Allegiance 2

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:41 pm

The people with the brains and time to implement CSS chose to rpelicate ASGS as it was the easiest road to travel. Since the actual code-work is primarily done by one guy, re-writing the whole security implementation to take it server side would be a much larger and longer job than the current.

That however does not mean it is the best choice for the job, like with anything you have to take into account; the size, budget and team working on a project. Allegiance unfortunately has a very very small one for everything. I would hope that if this game is to make 15-20 years that eventually certain aspects of it will be changed. You cannot sit on the "it aint broke, dont fix it" line forever, time moves and so does technology. Unfortunately for us we lack in people, people who could be coders and have the time, ability and drive to push Allegiance where it truly should be.

All being said, CSS will work and much better than its predecessor which is a step in the right direction by a long mile. The fact we have such a talented guy working on the build of it and that we will own the source and have access to changing it and recompiling it means that if a Linux client is finalized it will be much easier to build a security net around it than with ASGS.

Funkmaster Rick · Post by **Funkmaster Rick** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:05 pm

This is great news! Any guesses on when Alleg will be made compatible with my ENIAC? Is that coming out on 12/12/12 too? I'll start cutting some cards for nanning manoeuvres!

blake420 · Post by **blake420** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:43 pm

while your at it i have a Tandy 1000 that i would love to play this on.

heh, that reminds me and makes me wonder, how many of you remember useing dos?

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:43 am

blake420 wrote:QUOTE (blake420 @ Nov 17 2011, 11:43 PM)

while your at it i have a Tandy 1000 that i would love to play this on.

heh, that reminds me and makes me wonder, how many of you remember useing dos?

Remember using? I still do.

Post by **FreeBeer** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:42 am

Funkmaster Rick wrote:QUOTE (Funkmaster Rick @ Nov 17 2011, 01:05 PM) This is great news! Any guesses on when Alleg will be made compatible with my ENIAC? Is that coming out on 12/12/12 too? I'll start cutting some cards for nanning manoeuvres!

Sorry... you're only going to be able to up punch tape.

Funkmaster Rick · Post by **Funkmaster Rick** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:24 am

I recall using DOS way back in the day. Heck, I still have the data for some oldschool DOS games in an archive somewhere. Not to mention, it's always good to know how to use it, even with the newer versions of Windows; just being able to access the computer from ANY level lower than the 'idiot-proof' interface they want you to use can help when solving problems.

fuzzylunkin1 · Post by **fuzzylunkin1** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:11 am

Who knows, you just might have to use ed.

Silkfist · Post by **Silkfist** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:27 am

Thanks, Imago. I'm dual booting Ubuntu and running XP solely for these games. Even if we still had an active player base in ten years

I'm sure we won't be using many other Microsoft products.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:53 pm

fuzzylunkin1 wrote:QUOTE (fuzzylunkin1 @ Nov 18 2011, 11:11 PM) Who knows, you just might have to use ed.

"ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!"

Archangelus · Post by **Archangelus** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:35 pm

I may be talking outta my ass here. But wouldnt (can it be done) to have 2 different servers? One to validate callsigns (having all the callsigns linked crap & etc), and another one for the game itself? Wouldnt this prevent the "many callsigns" hacking problem, and also make the "rogue client problem" gone?