CaptainOZ
Panel of Selectors
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2004
Since the online mutiplayer appears to be pretty much broken, I had an idea that could allow two distant players to play any match (Test, ODI or even T20) without the issues of lag, game freezes, and time-zone differences.
In the very old days, people would play mutiplayer by actual mail (the paper variety). I never did it, but apparently you would play a part of the game, then mail it to someone, and then they would complete their part of the game and mail it back.
And then email arrived, which made it much more convenient.
Well what about doing this by sending each other saved games?
For example, say Mark (as England) and myself (as Australia) decide to play a Test match. We choose our teams and squad selections. Then:
1) Wait for the coin toss. Communicate by MSN your choice of heads or tails and the decision that is made (or you could decide all that beforehand).
2) Let's say Mark wins the toss and bats. He plays his innings against the AI (my team controlled by the AI) in offline mode.
3) At the end of his England innings, he saves the game onto his flash drive and sends the save game file to me. I put in on my flash drive and load it up on my PS3.
4) I then begin my batting as Australia and complete my inninngs.
5) I keep going and begin bowling as Australia to Mark's AI-controlled batsmen. At the end of this innnings, I save the file and send to him.
6) He finishes the game by bowling as England to my AI-controlled batsmen.
This way, we each get to bat twice and bowl twice (unless someone wins by an innnings). Throughout the process, we send each other screenshots to show the game progress at the various stages of the match.
In summary, it means that
- Mark bats (1st innings as ENG)
- I bat (1st innings as AUS) and then bowl (2nd innings as AUS)
- Mark bowls (as ENG).
The only way this could work is if honesty is involved. No quitting the game and reloading, and stick to your agreed conditions (e.g. HUD minimal, Hard difficulty).
The good thing about this is that it avoids lag, freezing ect. and it means you can save Test matches.
LOL, this idea will probably get blown out of the water, but for honest players this could be something viable.
In the very old days, people would play mutiplayer by actual mail (the paper variety). I never did it, but apparently you would play a part of the game, then mail it to someone, and then they would complete their part of the game and mail it back.
And then email arrived, which made it much more convenient.
Well what about doing this by sending each other saved games?
For example, say Mark (as England) and myself (as Australia) decide to play a Test match. We choose our teams and squad selections. Then:
1) Wait for the coin toss. Communicate by MSN your choice of heads or tails and the decision that is made (or you could decide all that beforehand).
2) Let's say Mark wins the toss and bats. He plays his innings against the AI (my team controlled by the AI) in offline mode.
3) At the end of his England innings, he saves the game onto his flash drive and sends the save game file to me. I put in on my flash drive and load it up on my PS3.
4) I then begin my batting as Australia and complete my inninngs.
5) I keep going and begin bowling as Australia to Mark's AI-controlled batsmen. At the end of this innnings, I save the file and send to him.
6) He finishes the game by bowling as England to my AI-controlled batsmen.
This way, we each get to bat twice and bowl twice (unless someone wins by an innnings). Throughout the process, we send each other screenshots to show the game progress at the various stages of the match.
In summary, it means that
- Mark bats (1st innings as ENG)
- I bat (1st innings as AUS) and then bowl (2nd innings as AUS)
- Mark bowls (as ENG).
The only way this could work is if honesty is involved. No quitting the game and reloading, and stick to your agreed conditions (e.g. HUD minimal, Hard difficulty).
The good thing about this is that it avoids lag, freezing ect. and it means you can save Test matches.
LOL, this idea will probably get blown out of the water, but for honest players this could be something viable.