Team Fortress 360 Patch Coming Soon, Valve Challenges Xbox Live

by Carlos Bergfeld, Oct 16, 2007 10:08am PDT

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An update addressing the lag and lost connection issues in the Xbox Live multiplayer portion of Valve's class-based shooter Team Fortress 2 will be coming soon, the studio said. Valve has already given the update to this portion of The Orange Box (PC, PS3, X360) package to Microsoft, but the developer doesn't know exactly when the patch will become available on the Xbox Live servers. Despite the less-than-ideal online play, Valve's staff will be taking on the adults and adolescents of Xbox Live in some friendly play Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. CDT, the studio announced today. Anyone looking to get rocked by Team Fortress 2's creators can add the following Gamertags to their friends list and join them in battle:

gamewithdev1 (Matt W. - Level Designer)
ValveArtist1 (Matthew S. - Artist)
ValveAnim (Matthew R. - Animator)
ValveProg1 (Vitaliy - Programmer)
ValveProg2 (Adrian - Programmer)
ValveProg3 (Kerry - Programmer)
ValveProg4 (Robin - Programmer)
ValveProg5 (Jim - Programmer)
ValveLevelDes2 (Dave - Level Designer)
ValveArtist2 (Nick - Artist)
ValveLevelDes3 (Scott - Level Designer)
ValveProg6 (David - Programmer)
ValveWriter (Chet - Writer)

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Why does almost every 360 game (if not every game) ship with fucked netcode? Is the netcode for every game that different or are developers all having to work things out independently and not sharing that knowledge with each other? It's something that should be fairly standardised by now, IMO.

Matchmaking, as well. Microsoft owned Bungie and presumably own the matchmaking code in Halo 2 and Halo 3. They should move that stuff into the Xbox Live and DirectX SDKs so that all developers can use it. Make it a standard part of the two platforms.

Oct 16, 2007 4:41pm PDT

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  Well all games deal with network data differently. I mean, there are basic, well-grounded rules and guide... : johnsto
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Those of you who have played the PC version, but also have the 360 version (for TF2).... how is it on the console? I know it probably doesn't look as good, but is it still fun on there?

Oct 17, 2007 8:08am PDT

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- It's fantastic as long as you're in a party with your friends. If not you will most likely be placed with... : RevelatrBigBang
- The PC version is clearly superior. That said, I still spend most of my time on the 360 version. The co... : sevogajre

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Hence the problem with hosting games amongst the players and not on a server.

Oct 29, 2007 2:37pm PDT

Hence the problem with hosting games amongst the players and not on a server. : chilln

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I can't say how great this is. I mean really.
The developers playing the community? I don't think it's a PR stunt either because as far as I can tell, its just one of those things that they just do without taking out a press release or anything. Just like "Hey, you guys wanna join up and play?"

Let's hope they use a neutral server this time OMG Shack pings against them sucked WTFBBQ

Oct 16, 2007 11:02am PDT

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I can't say how great this is. I mean really. The developers playing the community? I don't think it's : stelth
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  That's the type of thing that makes Valve one of the best (if not the best) gaming company. They really l... : Nitrium
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  You know what I would do as a level designer. I'd put in a secret invisble tunnel/teleport or something ... : floridagamer

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Please, if anyone from Valve is reading this..

Could you guys please work on adding some form of matchmaking like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 has? What I mean is, make it so that when I have 7 friends with me, we can go into the lobby and the matchmaking system could find 8 other players to play against. As it is now, I have to invite 16 players or hope that random people joining don't annoy the shit out of us.

Seriously, this is the best multiplayer game ever I think but without this system I can see the game dieing out very quickly. Same thing happened with Gears of War. Its just a pain in the ass to find people to play with of equal skill.

Thnx

Oct 16, 2007 12:46pm PDT

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I'm curious how they do at the 360 version of the game.

Oct 16, 2007 11:32am PDT

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I'm curious how they do at the 360 version of the game. : feek
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  they probably using keyboard/mouse! : Iwannaacura
  - That would be hysterical. : jodiuh

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While I realize many shackers already had the chance to play them, it's a shame they don't give out their steam IDs so PC gamers can get in on this.

Oct 16, 2007 10:09am PDT

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ValveWriter (Chet - Writer)

Chet!

Oct 16, 2007 12:41pm PDT

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ValveWriter (Chet - Writer) Chet! : toilet
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online play has been fine for me so far. i can host 12 players really well, and have played quite a few 16 player games with no issues.

Oct 16, 2007 12:30pm PDT

online play has been fine for me so far. i can host 12 players really well, and have played quite a few 1... : maulla

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