A useful tool for totally legitimate uses!

Post by **Joose** » August 23rd, 2005, 14:18

http://hamachi.cc/

A wierd crossbreed of p2p and VPN, this thingy allows you to easily make a "LAN" with other people over teh interweb. Once it's up and running, you can use it just like a LAN.

This means that many games that wouldnt work over teh interweb can now be played! Im not talking about dodgy downloaded games that quite often work fine multiplayer over LAN but need some heinous copy protection type effort for on-line play. Oh no. That would be immoral.

It would work though.

Post by **ProfHawking** » August 23rd, 2005, 14:30

looks interesting

i'd be slightly worried about viri from people you are connected to though? it seems to open up a lot

Post by **deject** » August 23rd, 2005, 15:00

w00t! anyone for some No One Lives Forever 2 co-op?

on that topic, I am shocked at how few of you guys have played the No One Lives Forever series...

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 23rd, 2005, 15:17

I recently played a demo of the first one, can't say that I was all that impressed. Maybe I needed to play more of it or maybe it's just too old

Post by **FatherJack** » August 23rd, 2005, 15:40

deject wrote:w00t! anyone for some No One Lives Forever 2 co-op?
on that topic, I am shocked at how few of you guys have played the No One Lives Forever series...

Sort of like Kai http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/ which lets you play "local network" games on the consoles, but over the intarweb - ie: not how they are supposed to be, but not necessarily illegally.

I played the NOLF series: fantastic! Underrated work of genius. The first one was the best - the totally cheesy secret base. The second had ace facial animations and some interesting ideas (banana skins, mimes) but didn't quite do it for me. Incidentally I played them in reverse order.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » August 23rd, 2005, 15:48

ProfHawking wrote:viri

Did you mean "Viruses"?

Post by **Joose** » August 23rd, 2005, 16:09

Me and jinxx have just tested it and it appears to work fine.

As for the viri/viruses/virusi/various worry, It seems to literaly emulate a LAN. But as long as we have all got our viri/viruses/virusi/various checkers going, i cant see any problems there.

EDIT: forgot to say, ive created a network for us all called 5punknet, with the usual teamspeak password. Gimmie a yell if its confusing you, but its fairly straightforward really.

unless you have fuxxored your filesharing, like i have

cashy · Post by **cashy** » August 23rd, 2005, 22:24

deject wrote:w00t! anyone for some No One Lives Forever 2 co-op?

on that topic, I am shocked at how few of you guys have played the No One Lives Forever series...

i played the demo for the first years ago, i loved it and if i hadnt been such a forgetfull tit i'd of bought it

Post by **deject** » August 24th, 2005, 3:56

I honestly don't know which one I like better. I'd say the first one was definetly harder, with those goddamn security cameras that make you lose instantly.

and spoodie, the demo really doesn't give the game justice, but it is somewhat close. The real best parts are the humor that are sprinkled throughout the game.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 24th, 2005, 9:44

I've just bought NOLF2 on ebay, so I'll see for myself in a few days. cheers deject

Post by **FatherJack** » August 24th, 2005, 9:52

The first one was free in some graphics card/processor bundle a few years back, worth picking it up if you can.

Not just because I think it's the better game, but some of the jokes in 2 will go unnoticed having not played it.

I just remembered a really cool bit in 2 when you're in a trailer, which I won't spoil, but both really great games in might have to play again soonish.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 24th, 2005, 10:45

Ooooh funky, sounds good.

*investigates*

Post by **Joose** » August 24th, 2005, 12:16

Both are cracking games, the funnies are some of the funniest ive seen in a game.

Saying that though, i cant imagine what its like multiplayer. Surely it will miss out the funnies. Isnt that a bit like Doom 3 without the scaries?

Post by **FatherJack** » August 24th, 2005, 12:21

I think there's a co-op mode where you and a chum can fend off hordes of Marcel Marceaus, but even with Musaceae Power it gets old quite quickly.
We had a brief laugh with it in the office, but soon went back to HL/UT for lunchtime frag sessions.

Edit: and yes, it's Doom 3 with the lights on