Are the red trumpets ready?

Mikael Grizzly · #1 20-03-2008, 10:25 PM

If not, they should be as soon as possible, as Red Orchestra prepares for another tour of Steam. Tripwire interactive has leveraged Steamwork's online matchmaking services, among many integrating the Steam Server Browser, joining games your Friends are playing (both in and out of the game) as well as support for statistic viewing on www.steamgames.com. From the press release:

"Adding support for Steamworks was an easy decision for Tripwire," said John Gibson, president of Tripwire Interactive. "The work to add this collection of services was minimal and will have a big impact for our fans. The matchmaking abilities added today will make it much easier for RO players to find matches. And leveraging the Steam Server Browser saves Tripwire time and money over the long haul, allowing us to invest more in gameplay and less in supporting services."

The update for Red Orchestra will be automatically applied both in Steaming and retail versions.

Rapstah · #2 20-03-2008, 11:41 PM

Retail versions use Steam too.

Mikael Grizzly · #3 21-03-2008, 12:27 AM

I meant those purchased from Steam and in retail.

Buveed · #4 21-03-2008, 06:04 PM

I'd love to see more games on steam adopt Valve's server browser. It's still the best one i've ever used.

MattyDienhoff · #5 21-03-2008, 07:27 PM

Excellent!

RO's built-in server browser was decent, but Steam's is better.

Kyorisu · #6 22-03-2008, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buveed

I'd love to see more games on steam adopt Valve's server browser. It's still the best one i've ever used.

But it does have it's quirky issues. Currently mine likes to only show 30 to 50 TF2 servers at a time. Considering my favourite server network runs over 30 server it's a bit worrying at times as it simply won't show all 30+ from that network.

Van_Halen · #7 22-03-2008, 05:48 AM

I shat a tank.

not that it has anything to do with this thread, but I did it... it came out my... Yep...

Any-who? I'm glad this is coming out. looking forward to playing another ww2 game.. again...

Crispy · #8 22-03-2008, 10:43 PM

By 'Matchmaking' they mean 'Friends list'. Being able to view what your friends are playing and joining the same server isn't what I understand from the concept of 'Matchmaking', which I thought was more about matching player skill, location, preference through an automated selection system.

Edit: It seems Valve's current concept of 'Matchmaking' is a manual effort on the player's part to organise a match in a bloatware lobby with a chat panel and team selection menu, not an automated system that makes use of persistent player statistics to match players of a similar experience level with eachother. Pity that.