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Tutorial On Real-Time Netcode

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by Galileo430 October 01, 2001 10:36 AM

1 comment, last by Galileo430 22 years, 9 months ago

Galileo430

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October 01, 2001 10:36 AM

While writeing my game loop. It came to my attention that I really didn''t know how to send messages to discribe the player. I mean should I delay all input till certain times and then transmit the data? Or should I just take snapshots of what the player is doing every X Milliseconds. So I was wondering. Any tutorials on Real-Time Netcode on the net? Useing Winsock prefably?

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SPAR

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October 03, 2001 07:42 PM

I suggest learning about Winsock first. In terms of when your game sends info over the net, I would basicly check every frame for changes in the game state data and then send those updates (like location, health, whatever) to the client/server if needed.

Shannon Barber

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October 03, 2001 10:36 PM

Realtime netcode is almost an oxymoron, it certainly is with regard to TCP/IP.

You should take a snapshot every 100ms or so, and send it off.

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