiplasyer within the next few weeks ;-) Stay tuned!

What exactly do you mean?

​@@CrushingJosch of configure cars.

Iam happy that you like it. I also am hoping that I am able to keep the work up. Currently my work-and-family life hardly leaves time for the project, but I hope that's getting better in the next months. It's people like you that always motivate to open the editor up again ;)