Multiplayer

[bravuralion]

Hello everyone,

I've been wanting to test the multiplayer mode for a while now, and there is an article about it in the manual, but it doesn't say much except that you have to adjust the EU07.ini file accordingly. It doesn't explain how to start the session correctly. Through trial and error, we've managed to set Maszyna so that the scenario always starts in pause mode. As soon as I've finished loading, the other player starts. He is then also paused, and as soon as I start, both of us start. My multiplayer colleague told me that the desync is probably getting worse? When we were at the same station, we didn't see each other and his train (from my view) arrived at the station on schedule (even though he himself was early).

How do you start a multiplayer session correctly, and are there any tips for doing so? I also read in the forum that it is probably intended more for LAN sessions or local play, but we were both connected with a 10Gbit line, which still didn't work.
 

[robert357]

Multiplayer is rather simple and isn't that much developed at this moment. Desync will always happen between players, mostly when they are far away from each other. Some say there is a trick to negate that desync by having open window with train data of the other player.

[jakubg1]

The desync is always horrible. Unfortunately the way multiplayer has been written is not good enough to recommend it for anything. That's also why you need to modify the files instead of being able to just click "host"/"join" and that's why we generally say there is no multiplayer support in MaSzyna.

[bravuralion]

Hmm, that's a shame to hear... I'll try robert357's tip anyway and see if it makes a difference.

In general, though, I think they should work on the multiplayer mode, otherwise it would be a wasted opportunity for the simulator. It would definitely attract people if you could drive together on a route and experience the same events, etc.

[Hirek]

Well if anyone have any idea for fixing multiplayer, simulator's source code is open.
https://github.com/eu07/maszyna < current main
https://github.com/MaSzyna-EU07/maszyna < another maintained by me