Question for the coder types regarding custom games. (Destiny)

by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Monday, February 09, 2015, 10:58 (3382 days ago) @ iconicbanana

It's hard to say exactly without knowing specific details about how the Destiny engine handles matchmaking.

On the one hand, there is the possibility that they have something very similar to Halo's multiplayer code in there. If the Crucible works much like Halo, then I'd think it's mainly about creating a UI for custom games and finding a place to fit it in the story. One possible niggle in this case is that the playstation platform may be different enough from MS that they may have to make additional changes to make this work across all platforms. In that case Bungie may not want to do custom games until it's supported for all platforms.

On the other hand, Bungie talked a lot about how they were using new matchmaking technology for their "shared world shooter". That could mean any number of things. Perhaps the host for a crucible game isn't a particular person's console? Instead Destiny's servers act as host? That would mean that the Destiny servers likely need a significant number of changes to support custom games in addition to a UI.