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64 is pushing it for network speed...there's no point in increasing it any higher than that.

What if you get some company to host the server for you?

it is possible to make bigger servers.... I just yesterday played a sauerbraten map with 128 ppl it was quite fun

hmm ok,

but the more people who play, the more lag you're gonna get because you have to download information from all the other people playing constantly of their location and actions. Then your computer has to register them and draw the images. Lot of processing.

This is why in most first person shooter games they only hold a certain amount of people per server when playing online.

well think about MAG... (latest game for ps3)

it can hold hundreds of ppl... now that's not an ideal example, but I'm pretty sure if you've got a good computer, and with 64 people, that wouldn't be to hard... I mean, the person hosting it will have no lag.... I'm also thinking that there's really 20 ppl who'd want to play anyways...
Gr1m
Venima
Leo
Rune
Me
Klim
Pizza
Captain
Siim
Drchef
dragon
swords
Mike
Obsidian
Hirato etc etc.

so that really narrows it down anyways.... not that many people would be able to get on all the time at anytime so that's something else...

i dunno, I'm just rambling here...

do you mean hundreds of npcs or hundreds of real live people?

Well when you have a server, you want AI to take the place of the players who havent yet joined. Like L4D, My Reactor 17 game will have about 4 people per squadron and its preferred that theyre real people. I may start up a server here that you guys are welcome to join.

ah cool...

I could have multiple servers making the max maybe 100. Similar to Runescape, but with a lower number.

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