Max MP Player Limit?

[Bonsai]

Anyone know the maximum player limit for online mode?

[ihavenoname]

Devil Dogs Testing CoD4:MW on PC
Source: fourzerotwo.com Blog

I've spoke about Kleenex testing in the past, but for those of you unfamiliar, Kleenex testing is essentially when we pull just a random gamer from the community / street / local game shop / forums, invite them to the IW Studio for several days, and allow them to play through the entire single player (and sometimes multiplayer) of the game. We do this throughout development.

Why do we do this? Well, It's really a great asset when your developing the game as it allows you an honest, unbiased, outside perspective on the game. We're not looking so much for bugs and glitches, that's what the QA (testers) do, this is more for feedback on the gameplay and fluidity of the game.

We have a camera set up in the room that records their reactions, as well a direct feed of what they see on the screen to two TV's in the designer's department. This allows us to sit around, watch how they react to certain moments in the game, if they get lost or confused at sections of the story, don't notice Voice over that tells them what to do, and get an overall gauge of how the game plays for you guys with a non-developer eye.

Throughout the process we sit down with the player to gather feedback, found out what they thought of certain aspects of the game, and hear anything else they have to say on how we can improve the game.

For a while now, almost daily we've been bringing in guys to test on the PC version of the game, recently bringing in a handful of US Marines to get their time testing out the PC version on Minimum Specs. For you PC guys, you know this is great news, as we're gaining momentum on zeroing in on some official min specs for the final release.

In addition to the extensive kleenex testing we've been doing on the PC side, we've been heavily testing the multiplayer portion of PC around the office. We had a massive game going (about 64 players) on one of the smallest maps we had. It was insane. I admit, that one was just to see what happened, but we also loaded up some mods to test out some of the mod support functionality, PunkBuster support, and other PC specific features.

In closing, next week we have some hardcore COD2 PC guys coming by from the Shock'N'Awe clan / servers to wreck havoc on the PC version of the game and help us kleenex. Lots of PC focused stuff happening right now around the studio. I'll keep you guys posted.
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[hurricane04343]

PC will have a max of 32, but it can be higher.

360 will have 16 players max.

Not sure about the PS3, but it will probably be the same as the 360.

[Gibson[75thR]]

I don't care what the limit is as long as I can do at least 8v8 clan matches.

[FPS[VT_NERD]]

Anything less than 64 (for the PC) is weak....

[Whiskey]

VT_NERD;4283']Anything less than 64 (for the PC) is weak....

Depends totally on map size. Putting 64 players on a large BF2-sized map is fine. Putting 64 on a standard COD/MOH sized map makes it way too crowded (ie. you die every 10 seconds).

At the event back in June, however, some folks there represented sniper-only clans, who build HUGE maps (ie. several miles long/wide)...for maps like that, 64 would probably work nicely, so it's good that the code will support it (according to 402).

[rowdyman]

Depends totally on map size. Putting 64 players on a large BF2-sized map is fine. Putting 64 on a standard COD/MOH sized map makes it way too crowded (ie. you die every 10 seconds).
QFT :nod:

The thing I find most attractive about PC shooters vs. console; is the fact that you're not dying every 10 seconds. That many people in a map; perks like Dead Silence, and attachments like the silencer are utterly useless.
:salute:

[Kingkat54]

I agree with Whiskey.............32 max is a good size. Too many and all you do is ...........spawn -n-die............:)

[Lt Davis]

Yeah, in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, even on the bigger maps, 32 players is huge. It's way more common (and way more fun) to have about 18 to 24 players.

[solofowaffles]

Depends totally on map size. Putting 64 players on a large BF2-sized map is fine. Putting 64 on a standard COD/MOH sized map makes it way too crowded (ie. you die every 10 seconds).

At the event back in June, however, some folks there represented sniper-only clans, who build HUGE maps (ie. several miles long/wide)...for maps like that, 64 would probably work nicely, so it's good that the code will support it (according to 402).

jesus a map with 64 players!

[FPS[VT_NERD]]

Depends totally on map size. Putting 64 players on a large BF2-sized map is fine. Putting 64 on a standard COD/MOH sized map makes it way too crowded (ie. you die every 10 seconds).

At the event back in June, however, some folks there represented sniper-only clans, who build HUGE maps (ie. several miles long/wide)...for maps like that, 64 would probably work nicely, so it's good that the code will support it (according to 402).

I'm just saying that the decision should be up to the people putting up the servers. If you can provide a solid 64-player experience then I hope the developers aren't going to hold you back with a hard-coded limit of 32 people.

[DeLuSi0naL]

Should depend on the server owner, I think big maps are fine for it as mentioned already, but if it's a small city map with 30 men a side it would just be a bit silly IMO.

Looking forward to the 64 player big sniper maps though :P

[Steppenwolf428]

64 would be sweet but unpractical

[DeLuSi0naL]

64 would be sweet but unpractical


Not if it's on a wide open map.

[Steppenwolf428]

yeah but thats not COD style

[DeLuSi0naL]

Well it's not COD style because it's not WW1/2.. this is a fresh new game, who knows what it will be like..