Why a MMO?

[Rhynedahll]

@TechLord;372989

I personally feel the Next Gen Networking for Game Engines of the future, will support MMO Inter-Server Communications out-of-box to include:

• Server Scalability, Load Balancing, Redundancy, Client Handoff: Sharding, Zoning, Instancing, and Cloning
• Game World Simulation Interaction (that is, to communicate data, and to synchronize actions), allowing different Game World simulations to merge content, game mechanics, players, etc.[/COLOR]
• [COLOR=#008080]Multiple Client Types (Multiple Genre Clients on a Single Game World Server)

UE4 needs to support all of these features out of the box. If the indie developer is the next big market, a lack of multiplayer features might be an Achilles Heel.

Amazon just released Lumberyard, which appears designed to be a direct competitor to both UE4 and Unity. Amazon Announces New Lumberyard Game Engine | Digital Trends

[anonymous_user_0daa06a8]

@The Britain;323575

If I had to wager a guess, the majority of people who want to develop an MMO fall into 3 categories.

1. They believe they have a special idea that will make bank/fame. Competition is far tougher than what they might understand.
2. They have a god complex and want a way to totally control people. Really, the players control you.
3. Nostalgia for a previous MMO experience.

Biggest reason why just anyone cannot make an MMO, the marketing is almost as big as the game itself (although that could be true for any game). There are a lot of great, free MMOs out there already which makes it very hard to successfully maintain one yourself.

[Aquazi]

Because everybody think they have the right ideas to make the next WoW.

Basically it’s money, prestige and ambition.

I am developing a game.

If I release it, and the next four fames will be a success, I’ll make an MMO.

[Daniel_K]

I have moved my post to a separate thread… Persistent world with UE4 (not an MMO) - General Discussion - Unreal Engine Forums

[TechLord]

@Daniel K.;637806

@TechLord Thank you for such elaborate answer.

After careful consideration we have decided to postpone our multiplayer game dream and do something simpler first with UE to get hang of it more properly. I already explored save object and got gentle understanding into the subject. Still not sure thou how I would do that second part of the problem you have described about sending data to clients properly.

I have been looking into Rama Save System plugin and I am pretty much convinced that’s the solution I have been seeking. So once we get back to multiplayer, this will be probably our choice.

I would encourage you to jump straight in to UE4’s multiplayer features. Using Save Game Object to storing a Worldstate Snapshots locally on the UE4 Server can be used to maintain persistence. After I complete my work on EyeManga3D, I’m jumping deep into UE4’s multiplayer/networking to work towards a VR MMO Virtual Mall for the next phase of the TheGameDevStore.com.