Half-Life and Team Fortress Networking
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#3PSA: Add print=1 to old gamasutra articles to get a single page.
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131577/halflife_and_t...
Also, the reason many don't use TCP is that while it guarantees ordering and packet arrival people completely forget that it's doing that by adding an indeterminate amount of latency. It's not some "packets arrive perfectly / user different pipes, because [magic]" solution.
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#4It's close to quake 3 protocol as well.
It's not uncommon to see fake server listings with fake players and server information, some of them even allow you to connect to.
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#5I have had a suspicion for a while that "Flat Earthers" are trolling everyone into giving them a free ride into space in order to prove them wrong.
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#6PSA: Add print=1 to old gamasutra articles to get a single page. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131577/halflife_and_t... Also, the reason many don't use TCP is that while it guarantees ordering and packet arrival people completely forget that it's doing that by adding an indeterminate amount of latency. It's not some "packets arrive perfectly / user different pipes, because [magic]" solution.
do you mean 'uses'?
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#7I have had a suspicion for a while that "Flat Earthers" are trolling everyone into giving them a free ride into space in order to prove them wrong.
Wrong thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15777831
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#8PSA: Add print=1 to old gamasutra articles to get a single page. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131577/halflife_and_t... Also, the reason many don't use TCP is that while it guarantees ordering and packet arrival people completely forget that it's doing that by adding an indeterminate amount of latency. It's not some "packets arrive perfectly / user different pipes, because [magic]" solution.
do you mean 'uses'?
This comment has been downvoted, but I don‘t understand why. The phrase “user different pipes, because [magic]" is unclear to me as well.
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#9> "The days of needing to do such things as manually type in IP addresses to connect to remote servers are coming rapidly to a close. Therefore, it is important for you to provide a seamless user experience for your gamers as they go on-line."
>> I miss the days of playing CS-1.5 and having to use gametiger.com to find servers to play in. Lots of pool_day and de_dats.
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#10> "The days of needing to do such things as manually type in IP addresses to connect to remote servers are coming rapidly to a close. Therefore, it is important for you to provide a seamless user experience for your gamers as they go on-line." >> I miss the days of playing CS-1.5 and having to use gametiger.com to find servers to play in. Lots of pool_day and de_dats.
Yup. I hate how online matchmaking these days has made away with the community feel that picking your own server provided.