Local server suggestion.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:16 pm
Something that would be really handy would be to have an option to run a local server on your computer like how Terraria or Minecraft have, alongside the peer-2-peer hosting of gzdoom. Having a second option like that would give GZDoom the capability to just jump in and out of the server with your buds at any time, which would be really awesome. I would like to just be able to jump into a game with some buds with all our mods/wads already loaded and all the gameplay options set and ready. That seems really useful and would cut a lot of time out of setting a hosted game.
You would only need to set up a bat that just has your mods/wads to load and the ip that the server is hosted at, no need to set up cvars and dmflags because that stuff would have already been set beforehand by any player hosting a local server. Local servers like the ones Terraria and Minecraft use are really taxing on a real low spec laptop (like mine), but I think something like a GZDoom local server won’t put a lot of strain on a really low spec system.
Let's say a player has another laptop that really isn’t used for anything, you can use that as like a makeshift server for your buds to goof around in and stuff and on top of that you won’t have any sort of strain on your laptop/desktop because you won’t be running the server, that would be another great use for something like this.
Thank you for listening to my suggestion <3
You would only need to set up a bat that just has your mods/wads to load and the ip that the server is hosted at, no need to set up cvars and dmflags because that stuff would have already been set beforehand by any player hosting a local server. Local servers like the ones Terraria and Minecraft use are really taxing on a real low spec laptop (like mine), but I think something like a GZDoom local server won’t put a lot of strain on a really low spec system.
Let's say a player has another laptop that really isn’t used for anything, you can use that as like a makeshift server for your buds to goof around in and stuff and on top of that you won’t have any sort of strain on your laptop/desktop because you won’t be running the server, that would be another great use for something like this.
Thank you for listening to my suggestion <3