Hi guys,
I am pleased to announce that I have figured out a way for everyone to play LoMM without the need of a valid CDKey.
It has been done to my server and LoMMHQ.com server, I'm sure all potential servers will follow suit.
Its so simple it's scary, basically, all you need to run a server is to launch it in LAN only mode and then make your IP available to the community.
With LAN only mode, the server does not communicate with Gamespy, therefor does not check CDKeys. You can play with a fake one, a friends one(At the same time) or none at all!
Barriers: During testing, myself and Blam found that my server wasn't visible in the Internet tab, but was visible in Specific IP and Favourites. However, LoMMHQ.com server remained visible in the Internet tab (We're still working out why :S) All we need to do is make sure everyone has an up to date favourites.txt file.
Soon, we will make available a LoMM FULL download that doesn't require a CDKey and can join ANY server run in LAN only mode.
We have a fair bit of work to do before this goes public and need to brainstorm some ideas on strategy and future proofing. We also need to make this process as user friendly as possible.
Our next step is to create a LoMM download for your friends and family to use, this will give us adequate testing time and then we can torrent it to anyone who was a fun and free medieval FPS.
Watch this space
Ricky
I am pleased to announce that I have figured out a way for everyone to play LoMM without the need of a valid CDKey.
It has been done to my server and LoMMHQ.com server, I'm sure all potential servers will follow suit.
Its so simple it's scary, basically, all you need to run a server is to launch it in LAN only mode and then make your IP available to the community.
With LAN only mode, the server does not communicate with Gamespy, therefor does not check CDKeys. You can play with a fake one, a friends one(At the same time) or none at all!
Barriers: During testing, myself and Blam found that my server wasn't visible in the Internet tab, but was visible in Specific IP and Favourites. However, LoMMHQ.com server remained visible in the Internet tab (We're still working out why :S) All we need to do is make sure everyone has an up to date favourites.txt file.
Soon, we will make available a LoMM FULL download that doesn't require a CDKey and can join ANY server run in LAN only mode.
We have a fair bit of work to do before this goes public and need to brainstorm some ideas on strategy and future proofing. We also need to make this process as user friendly as possible.
Our next step is to create a LoMM download for your friends and family to use, this will give us adequate testing time and then we can torrent it to anyone who was a fun and free medieval FPS.
Watch this space
Ricky
