Auto Hosting

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Feb 5 2007, 7:40 am
I think we should have an option that lets us host without the computer being on all the time, plus most people abuse host status I think this would save us money and the trouble for look for hosts.
Feb 5 2007, 7:46 am
Miran94 wrote:
I think we should have an option that lets us host without the computer being on all the time,

This statement doesn't really make sense. On the internet, communications happen between a client computer (you!) and a server computer (the host). If the server computer is off (the host), nobody is able to connect to it, or the games hosted on it, 'cause it's off.

If you want some way of hosting a game, but not on *your* computer, that can be done. Places like digitalBYOND have computers that are on all the time to host games, websites, and other things for people. You normally have to pay a monthly fee to your website host, or similar(ex game host), because it costs money for internet, electricity, etc.
Feb 5 2007, 7:49 am
Miran94 wrote:
I think we should have an option that lets us host without the computer being on all the time, plus most people abuse host status I think this would save us money and the trouble for look for hosts.


Well what server would it be hosting on then?? If your computer is off, there's no active server for the game to run on.
Feb 5 2007, 7:49 am
In response to Jon88
Most MMORPG are 24/7 hosted, why cant we have our games up without opening the computer all the time, why not try using the router to connect the hosting 24/7 its never off.
Feb 5 2007, 7:51 am
In response to Miran94
Miran94 wrote:
Most MMORPG are 24/7 hosted, why cant we have our games up without opening the computer all the time, why not try using the router to connect the hosting 24/7 its never off.

Most MMORPGs are hosted 24/7 by a company like digitalBYOND. digitalBYOND's computers are on all the time, so they can keep hosting the game all the time. You need a server running somewhere. A game can't just be magically hosted and running on nothing at all.
Feb 5 2007, 7:55 am
In response to Jon88
Jon88 wrote:
Miran94 wrote:
Most MMORPG are 24/7 hosted, why cant we have our games up without opening the computer all the time, why not try using the router to connect the hosting 24/7 its never off.

Most MMORPGs are hosted 24/7 by a company like digitalBYOND. digitalBYOND's computers are on all the time, so they can keep hosting the game all the time. You need a server running somewhere. A game can't just be magically hosted and running on nothing at all.

Lol exactly.
Feb 5 2007, 7:58 am
In response to LilMain
Would be better if we can have an auto host system.
Feb 5 2007, 8:06 am
In response to Miran94
You could easily set somethig like this up with two dmbs.

DMB A:
use startup() commands, to open up the worlds you want to host. (you can have this one open when Windows launches)

DMB B:
world/New()
  ..()
  OpenPort(0)
Feb 5 2007, 8:08 am
In response to Miran94
Miran94 wrote:
Would be better if we can have an auto host system.

Again, you need something to actually run the game. If your computer is off, then if you want the game to keep running then some other computer needs to be running it. The way other creators handle this is to get a host, someone who has a computer dedicated to this purpose, and have them host it on their behalf.

Lummox JR
Feb 5 2007, 8:22 am
In response to Flame Sage
Flame Sage wrote:
You could easily set somethig like this up with two dmbs.

I don't see how, since he's asking for a way to host games without your computer being on. There is a way to do that, which involves someone else's computer being on.

Lummox JR
Feb 5 2007, 8:28 am
In response to Lummox JR
Oh, I thought he just ment automatic hosting when first turning on your computer.
Feb 5 2007, 12:55 pm
In response to Flame Sage
Just use OpenPort(port) on world.New()
Feb 5 2007, 1:41 pm
In response to Xx Dark Wizard xX
Xx Dark Wizard xX wrote:
Just use OpenPort(port) on world.New()

Well as Flame Sage initially did, you seem to have missed the point of this thread (and ironically, Flame Sage's post as well). If you were suggesting a solution to what Flame Sage thought the poster meant, hosting when the computer is first turned on, you'd be incorrect, because nothing you can do in DM code will do that; you'd have to set up a script or something. But Miran94 was asking how to host a game without your computer being turned on, which again, OpenPort() won't help.

What your suggestion does do is start hosting as soon as the world is started.

Lummox JR
Feb 5 2007, 3:55 pm
In response to Lummox JR
It's easy to host with your computer turned off.
Question is, will it do anything? :)
(the answer to this, is no!)

But technically, what is truly a computer being 'on', 'alive', is having a computer be alive the same as it being on? Just because a computer is turned off, is it not living? Living and be-ing are two seperates within the same whole.
Feb 5 2007, 4:28 pm
In response to Flame Sage
I would just go to digitalBYOND and let them host my games.
Feb 5 2007, 6:32 pm
In response to Flame Sage
Flame Sage wrote:
Just because a computer is turned off, is it not living?

A computer is never alive, whether on or off.
Feb 5 2007, 6:37 pm
In response to Crispy
Crispy wrote:
Flame Sage wrote:
Just because a computer is turned off, is it not living?

A computer is never alive, whether on or off.

LMFAO!! Smart Ass!
Feb 5 2007, 8:32 pm
In response to Crispy
Shhh. You'll upset Betsy.


*pats his case*

I know, I know. Just don't let it bother you, sweetie. Shhh.
Feb 6 2007, 8:10 am
In response to Jtgibson
You could probably write an autoit script to automatically start DD and load the DMB when you turn on your computer.
Feb 6 2007, 1:24 pm
In response to Xx Dark Wizard xX
Xx Dark Wizard xX wrote:
You could probably write an autoit script to automatically start DD and load the DMB when you turn on your computer.

You lose 10 points for not reading the thread before posting on it.
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