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A group of 5 fanatics are planning to organize our first on-line MP game ever. We have a couple of technical questions which seem to be answered in the existing threads. But there is one we have not seen anywhere so far:

- Is there a minimum download/upload connection speed for a proper game?

Does anyone maybe know an approximate HOI data flow in MB/hour while playing (would be very useful to choose a suitable ADSL subscription ;) )?

Thanks for the effort guys! :)
 
My experience

In my experience the absolute minimum would be everything above 56/K. A connection of 512/K is a very good connection speed and above it only gets better ;).

But most important is the HOST who must have a good connection and CPU and system, with a good router. The other players also need a good CPU and system to make it run more smooth.

But im sure there are other experts who have more to say on this subject...
 
Oranje Verzet said:
In my experience the absolute minimum would be everything above 56/K. A connection of 512/K is a very good connection speed and above it only gets better ;).

But most important is the HOST who must have a good connection and CPU and system, with a good router. The other players also need a good CPU and system to make it run more smooth.

But im sure there are other experts who have more to say on this subject...
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Thanks Oranja for the effort. Fortunately, your answer is the one I expected concerning connection speed! :rofl:

But why do you mean that the host should have an ADSL router? Isn,'t this solved via Valkyrienet? (it might be a stupid question but you see how experineced I am in MP...)
 
Colonel Warden said:
Dial-up (56 kbps) is too slow. Standard ADSL (~256 Kbps up) is ok for a client but too slow for a host. A good host needs a superior connection of about 1 Mbps upstream for satisfactory performance. This speed is becoming standard in the UK this year - not sure about other countries.

Andrew
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Indeed 56 Kbps is too slow. And ADSL is quite fast in Europe as well :)

And for ur question about the host..he needs to connect all the players and thus needs a good connection, computer and be crash-free.

Choose unlimited data-flow so u can download other stuff as well, movies music and for the game im not sure.

I hope u can play MP now cause it rocks!
 
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