mike_diamond Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Please update the XR500's geo-filter with servers for Monster Hunter World for Playstation 4, right now the multiplayer is unplayable (unable to connect) if PS4 is in filtering mode. I have to disable geo filter by switching the xr500 to spectating mode for it to work (east coast USA, 500 mile radius). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted August 12, 2018 Administrators Share Posted August 12, 2018 As the game is unsupported at this time Spectating Mode is recommended. We did have a look at the game a little while back and not 100% sure if we're able to support but will test again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_diamond Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Thanks for the quick reply. Ok, I will switch to spectating mode on the geofilter every time I want to play it online. In the future though, I would appreciate the ability to permanently exempt specific PS4 games from the geofilter if they are unsupported by it, if possible, rather than have to constantly switch between filtering and spectating mode on the router config page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted August 13, 2018 Netduma Staff Share Posted August 13, 2018 Thanks for the quick reply. Ok, I will switch to spectating mode on the geofilter every time I want to play it online. In the future though, I would appreciate the ability to permanently exempt specific PS4 games from the geofilter if they are unsupported by it, if possible, rather than have to constantly switch between filtering and spectating mode on the router config page. This is an interesting request - I believe we've tried something similar to it before. The issue is it's very difficult to detect specific games that are being played - it's far easier for a router to detect when a device is being used to play a game rather than specify exactly which game it is. We'd love to get the whole Geo-Filter to have an automatic process like QoS though, so thanks for the feedback. I'm sure we'll figure it out one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_diamond Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 This is an interesting request - I believe we've tried something similar to it before. The issue is it's very difficult to detect specific games that are being played - it's far easier for a router to detect when a device is being used to play a game rather than specify exactly which game it is. We'd love to get the whole Geo-Filter to have an automatic process like QoS though, so thanks for the feedback. I'm sure we'll figure it out one day! OK thanks, in that case, I'd like a feature that allows me to just let the geo-filter "do its best" and then if it can't find a close server or a low ping server (I believe ping assist is still on the way for the XR500?) then it gradually expands the search area , so that all games are compatible automatically, somehow without having to change geofiltering to spectating mode. I think this feature would be perfect for gamers (who are not AS hardcore as others) who merely strongly prefer closer/lower ping servers, but are totally fine with allowing whatever the game needs to work if it can't find those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted August 15, 2018 Netduma Staff Share Posted August 15, 2018 That's a fantastic idea. I actually love it. I'll chat to the guys and see if we can add this to our roadmap. Thank you so much for your feedback. We hope that once DumaOS is functional on the R1 (and all users have it) we can tailor DumaOS based on user suggestions like these. I reckon that would be perfect for games like MHW, and for new games where the server locations are uncertain. Great thinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_diamond Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 That's a fantastic idea. I actually love it. I'll chat to the guys and see if we can add this to our roadmap. Thank you so much for your feedback. We hope that once DumaOS is functional on the R1 (and all users have it) we can tailor DumaOS based on user suggestions like these. I reckon that would be perfect for games like MHW, and for new games where the server locations are uncertain. Great thinking! Cool, thanks! Yeah I think it would be perfect for less-than hardcore gamers (who don't need really strict control over the geofiltering.) I guess the tricky part to implement it might be to expand the search area fast enough so that games don't give a timeout error, unable to find servers... but, if some type of automatic, compatibility-style geofiltering option can be achieved somehow, I think it would offer many people the best of both worlds: retaining much of the benefits of geofiltering + the added bonus of compatibility with all games without having to reconfigure anything. Looking forward to trying whatever you come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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