I have checked out a few different release's of OpenArena and I like it . Great effort on the game !
It has the classic quake feel without the hardware system requirments bloat .
In the past I had two copies of Quake 1 and one copy of Quake 2 that came with the Monster 3DFX card , which then got
stolen a few years back . I recnetly got a copy of the Quake AIO pack which has all the quakes on it , just to be DISAPOINTED by the SERIAL number for Q3 didnt work . Im not the only person that bought the Quake pack to get given a invalid serial aswell .
Ive come across 8 other ppl in the same situation .
Is there an OpenArena Standalone console Dedicated Server released for Windows ?
If not , when will tit be released ?A Standalone Console Dedicated server is a MUST for online gaming for AUSTRALIANS
since ALL the home connections are UTTER CRAP for hosting games .
MOST Australian ISPS have low ping game servers setup by their gaming section/division .
Bigpond ISP -
http://my.bigpond.com/internetplans/Bigpond Gaming -
http://www.gamearena.com.au/getconnected/servers/Internode ISP -
http://www.internode.on.net/adsl/Internode Gaming -
http://games.internode.on.net/gameservers.phpiiNet ISP -
http://www.iinet.net.au/products/broadband/iiNet Gaming -
http://games.iinet.net.au/gamestats.cgiNetspace ISP -
http://www.netspace.net.au/broadband/Netspace Gaming -
http://network.gamespace.net.au/?sb_page=queryPipe ADSL and Waix ADSL free Traffic -
http://www.pipenetworks.com/Peering/about.shtmlPipe & Waix free traffic gaming -
http://www.3fl.net/serverspy/** Note to the people NOT in Australia:
The common data amount to download in Australia is 10 to 40 gig per month
and the common upsteam is 64k/128k/256k (64 being 8 Kb/sec,etc)
"Unlimited" ISP connections is a RARE thing in Australia , it is a word that gets used a
lot to FALSE ADVERTISE and get ppl to sign up . A very SMALL rare amount of isps in Australia curently
offer 246/64 and 512/128 adsl and wimax plans that are unshaped and fully unlimited , but it wont last for long .
Bigpond is in MY VIEW the WORST ISP in the AUSTRALIA and they are often advertising their internet
plan as "UNLIMITED" yet shape the connections to 64/64 once 10 gig of traffic is used and they count
UPLOAD traffic to youre DOWNLOAD quota.
Any way coming back to ON TOPIC
Standalone console Dedicated Servers is a MUST for the Australian gaming community
so it allows ISPS and their gaming sections to host game servers on rackmount servers that DONT
have high end graphics cards and dont need a full copy of the game .
Also when people in Australia join these servers using the same ISP its free traffic
(Another reason why its popular in Australia )
I noticed their is a Debian Dedicated Server but a lot of ISP's are using Windows 2000 pro/server PCs aswell as linux and the Windows Servers are handy for ISP's and LAN Party's