HOW DOES IT ALL WORK?
 

I know this will show me up to be very stupid.....but I don`t care........having lost my girlfriend I have become a dishrevelled wreck who just wanders the streets cussing to myself.

how does the in game connection work to the games servers...ie..when you start Ut and use the ingame way of connecting to all the hundreds of servers whats the route..whats the main server? who runs it? how does it connect to all the others?

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You're talking about the master server, right? It's run by Epic, and when someone starts a server of their own, the machine contacts the master server, which in turn advertises it to other players. Not all servers report to the master server though, in which case a person would have to know the IP of the server in order to play on it.

http://unreal.epicgames.com probably has answers for all the technical questions you have about Unreal/UT. http://boards.ioerror.com/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by -Axiom- (edited March 10, 2001).]

thx...thats interesting...but what happens if Epic goes down/bust can you use wireplay or something else to take their place?

I think Gamespy actually has a master server too...