ATC in MP

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ATC in MP

Postby krazyj » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:50 am

hey

I'm sure its been posted lots and lots of times

but why isnt there ATC in MP ?
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby BFMF » Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:17 pm

......Because MS didn't program it in, that's why ;)
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby Billerator » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:20 pm

Thats a good point, MS could have just implemented it.
It would be good for those who dont use vatsim and just want a normal MP session.

I hope they think about it for the next one.
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby BFMF » Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:50 pm

I can think of a few legitimate reasons why ATC was not programed into MP.

First off, having AI aircraft in MP could lead to a few problems. Not everyone has the default traffic, or wants to keep it at 100% due to system performances.

If someone with only default traffic were to play MP with someone who only had PAI traffic, and unless it was over a fast LAN or a DSL, there wouldn't be enough bandwidth to transfer AI models, and routes; Or the first computer would only see his AI traffic while the second computer saw only PAI traffic. This could lead to some confusion

There just wouldn't be enough bandwith to have an AI ATC system interacting with just two computers, (let alone several), not to mention AI models, routes, and even bgl files being transferred.

For me, there's already enough lag as it is while playing online

What if the first computer had stock scenery, while the second computer had addon afcad files for different airports. I can think of several additional problems that that alone could cause.
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby Billerator » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:44 pm

No I meant ATC just for the people on the server, without the AI traffic.
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby New-Newbie » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:29 pm

??? Excuse a Newbie - what is "MP" ???
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Re: ATC in MP

Postby Jared » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:13 pm

MP- Stands for multi-player...

And I'm not sure if this thread got off on a tangent, but isn't this about ATC? and not AI traffic???

they could still remove the AI traffic and use the standard ATC and radio chatter stuff that you would have in any ordinary single payer flight...

Does this make any sense?
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