A Fallout Tactics Emulator?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_emulator

Do you think it would be an interesting experiment to create an mmorpg for Fallout Tactics via server emulation?

(Folks this thread is not to be taken seriously.) Please do not tell me how much work would be required. There is reasons why I think it would be an experiment only. The reasons are:

1. Fallout Tactics is not a very popular game
2. Pretty much no one here is qualified to code an emulator

I am interested in hearing your thoughts on this! Please comment!
Tell me how you think the plot should be etc.
 
Since FOT isn't a mmorpg (or even an mmo or rpg for that matter) you haven't a server to emulate for a start. So pray tell, how would you go about creating an mmorpg from a singleplayer/multiplayer tactical combat game via server emulation in the first place? :roll:
 
requiem_for_a_starfury said:
Since FOT isn't a mmorpg (or even an mmo or rpg for that matter) you haven't a server to emulate for a start. So pray tell, how would you go about creating an mmorpg from a singleplayer/multiplayer tactical combat game via server emulation in the first place? :roll:
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Server emulators emulate live servers, however they do not rely on the live servers to be running in order to work.

We know we can host multiplayer games on our network.

With a packet sniffer such as WPE PRO you can see that there is communication being done when joining or hosting a game.



With proper scrutiny of each packet you can determine what it does. Then you code a server program that can automatically send the appropriate packets .
 
As a matter of fact I was thinking about something like this the other day. It would require some heavy modding thou, coz the game would have obviously two modes: tactic mode, and world map mode. Tactic mode is achievable with properly designed multiplayer maps, but with world map... I don't even have idea how could it be done, I don't think the singleplayer is written around client-server architecture.
 
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