KlausWuestefeld

Hi, Congrats on a kickass project! You guys are building the free AoE. I'm building the free "skype". It is called Sneer, the sovereign computing peer. Does 0AD multiplayer mode solve firewall issues? Does it traverse NAT? Does it do UPnP? Does it need a server up somewhere? Does it authenticate users? Sneer solves all networking issues so that apps no longer have to worry about any of that. If you make the multiplayer support pluggable, I can make people play 0AD over Sneer. Suppose 0AD listens on a TCP port and has a ridiculously simple protocol: --> set id (bytes) --> peer is online (id) <-- send bytes to peer (id, bytes) --> receive bytes from peer (id, bytes) I can now write a Sneer app that plugs into 0AD and lets people play with their friends without network hassle. You can use the exact same underlying interface for your regular multiplayer support. See you, Klaus. PS: Will this forum notify me of replies via email? If not, please do: mail at klaus.pro