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Modeling objects coming down from a networked pipe on the client?

I've got an entity base class that contains information about a particular object that both the server and client know about, they're in a shared DLL. It's just a basic outline of entity information ...
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MMOFPS Choosing protocol for high-traffic network (UDP or TCP)? [closed]

my question about the player position sender protocol. In this article, he says "Never use TCP for networking a multiplayer game". Ok but UDP datas are not ordered. In this case, if somebody walking, ...
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DRY 0-bandwidth-overhead-serialization in C#: virtual, delegates or reflection?

I'm (de)serializing some datastructures for a network-multiplayer game, and for each datastructure that's to be (de)serialized, I want to define the order of (de)serialization only once for ...
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synchronizing view state between nodes in a rendering cluster

I'm building a display wall demo application. The environment: N machines, each driving up to six displays Wired gigabit switch OpenTK application to draw the pretty pictures, running 1 copy on ...
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Two characters controlled by one set of controls? [closed]

I am using Unity 3D to make a multiplayer game using the Photon Network package in the asset store. I have initiated two characters controlled by a Mecanim script, and they both have animations. ...
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Sending A Class Packet [closed]

How would I be able to send a class through the internet like this. class Player { public int Health; public Player Copy() { return this; } } And do this. SendPacket(new ...
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Server-side Input

Currently in my game, the client is nothing but a renderer. When input state is changed, the client sends a packet to the server and moves the player as if it were processing the input, but the ...
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Client/Server Object updates seems to run at different speeds

i have been playing around with the NetworkPrediction sample from Microsoft. Trying to adapt it to use gameTime. The client is running without fixed TimeStep and the server is custom C# and updates a ...
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Articles on writing a networked game with a server

I want to try out writing a networked game, as it is an important and complex field. Here is my enviroment: XNA (C#), A player object, drawn as a circle, with movement input. Top down. I want to: ...
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Help retrieving/sending data to/from a server on iOS (C#, Mono, .Net)

I'm sorry in advance if this is a silly question. I'm currently working on getting something running where I can grab information from a server. My goal is to make the data I'm retrieving (or ...
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Syncing properties across a game server

I'm beginning to implement a simple scripting system into my networked server, and I've hit a snag. Before, I've been wrapping my calls into functions on objects that manipulate objects, but lately ...
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Best way to use Raknet from C#?

I am trying to learn Raknet with C# and I found it extremely confusing. The Raknet tutorial seems to work well in C++. I have already made the chat server from the tutorial. I am looking to do ...
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Client Server UDP Jumping

I don't really think this is an issue with the fact that UDP can drop packets (I'm using Lidgren and using ReliableInOrder), but basically, in my game, the client send the input keys (if forward is ...
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XNA: Networking gone totally out of sync

I'm creating a multiplayer interface for a game in 2D some of my friends made, and I'm stuck with a huge latency or sync problem. I started by adapting my game to the msdn xna network tutorial and ...
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XNA 4.0 and Lidgren Library, How do I create a server/client hybrid?

My use of terminology may be off a little bit. I have been playing around with the Lidgren XNA sample for how the library works, and it is simple to implement it looks like. I am curious on the logic ...
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How to parse & “pack” network commands?

I'm currently creating a game which should be multiplayer (client-server-client), but I'm stuck. I have been doing crazy things like building a text chain like string networkMessage = userHash+" ...
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How are deterministic games possible in the face of floating-point non-determinism?

To make a game like an RTS networked, I've seen a number of answers here suggest to make the game completely deterministic; then you only have to transfer the users' actions to each other, and lag ...
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Online multiplayer game basics

I'm currently working on a c# online multiplayer game in real-time. The aim is to have client/server based connection using the UDP protocol. So far I've used UDP for players' movements and TCP for ...
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Network communication via Sockets. Is there a better way?

I'm building a game engine on the OpenTK framework that needs to support multiple players. How I have the basic framework established is that there is a Client and a Server. The Server binds and ...
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Persisting high score table in flash game without a network. (Featuring: HttpListenerException)

this question is very programming-centric, but it's for a game so I figured I might as well post it here. I'm doing polishing work on a GGJ '11 game because it will be shown at an indie arcade ...
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Networking and movement in MMORPG's UNITY

I'm programming a dedicated server in C# using BeamServer2 DLL's. At first I wanted to be able to see other players move on our already made Omuni map. This I did by just sending your position to the ...
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Which network engine/library/system to use in a .NET turn-based game?

I'm developing an abstract strategy turn-based game in C#. Being so, high network load is not expected. The players don't even have to be connected all the time. The host could wait for the current ...