Is it just me or is networking really hard?
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Is it just me or is networking really hard?
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Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#2Reading this one could think you would be a fool to use TCP, yet some games (such as World of Warcraft) use TCP exclusively with no problems... What gives?
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#3Reading this one could think you would be a fool to use TCP, yet some games (such as World of Warcraft) use TCP exclusively with no problems... What gives?
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#4Reading this one could think you would be a fool to use TCP, yet some games (such as World of Warcraft) use TCP exclusively with no problems... What gives?
World of Warcraft can work with big latencies. He is talking about time critical games
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#5I've written a series of articles about this topic: http://gabrielgambetta.com/fast_paced_multiplayer.html It's usually well received, perhaps because it builds the ideas from the ground up and does not include the words "What the fuck is wrong with you?".
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#6> We have the Tribes Networking Model, The Unreal Networking Model, Valve Latency Compensation article.
Which are all derivatives of the Quake model.
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#7> We have the Tribes Networking Model, The Unreal Networking Model, Valve Latency Compensation article. Which are all derivatives of the Quake model.
Can you point out where the Quake model is described in sufficient detail that one can reimplement it for one's own game? Or is it open source?
Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#8> We have the Tribes Networking Model, The Unreal Networking Model, Valve Latency Compensation article. Which are all derivatives of the Quake model.
Can you point out where the Quake model is described in sufficient detail that one can reimplement it for one's own game? Or is it open source?
All the Quake engines are open source and there are good articles. It's pretty fascinating stuff to learn about.
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Re: Is it just me or is networking really hard?
#10Reading this one could think you would be a fool to use TCP, yet some games (such as World of Warcraft) use TCP exclusively with no problems... What gives?
A lot of games use TCP and it's perfectly fine. But if you are racing the network, fighting over every millisecond of latency, you should just use UDP.