Played by multiple players, cooperatively or competitively, locally or remotely.
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Is Apple Game Center Multiplayer Online?
I'm trying to build a real-time multiplayer game on Unity. I was thinking of using services such as PUN or UNet, but then I ran into Game Center's multiplayer API.
I've read that Apple doesn't give ...
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1answer
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lag compensation for slow bullets (opposing players perspective)
I have figured out how the server is suppose to "rewind" for bullet collisions so that when you hit a player on your screen, the server will also say you hit them. However, when you press a key to ...
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Is native performance of C++/C etc. relevant for game servers? [closed]
I am wondering if the performance of unmanaged languages like C++, Rust etc. is relevant when developing a game server or is it more about the network. For game clients, it makes sense and is probably ...
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Why Unity spawning extra object on client side but not on host side?
I Instantiated a Gun for player and also Spawned it on Server using NetworkServer.Spawn() it worked fine in Host both player have their gun but when I connected my ...
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1answer
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Help needed with syncing animation speed of a player in a Networked game (Unity)
Follow-up with new code, as per below answer. Unfornutely i still have it wrong and now the character doesn't animate at all (it seems to stay at 0.00 of the clip for ever or constantly resets to 0.00 ...
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1answer
599 views
Multithreading MMO Server. A thread per area OK? [closed]
As a personal project, I'm setting up a MMO, and writing the server in C#/.NET Core.
As of now my architecture is as follows: The world exists of different areas ( you can go from area to area trough ...
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1answer
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How to use SyncVar/Command/Rpc in Unity to set the AnimSpeed for each player in the scene separately
Im making a simple as possible scene in Unity for mulitplayer game. The character has a walking animation of which the speed is to be set exactly the same as the Z velocity relative to the object.
I ...
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Unity networking: argument exception while instantiating GameObject inside [Command] function
I wanted to instantiate an object and I used NetworkServer.Spawn() inside [Command] function it worked fine in host side but whenever I connect my client Untiy ...
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1answer
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Turn Based Game - Best approach for Server communication. TCP/IP or REST API?
I want to create a turn base multiplayer game where each player simultaneously takes his/her actions, and ends the turn. Both will see what the other player did afterwards and the next round begins.
...
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UNetWeaver error in [Command] function's parameter
I'am Calling [Command] function to equip Gun but Unity showing me this error
UNetWeaver error: Command function [GunController:CmdEuipGun] parameter [gunToEquip] is of the type [Gun] which is a ...
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0answers
84 views
C++ Game/Server Design
I am making a multiplayer game in which one of the players hosts the server. I have written a mock-up for the game loop and I have implemented an SFML TCPSocket server that clients can connect too. ...
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1answer
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Realtime Multiplayer - How to handle user updates coming in different times
I have a game loop that sends new positions of every player to other players.
But there is no guarantee that the users will send the server their new positions at the same time. Actually if their ...
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1answer
36 views
Compensate for animation time in multiplayer network game
I'm developing a multiplayer turn-based card game. In certain scenarios, the clients are required to perform an animation before moving on with the game. For example, the server informs the clients to ...
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2answers
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Implementing multiplayer aspect of a simple HTML5 game
I've been thinking about this a lot. I am trying to implement a simple multiplayer game but I have difficulty figuring out how to "share the scene". For example, there are non-player entities like ...
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2answers
34 views
calculating and saving latencies for multiplayer game
i am making a simple multiplayer puzzle game which basically presents a group of connected users some simple questions and whoever answers first wins the game. but i am having some issue in designing ...
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1answer
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processing request in order on game server
I am creating a simple multiplayer puzzle game in which multiple players can join a lobby and compete with each other. the player that submits the answer first gets the highest point, the player that ...
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0answers
31 views
Linear Interpolation Implementation
I'm trying to implement entity interpolation into my game. The structure is as follows:
Send the keypress states from the client to the server
Process the inputs and make calculations based on them
...
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2answers
55 views
Will Geolocations for IPs ever change?
I'm making a game where the geographic location of a user is used to give them a little flag icon next to their user name. To do this, I've been using the ipstack API. However, the API only allows up ...
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Making Virtual Money for online games?
Is it okay and safe to make virtual money when making online games? I've seen, in 8 ball pool game, there are pool coins and pool cash; and in tetris battle games in facebook, there are tetris coins ...
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Google Play Games Services (Unity Plugin) turn-based simplest scene for understanding the working concepts
I want to understand how to make a turn-based multiplayer game in unity using GPGS. I have been able to integrate GPGS plugin into unity. I now know how to Log-in, create achievements, leader-boards ...
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1answer
153 views
How to randomly create a fair maze for a multiplayer game?
I am creating a 2d multiplayer RTS game which happens inside a maze. I have used Growing Tree algorithm to randomly generate the maze. I thought that the maze would be fair for each team as long as ...
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2answers
91 views
shooting bullets without players being able to cheat
I'm working on a multiplayer game and for bullets that players shoot I was wondering what is the right way to do it:
when a player press a key It send the key code to server and:
a. server starts ...
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1answer
33 views
Implementing online connectivity and multiplayer/PVP for a newbie
Background
I'm a noob programmer looking to create a simple turn based mobile game as a side project. I've pretty much got the game logic down and am left with implementing the online multiplayer/PVP ...
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2answers
63 views
Character appearance synchronization in open world multiplayer game
I am working on a multiplayer open world game where you can equip handhelds and armor pieces. In my architecture, there are clients and an authoritative server. Every equipable item is crafted by a ...
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0answers
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Adding External Force to Client Side predicted Movement
So i have client side prediction implemented. The client applies the movements instantly and then applies reconciliation if anything is offset with the server.
