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We've been getting a lot of questions about Team Fortress 2 and whether we'll be supporting it. The answer is that we should be offering it within hours of its release, and, if there is a beta that we can participate in, we will be offering servers within hours of that release as well.
We're not quite sure what the CPU and bandwidth requirements of TF2 will be, so we can't yet determine its long-term pricing structure. In the short term, we will likely be pricing it equivalent to other Source-based games.
We're not quite sure what the CPU and bandwidth requirements of TF2 will be, so we can't yet determine its long-term pricing structure. In the short term, we will likely be pricing it equivalent to other Source-based games.
My community is looking forward to this release. I have over 40 members that have already pre-purchased the "Orange Box" and anxious and excited for the beta. I'm not sure how it works with the beta and which GSP's are chosen to participate. If my community can assist with helping you be one of those GSP's, please let me know.
When is the soonest NFO will know?
If NFO is allowed to offer the beta, what time of day could we expect it to be available?
I actually have a couple of staff members that have scheduled Monday off just to get something going. It would be nice for NFO to share what they know so we can make appropriate plans.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Sushi!
When is the soonest NFO will know?
If NFO is allowed to offer the beta, what time of day could we expect it to be available?
I actually have a couple of staff members that have scheduled Monday off just to get something going. It would be nice for NFO to share what they know so we can make appropriate plans.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Sushi!
I'm excited too . I used to play a ton of TFC and I'm looking forward to seeing first-hand how the successor turned out.Sushi wrote:My community is looking forward to this release. I have over 40 members that have already pre-purchased the "Orange Box" and anxious and excited for the beta.
I would expect them to release the beta files through their update tool to everyone at once. Valve hasn't ever given special treatment to certain partners in the past.I'm not sure how it works with the beta and which GSP's are chosen to participate. If my community can assist with helping you be one of those GSP's, please let me know.
If Valve did release the files only to specific partners, we would hope to be included -- considering we've been providing a Steam content server for some number of years now .
Details on TF2 in general are sketchy at this point, but I'd expect to know by the 17th.When is the soonest NFO will know?
That depends on when they release it and how swamped the Valve servers are. I'd expect to have the TF2 beta option on our order page within an hour or two of the release.If NFO is allowed to offer the beta, what time of day could we expect it to be available?
Question Edge, looks like some TF2 servers are running 32 slots, why can't NFo run 32 slots?
You mentioned on email that is illegal or something, more like against valve's terms I guess...If so why the 32 slot servers that been up there for days not getting shut down?
I need some clarification please, thanks.
You mentioned on email that is illegal or something, more like against valve's terms I guess...If so why the 32 slot servers that been up there for days not getting shut down?
I need some clarification please, thanks.
Well what they are doing is manually editing a binary everytime an update is released, which isn't a pure install of the game. It also makes the game have some more issues and isn't as stable as 24 slots.
Valve hasn't made any statement about it yet afaik, but when this happened before with like HL2MP, they simply delisted the game servers based on IP. We do not want that to happen to our customers, and we always host legit servers here at NuclearFallout, so until Valve says otherwise, we'll continue hosting 24 slot servers as our max.
Valve hasn't made any statement about it yet afaik, but when this happened before with like HL2MP, they simply delisted the game servers based on IP. We do not want that to happen to our customers, and we always host legit servers here at NuclearFallout, so until Valve says otherwise, we'll continue hosting 24 slot servers as our max.
-Nick