Rapidfyre - A mod off alien swarm SDK

[Eggxeon]

Originally Posted by goodone

so, does coop actually work online, or steam server browser simply doesn't like the mod?

how about connecting directly, using console?

I believe if you use external software like hamachi to emulate a lan network, you might be able to play online. We tried various ways to make it available via the steam servers but it was out of our league .

[phrosty]

I played this with a friend over steam without any issues. Had a blast! We didn't use the server browser, though.

[Eggxeon]

Originally Posted by phrosty

I played this with a friend over steam without any issues. Had a blast! We didn't use the server browser, though.

The team also felt that the multiplayer is more fun! Glad you managed to play it! One question though, are you guys connected via lan software (e.g. hamachi) before starting the session ?

[goodone]

Originally Posted by Eggxeon

One question though, are you guys connected via lan software (e.g. hamachi) before starting the session ?

i do find it unusual that u didn't succeed connecting with either connect console command, or steam's friend invite. can u confirm u tried that...?

i'm trying to make my friends interested into the mod, for some coop action... so, before i do that, would love to know how we stand at coop connectivity.

for lan, or emulated lan, ok... but what about other ways?

[phrosty]

Originally Posted by Eggxeon

One question though, are you guys connected via lan software (e.g. hamachi) before starting the session ?

No VPN. We just did the usual right click->join game from Steam friends list.

[Eggxeon]

Originally Posted by goodone

i do find it unusual that u didn't succeed connecting with either connect console command, or steam's friend invite. can u confirm u tried that...?

i'm trying to make my friends interested into the mod, for some coop action... so, before i do that, would love to know how we stand at coop connectivity.

for lan, or emulated lan, ok... but what about other ways?

Maybe you can try what phrosty said! Hope it works for you .

[Eggxeon]

Rapidfyre has entered IGF 2012 !! A strong line up of student games there too! Don't forget to check those out !!

http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries20....php?start=180

[Espionage724]

Downloaded it

I have a question though. Does Rapidfyre use any special arguments on swarm.exe? (for an example, Hidden: Source uses "hidden" as an argument on hl2.exe)

[madato]

Mind = blown.

I can't believe people are complaining.

This game looks better than most retail arcade games. I would buy this.

[ldaotong]

Cool, thanks for the feedback.

1) For people who can't run the game properly, USE THE SHORTCUT

OR

Right Click > Properties >Launch Options > Type "-override_vpk" without the quotes.

2) Invite your friends to play Co-op. They need to be on your friends list.

[ldaotong]

Originally Posted by goodone

so, does coop actually work online, or steam server browser simply doesn't like the mod?

how about connecting directly, using console?

Think you need a friend to be in your list or something? And just click "Join Game" basically

[goodone]

Originally Posted by Eggxeon

This game is created and designed by a team of 10 people in 5 months as part of the Digipen-Ubisoft Program (Batch 2 - Team Rapidfire) in Digipen Singapore.

would it b possible to create another version of the mod installer, one that would leave the original alien swarm intact?

what i propose instead of current method is to copy clean alien swarm to a separate steamapps subfolder, and mod it there, creating new shortcut [and possibly a steam client library entry, if possible].

that would enable this mod to be included in the mappack project i am authoring currently, without any of the current issues. this would benefit the mod userbase greatly, since the mappack is largely popular, unlike any mod of the game.

plz, contact me if u think we could work in this context.

[pizzahut]

Originally Posted by ldaotong

1) For people who can't run the game properly, USE THE SHORTCUT

OR

Right Click > Properties >Launch Options > Type "-override_vpk" without the quotes.

For me oddly the issues persisted using either method. To circumvent this I hit Escape, pressed F10 to access the console, and used the disconnect command to return to the main menu and select the next level. In retrospect I could have used maps * to get a map list and then the changelevel command.

Apart from the not working "continue" buttons at the end of each level, other issues were:

- Messed up HUD in the upper left corner.
- Chapter selection aspect ratio messed up.
- The chapter images would not rest in the middle of the screen, but rather scroll past the mouse cursor, making it hard to make a selection.
- After selecting a chapter, the chapter selection screen shots vanished so it wasn't possible to make another choice.