Now what I would like to do is add ...
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1answer
65 views
Network limitation in multiplayer game
I have a multiplayer cooperative game (PVE) in where there can be up to 200 enemies at a time (somewhere around that) and I was wondering how devs generally synchronize these? I already have packets ...
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0answers
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Duplicate packets and termination of packets in multiplayer game
I'm making a multiplayer game (lazertag) with real hardware.
After hours of research, I'm choosing the UDP instead of the TCP protocol to exchange data.
Because of how unreliable UDP is and because ...
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2answers
108 views
How ID's work in FPS games
I am wondering how games generate IDs/GUIDs for their entities (along these lines), and which entities specifically get them. To narrow the scope of the question down, I am just focusing on FPS games ...
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0answers
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Physics update in a client/server architecture with different tick rate
In a game where the client would run at 60FPS and the server 20FPS/possibly 10FPS, I wonder if is possible to update the physics without losing resolution.
Consider the circunstance where a character ...
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14answers
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Why do some games persistently have mostly one viable strategy, while others can have many?
The interesting thing in League of Legends is the existence of the "meta", which, for the purpose of this question, can be defined as the One Strategy That Rules Them All. The meta shifts between ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to store ALL game data on the sever side
I want to make a game where everything is supposed to be a surprise. Everything from the maps to the enemies, no guides what so ever.
For a normal player it may not be a big deal but some people may ...
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1answer
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In a game such as Star Wars Galaxies, Planetside, and Warcraft how would server-side collision/terrain navigation work?
I'm trying to learn some advanced topics in multiplayer networking for fun and education, specifically how server-side collision/terrain navigation works in MMOs and/or any online game.
Personally, I ...
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1answer
111 views
Ways to include relativity in multiplayer
Im currently working on a game concept including flying Space Ships in the solar system and maybe beyond.
As the ships are using similar engines than in "The Expance" Epstein Drive. relativistic ...
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1answer
153 views
How to store and retrieve user data in a multiplayer game
I am building a multiplayer game with a team and each player will have a multiplayer rank, a matchmaking rating (MMR), a username, and possibly a picture, a description etc.
We are planning on ...
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0answers
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Spawn network objects in generated map
In my game, the server generates a procedural map, after send generation seed to generate it on the client. The client generates exactly the same map. In the map, I need to synchronize objects with ...
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0answers
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Physics for multiplayer shooter
I’m making online shooter and planning to make all physics on server, should I duplicate those physics computations on a client too to be client more responsive. Could I just have no computations on ...
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1answer
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How Client send info to Host in Unity Multiplayer
I want to send player name and other details from client to host device. I have setup game for maximum two players connection.
Here is the code that I have tried multiple times with different changes:...
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2answers
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Multiplayer game, design of server <-> client communication
I'm thinking about programming a multiplayer game.
For communication, I will use a Server <-> Client design like the following:
Client <-> Server <-> Client
The Game will be a kind of ...
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0answers
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Networked multiplayer confusion , please help - Unity game HLAPI - was working now not
Hi guys I am quite new to writing any networking code for my games and I've been posting questions related to this topic already, however now my code has changed. I've followed through the Unity ...
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1answer
101 views
Randomly generated maps in Multiplayer
I am currently trying to get randomly generated maps work in multiplayer but I have so many difficulties trying to figure out how. How do other games implement this(Minecraft, Terraria, Don't starve)? ...
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3answers
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How can I keep a consistent number of players per match in a continuous multiplayer game?
Fortnite Battle Royale is an example of a non-continuous multiplayer game. 100 players join a game which has fixed start and end times. When there's only one player remaining, the game ends.
Agar.io ...
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0answers
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Creating Customization System in Unity
I'm making a game with customization system for both characters and weapons and I don't know exactly what's the best way of doing the customizations themselves.
I'm thinking of creating separate ...
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0answers
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Should a matchmaker be in tcp or udp? [closed]
I wrote a game server in udp, now I don't know if the matchmaker be in tcp or udp.
Because I know udp is connectionless and I think the matchmaker should be in tcp because they will connect to each ...
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0answers
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When to use a lockstep protocol?
What types of games benefit most from lockstep? What games are not suitable for a lockstep protocol? What are the disadvantages of lockstep?
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1answer
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LibGdx Bluetooth Game with Android
I've created a simple 2d platformer with libGdx and box2d and i wanted to add some kind of a multiplayer to it.I found an implementation over the internet that uses bluetooth with libGdx and i've ...
2
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1answer
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What is the average cost of hiring a programmer mid development to implement online features?
I guess my real question is more specific than that.
I'm working on a game by myself and it has 2 player local multiplayer implemented already (it's a pretty simple 2D arcade-platformer type game). I'...
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1answer
87 views
Can Cloud Functions be used for a multiplayer game server?
I'm building a turn-based online multiplayer game with Unity for both desktop and mobile.
Traditionally, I would build a Java socket server, host it in Google Compute Engine or similar, and have ...
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0answers
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Handling different screen sizes in multiplayer games
sorry if this has been asked already. I did some checking around and couldn't find any helpful advice.
I'm developing my first multiplayer game, and it'll be fullscreen when run. My issue is, how do ...
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0answers
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Anyone know anything about users being able to modify levels?
Ok so I have been developing some ideas to get to work on and I have one specifically that I need some assistance with. The App will be called “A Walk On the Beach.” It’s somewhat of a 3D ...
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1answer
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What type of network design should be used for my game?
Okay, so I am trying to design a multiplayer only game. Here is the gist of my multiplayer gameplay structure,
When a player starts up the game and clicks Play, he will be send to a map with 7 other ...
