From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Networking code?
Date: 11 Nov 1997 17:32:05 GMT
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If by "C&C" game you mean something like Quake ;-)... then UDP packets
with the absolute minimum needed to update the state of the game. And make
the game try to extrapolate around missed packets. I.e., for a Quake-type
situation, each player's x, y, z vector, their motion, those of any
objects, projectiles, moving platforms/walls, enemies etc., and changes in
status (someone died, a nail hit a wall and died, a monster died, there is
now a splat of gibs on the floor at (x,y,z), Twisted joined the game, etc.)
If firewall play is an issue use TCP packets that are small but robust
against being garbled and needing to be resent.
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Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh