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How do I set up a proxy server so that users can't connect to my login server and game servers directly? [closed]
I have a login server that uses http and several game servers that uses generic streaming tcp on dedicated servers. I want to support tens of thousands of users at any time.
How do I set up a proxy ...
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C# Client to PHP server authentication [migrated]
My XNA game needs to connect to my website with a WebRequest to a PHP page that checks the database for the user and checks to see if the password is correct.
I already have a login script that will ...
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MMORPG server-side java architecture
I am currently making a MMORPG game, which is turn-based. The client is supposed to run on Android. Now, my friend is doing the graphics, and I have been doing the game classes (player, weaponry, ...
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How are UDP packets verified as authentic? [closed]
Hey I'm writing a game and have the backend written using a sometimes-reliable UDP scheme. I want to verify that inbound packets are actually originating from the player specified in the packets.
My ...
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Start timer in two clients the same time
I want to create a client/server turned-based game where each player will have 5 seconds in order to play. If extends this time will be other player's turn to play. In order to do this, I have created ...
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Client-side physics simulation
I am trying to create a very simple client-server based physics game, using box2d library. A simple football game.
Obviously, the server runs only the box2d world.
My question is:
is it correct to ...
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The game-server model to handle user actions
I'm starting to work on a mobile game that will have a server-side part (to handle user's interactions between them) and, of course, the client (game itself) part. It's not meant to be a browser game ...
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How to make sure user is running the newest version of mmo client?
In typical mmorpg game, you have a launcher and a client. You first run the launcher to update the client, then you run the client. In every mmo I tried if you run a client without updating first (if ...
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Lockstep Game Loop
I have an XNA game using a basic lockstep update loop.
The client sends all commands to the server,
and updates only if it has received the next turn's commands from the server.
When does a turn end? ...
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How do I allow a player to build a dedicated server, but prevent them from cheating?
Instead of maintaining a central server, many games allow players to build their own server, like Minecraft.
But if you give them the server-side program, how could you prevent them from cheating? I ...
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What would be best practice of client comunication in a multiplayer game
Assume that we have a multiplayer game and the users are moving their characters (might be a circle) on the game area. At every game loop some changes can be happened. Should clients send their ...
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How do I resolve asynchronous client actions against an authoritative server state?
I have a multiplayer card game which I am in the process of developing.
The game is relatively simple; players have a certain number of cards which they can activate, sell, or use in various other ...
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PHP and Javascript/HTML5 Collaboration [closed]
I've recently been working on a fairly complicated game. I've stored information with local storage, but that allows the player to edit it, and does not transfer from computer to computer. The two ...
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What are the best practices for Flash / Server communication? [closed]
Most social games (web) these days are in Flash with a lot of server intensive processes. What are the best practices to talk to the server end using flash in the context of social games?
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How to define a proper protocol for a turn-based combat system?
I'm working on the server side of a turn-based strategy game. The game has a really complex combat system, like:
When you are hit, you summon a phoenix to attack the enemy that deals X damage, and ...
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php multiplayer game - server&client model
I'm working on a simple round&web-based multiplayer game. The idea of the game is very simple: The players get an array of audio files which they listen to and write the transcripts for in 5 ...
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Should Client->Server/Server->Client packets be separate?
When working on network packet structure for games, what is more efficient (in terms of code structure) for packet reading for client/server?
Currently, Our packet structure is to send the packet ID ...
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2D destructable terrain with collisions in MMO
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What I want is to create destructable terrain (like in Worms) and collisions with this terrain (with calculated normals) that will be fast enough to work on server machine.
Basically lets say ...
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Do I need to create my own or use a commercial server for the features and matchmaking options I want my game to support? [closed]
So I'm developing an indie turn-based game for iOS and, in coding up a Game Center matchmaking class, I'm starting to question whether Game Center is even the best choice for what I want this game to ...
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How to properly do weapon cool-down reload timer in multi-player laggy environment?
I want to handle weapon cool-down timers in a fair and predictable way on both client on server.
Situation:
Multiple clients connected to server, which is doing hit detection / physics
Clients ...
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extrapolating object state based on updates
I have a networked multi-user collaborative application. To maintain a consistent virtual world, I send updates for objects from a master peer to a guest peer. The update state contains
x,y,z ...
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Worker roles in Windows Azure to host a multiplayer server
I've been doing research on where to host a simple multi-player backend for a simple game I'm developing. So as a first choice I downloaded the Windows Azure SDK, which provides a nice and simple ...
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Networking Client Server Packet logic (How they communicate)
I want to know what is the logic behind server client communication through packets for a real time game.
for example the server sends x packets then the client receives x packets and processes them.. ...
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Send less Server Data with “AFK”
I am working on a 2D (Realtime) MultiPlayer Game.
With Construct2 and a Socket.IO JavaScript Server.
Right now the code does not include the Array for each Player.
var io = ...
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A simple example of movement prediction
I've seen lots of examples of theory about the reason for client-side prediction, but I'm having a hard time converting it into code. I was wondering if someone knows of some specific examples that ...
