Last I checked, the highest serial number for Kali I of is in the 5000's.
With Kali growing so fast, and Kali95 on the horizon (its painstakingly
simple to set up, practically as easily as running mIRC), How could
Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte and Papyrus be ignoring the potential
for racing games over the internet? It looks like Interplay with their
'Whiplash' game might be the first decent internet racing game, too bad it
lacks all the settings like tire pressure, gear ratio, etc stuff.
I'm told that NetMech was originally Netbios but they decided to switch
to IPX because its faster and the numerous users of Kali, smart choice
in my opinion...
I'll tell you EXACTLY why Papyrus, Microprose, et al won't support
Kali. Ever hear of proprietary online services? Papyrus' multiplayer
service? GEnie, etc.? You don't make money using Kali over the
Internet.
Note that I'm not slamming Papyrus or Microprose -- it's just bad
business sense to support a Kali option when you can charge for your
own online service.
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Tony Johns
IWCCCARS Project Coordinator
http://www.xmission.com/~iwcc/project.htm
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>Last I checked, the highest serial number for Kali I of is in the 5000's. >With Kali growing so fast, and Kali95 on the horizon (its painstakingly >simple to set up, practically as easily as running mIRC), How could >Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte and Papyrus be ignoring the potential >for racing games over the internet? It looks like Interplay with their >'Whiplash' game might be the first decent internet racing game, too bad it >lacks all the settings like tire pressure, gear ratio, etc stuff. >I'm told that NetMech was originally Netbios but they decided to switch >to IPX because its faster and the numerous users of Kali, smart choice >in my opinion...>What the hell is Kali????
kali is a packet driver that allows you to play networkable games over the
internet....but no....i doesnt work with nascar or icr's.
it works with descent and doom and stuff
Just my personal opinion, but it would seem that the most sensible
approach at this point in time would be to write for Windows 95, and
make use of the built-in TCP/IP stack for playing directly accross the
internet (and any other net you might happen to have lying around :-) .
The IP suite is _the_ protocol family to write for - anything else is
living in the past.
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Yeah, but surely it's not just good business sense - it's much
easier to guarantee good data rates and, more importantly,
response times with a proprietry service (such as GEnie or Hawaii)
rather than the Internet. Otherwise, you're going to get cars
jumping all over the place or disappearing all together.
Fraser
One small question Tony, where is this online service ? I know Papyrus
like to talk about it in magazines and stuff but it does not seem like we
will see it anytime soon. Ever tried to connect to GEnie from
Australia????
A.B.
