Can there be a joint server host

While I haven't tried this, I am reasonably certain that I could accomplish it.

I hesitate to post the solution, as I am uncertain as to how the license agreement would apply.

 

Hail and well met CapeAndMark, Thurgian,

Given the current architecture of d20Pro, the Judge starts up d20Pro and thus hosts the game. Players then specify an IP address to connect to said Judge. Based on this, I believe you could accomplish this by establishing a set domain and on the fly change which actual IP it maps to. Then whoever it's mapped to would be the endpoint for players attempting to connect to that domain.

If this is what you are envisioning, then licensing is not a problem. Whoever happens to be at the endpoint at the time would simple start up in Judge mode using their license.

Is this along the lines of what you are thinking? If not please post more information so we can delve further into the matter.

 

Why not install the judge license on the server, and use something like go to my pc, or hamachi to have someone else log in to the server, and start the judge session like that? The IP would stay the same as well as the port number, just need to set a password.

 

Hail CapeAndMask,

That's a good suggestion from rclarke250 if you are willing to let others remote in to control you computer using GTM, LogMeIn, or the like. Or if you have an OS that lets people log in remotely you could go that route as well. In these situations, the other GMs are really using your computer.

As far as our current licensing works, this is a little bit of a gray area but I say go for it as long as only 1 game at a time is running using your license. We the d20Pro Team are all avid gamers ourselves, so seeing people enjoying d20Pro is what we're after. We feel that over time if we continue to provide a superior product that a profitable business will result, eventually.