This is probably the most common topic on the web board but you know if EVO was a MP game, it would be god...simple as that. But i was wondering if anyone is ever going to acctually try it or if Ambrosia could get their act together and make it a MP game. Does anyone have any plans for this idea? It shouldnt be all that hard, but im talking outta my ass so excuse me if i talk like i dont know anything...but like i said before it shouldnt be that hard but just really time consuming to get a server up and running for the game...but ya never know some really good programmer could rip the game apart and make it a MP game...if we had a miracle...

Oh and if anyones lookin for an easy job of aligning sprites (thats good) mail me at matt.vorndran@worldnet.att.net

~Steel~

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Ambrosia has stated time and time again that is has no plans to make a multiplayer Escape Velocity game. There are numerous reasons for this. The latency of the sprite engine would pose severe problems to its implementation, as would the server resources necessary. On top of that, the various people involved in the different EV projects are not confident that a multiplayer version of Escape Velocity would even be an enjoyable game. Numerous individuals and groups have tried to write multiplayer EV-like games, and so far, none of them have shown any evidence that they will ever succeed. As for your suggestion of reverse-engineering the current game to be multiplayer, that would probably be even less possible than writing one from scratch, and would be a violation of copyright law anyway.

Executive summary: Escape Velocity: Override will not be multiplayer, and the same applies to the original Escape Velocity and to Escape Velocity: Nova.

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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**the various people involved in the different EV projects are not confident that a multiplayer version of Escape Velocity would even be an enjoyable game. Numerous individuals and groups have tried to write multiplayer EV-like games, and so far, none of them have shown any evidence that they will ever succeed.
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I think it would be an enjoyable game since mostly any online rpg is enjoyable and also i have seen many games that are quite like EV, and EVO that have had success such as AOL's ONLINE game "Silent Death" (very fun, very addictive...also costly)

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Steel Bahamut, someone is creating AO, or Ares: Override. Ares can be played multiplayer. I am unsure of the site, but just ask at the Ares forums to find out.

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Ares: Override is probably the most likely project to succeed, as it doesn't attempt to recreate the Override engine, but only to create an Ares plugin based on the Override universe. Of course, that means that the multiplayer won't be like EV, but will just be a fairly simple pre-scripted scenario like multiplayer mode in Ares.

As far as a real multiplayer version of EV is concerned, I have a feeling that if Ambrosia did make it, it would get a lot of downloads and maybe an inital spurt of registrations, but most people would be disappointed in it and find that it didn't live up to their full expectations, since a plot like the one that drives EV can't be created as effectively in a multiplayer environment. I know that I for one would not be interested in playing a multiplayer version of Escape Velocity.

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but you gotta admit that you wouldnt mind seeing it happen and just givin it a try to see how good it can be, right?

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They are trying to tell you the only possibility of attaining what you started this topic for. Conjecture about how good EVMP would be is pointless.

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roostersw (edit) I see your opinion, but I disagree (try to tone the way you express your disagreement)(/edit)...im just saying that it would be neat if they did make it a MP game, and i already got the point thats its not going to happen...

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(This message has been edited by Soviet mikee (edited 06-09-2001).)

Spare topics like this for Nova

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Does anyone want to take bets on how long till this'll be closed?

Lonevoinian, the dekarmaed

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**Does anyone want to take bets on how long till this'll be closed?

Lonevoinian, the dekarmaed

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Well, since it appears this topic has no future....

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