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Protecting the integrity of a game state while minimizing amount of data sent
I'm developing a multiplayer game in PHP/jQuery, and naturally have to be wary of any sort of data coming from the client.
At present, I have tables of data representing the map (2D roguelike), ...
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General directions on developing a server side control system for JS/Canvas Action RPG
Well, yesterday I asked on anti-cheat JS, and confirmed what I kind of already knew that it's just not possible.
Now I wanna measure roughly how hard it is to implement a server side checking that is ...
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World of Warcraft like C++/C# server (highload)
I know it is very big topic and maybe my question is very beaten, but I'm interesting of basics how to write highload server for UDP/TCP client-server communications in MMO-like game on C++/C#? I mean ...
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In a client server first person shooter how does the server keep track of each player's hit boxes?
Do all the clients send a transformation matrix for each of the hit boxes which make up the character?
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Implementing Online Leaderboards for indie windows PC Game
I've just finished my game and I'd like to add some ranking functionality to it. I have a mySQL database running on my website and want to be able to insert and retrieve data from it. My knowledge in ...
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Is there any way to verify the GPS location data received from client?
The answer to this question may be "NO" but it's quite important so I think I might as well ask.
This should be a problem for all client-server location-aware games where player locations in the ...
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Javascript and PHP for real-time multiplayer?
I'm wondering if combining Javascript clientside with PHP/mysql serverside is a good idea for HTML5 real-time multiplayer (small scale) browser games?
My technical knowledge is very limited, and even ...
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Multiplayer (Database, Users,etc) for game
I'm am looking to add multiplayer into my game (2D Platformer in XNA C#) My worlds are quite large (Up to 30 Million tiles max, Average 20 million maybe. 2000x10000). You could say the game is quite ...
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How can multiple clients be out of sync if they use the same RNG seed?
I have been working on a client-server architecture to enable LAN play for my open source game, Aigilas. In its current state, players stay synced in all running instances of the game but enemies and ...
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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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game multiplayer service development
I'm currently working on a multiplayer game. I've looked at a number of multiplayer services(player.io, playphone, gamespy, and others) but nothing really hits the mark. They are missing features, ...
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How do I go from a simple html5 tic tac toe game to an online 2 player game?
I've been working on an online 2 player Tic Tac Toe solution for blackberries. both old and new. And so far I have html5 code that has a 3 x 3 layout that switches between x and o for the game ...
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How do client-server cooperation based games like Diablo 3 work?
Diablo 3 cooperates with Blizzard servers even during single player games. In fact, Blizzard has had problems with the games "melting their servers."
I would like to ask: How do the client and the ...
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How many UDP ports for an MMOFPS
I'm designing an MMOFPS. I'm not sure whether to use one UDP port for all clients or one UDP port per client. Or is there another alternative?
Currently UDP is only being used for position data ...
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Server Client position information exchanging
I am doing small game in xna client/server, there can be 50f per seconds, but i don't belive that each client has to sent 50 mesagges about only their position, and then get back from server, regular ...
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XNA server client model
Hi what is the best model for creating client server application in one solution in xna, client as xna application, server as console and model as reference added to client and server? or maybe one ...
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FPS networking with server sending input instead of gamestate
Why do all fps games have the server send gamestate instead of input which is smaller?
One reason I can sort of see is that if the server sends input to the clients and a packet gets dropped then the ...
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C# multi-player socket server (need clarification/suggestions)
I've been working on an 2D-RPG for a while and I recently decided to make it into an MMO (not really massive, but multi-player). Anyways, I'm attempting to write a game server in C#. Yes, I know I ...
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Loadbalancing Questions
I have been learning networking for about 4 months. Wrote a single standalone Multiplayer server and succeeded with authoritative approach. Now I want to extend it by splitting the single server into ...
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Would it be too much overhead to keep a HashMap of variables on a server per object for the purpose of syncing object changes with the client?
I am currently writing a server for a multiplayer game. I am trying to find a good solution for synchronizing GameObjects across the server. The server sends each client a snapshot of every object in ...
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How much to bake user input in a client-server?
Assume a client-server game where there server manages all state and the clients are simply rendering / input.
How much should I bake user input from the client before sending it off to the server?
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How much server bandwidth does an average RTS game require per month? [closed]
My friend and I are going to write a multiplayer, multiplatform RTS game and are currently analyzing the costs of going with a client-server architecture.
The game will have a small map with mostly ...
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How can a NodeJS server be used from Game Maker HTML5?
I want to create a client-server game that runs on Game Maker HTML5-NodeJS. The NodeJS server will be an AI server - a bot that acts like a human opponent and plays against the human player at a ...
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Turn-based Client-Server Card Game - Unicast (TCP) or Multicast (UDP)
I am currently planning to make a card game project where the clients will communicate with the server in a turn-based and synchronous manner using messages sent over sockets. The problem I have is ...
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Components in a client/server network game?
Behavior and logic are executed on the server. The clients are mostly for rendering, audio, and gathering input.
It looks as though most of the a components architecture benefits are only realized ...
