i am currently setting up (or trying to lol) the lobby system for my game and i realized i don`t recall anyone ever mentioning a game zone like the old msn zone for supremacy or bote, are these planned for at all?

Never heard about anything planned like that. We could make something, that the game logs into a server somewhere, and checks for other users and games that are available. You can then decide if you want to make access to multiplayer to work with a password or not, making it either available for public or making it private. What do you think?

well botf used the old msn zone nad it was great for setting up multigames, i reckon our games should also have such a lobby

I didn't really used the msn zone, can you explain it a bit?

easier to show you lol, check out the warzone

That would be very nice. Geat idea.

The thing i will prob use has a lobby plugin. Only it requires a dedicated server: http://www.jenkinssoftware.com/raknet/manual/lobby.html and a PostgreSQL install. I could also use an php alternative, http://www.jenkinssoftware.com/raknet/manual/phpdirectoryserver.html, it is easier but less professional and is lacking in some areas.

Does Supremacy actually need a lobby? The game has a Multiplayer system already built in and working...

It is a nice way to find and connect with players.

You can also use a server, where all the available games will be put on. This makes it possible to easily join a game. This will only be enabled, when you do a internet game. You can also put in a password, so that only people who know it can join the game, etc..

Next to that, you can also make it possible within the game, that a player can join a game, with IP. A network game, is far more easier then this, so nothing gets changed with that, neither with hotseat (lol prob won't make it) or similar.

Ah k then. I don't have much experience with lobbies other than for Armada 1, coz of all the convoluted ways I have to use to get BOTF to multiplay.