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Hi guys -

We've been searching for a new space title to play for lack of anything decent lately to use in LAN gaming, and while searching for a title, I remembered the existence of Starshatter. I'm actually very interested in trying this in a LAN environment on account of the capital ship combat, the strategic command layer, and the vast possibilities offered by the dynamic campaign system, but I've found any hard details pertaining to the game's actual multiplayer features remarkably hard to find in detail.

Would anyone be able to chime in and comment on exactly what kind of multiplayer functionality this game offers, and if it would at all be suitable for a casual 2-player co-op environment? We're actually just about ready to make a purchase, but I'd really like to know more before doing so, as the only posts I can find to this extent were made like two years ago and I don't know if anything's been added or expanded on since then.

Thanks!

Terribly sorry for the lack of activity on that part, I have to confess however, that the dynamic campaigns, as far as I know, are only single-player compatable, there are still the scenarios (which are much more diverse and in larger numbers in the current version than the demo). However, I have yet to give multiplayer a try (I'm pretty sure the SC fanbase must number in at best the dozens atm, kidding.) Either way, good luck getting some more imput.

Thanks for the response - I'm definitely hoping somebody chimes in with some more details in regards to multiplayer, as my purchase is basically hinging on what's revealed. We actually did grab the 3.9.4 demo (the most modern build we could find, even though I'm showing it was compiled a good two years ago) and had an interesting time checking it out, but were unable to get our clients to physically connect to one another for a multiplayer test over a LAN. I also had a crazy screen-flickering issue any time I moved my mouse that I haven't been able to nail down yet (this is on a 32-bit version of Windows XP, running on an ATI X1800XL graphics card), though my friend with an ATI 9800 Pro didn't have this problem, so I'm assuming it might just be some wierd background process I have running or a driver-setting.
 
Ultimately though it'd be really awesome if I could check out in further detail what kind of changes are presented in the most recent versions of the game without having to sink a good $40 in first.