Comments on: Networking for Game Programmers http://gafferongames.com Glenn Fiedler's Game Development Articles and Tutorials Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-787 Mark Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:44:38 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-787 Well, you could do it in a "Gems" sort of book. Make it a collection of useful articles that would make good reference material. Well, you could do it in a “Gems” sort of book. Make it a collection of useful articles that would make good reference material.

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-786 Glenn Fiedler Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:58:03 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-786 Thank you very much. I think my strategy would be to just keep writing articles on this site. Eventually, I'll have critical mass to assemble these into a book. I'd rather not sit down and decide "today I'm writing a book!". But it'll probably happen eventually. cheers Thank you very much. I think my strategy would be to just keep writing articles on this site. Eventually, I’ll have critical mass to assemble these into a book. I’d rather not sit down and decide “today I’m writing a book!”. But it’ll probably happen eventually. cheers

]]> By: R Kline http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-785 R Kline Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:54:06 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-785 Count me in among the "you should write a book" crowd. I'd race to buy it. The sort of information you lay out in your articles is really hard to find all-in-one-place. I learned more about the networking aspects of game programming from reading your article series than I have from months of on and off google searching. You have a real talent for presenting the info at a good pace, not too dumbed-down, but also not too overly detailed. PLEASE publish a book someday. You'd be doing the world a big favor. Also, this sort of info is good for sitting down on the couch and reading through, rather than loading into the web browser (though that's alright too). Dead trees still have their uses. Keep up the fantastic work. Count me in among the “you should write a book” crowd. I’d race to buy it. The sort of information you lay out in your articles is really hard to find all-in-one-place. I learned more about the networking aspects of game programming from reading your article series than I have from months of on and off google searching. You have a real talent for presenting the info at a good pace, not too dumbed-down, but also not too overly detailed. PLEASE publish a book someday. You’d be doing the world a big favor. Also, this sort of info is good for sitting down on the couch and reading through, rather than loading into the web browser (though that’s alright too). Dead trees still have their uses.

Keep up the fantastic work.

]]> By: Vincent http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-784 Vincent Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:06:08 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-784 I'm in need of a distributed physics engine for MMO. A solution to distribute a bunch of cubes like in your demo, but server side. This is for MMO, therefore users have to be able to connect to the system, see and act is the virtual world... Do you think it's even possible ? I’m in need of a distributed physics engine for MMO. A solution to distribute a bunch of cubes like in your demo, but server side.

This is for MMO, therefore users have to be able to connect to the system, see and act is the virtual world…

Do you think it’s even possible ?

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-783 Glenn Fiedler Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:00:35 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-783 Take a look at the "Sync Host" paper from Insomniac R&D to show how to use an authority scheme with dedicated server - cheers Take a look at the “Sync Host” paper from Insomniac R&D to show how to use an authority scheme with dedicated server – cheers

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-782 Glenn Fiedler Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:59:55 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-782 It would need to be adapted to work with a client/server architecture but sure. You could just run the physics purely on the clients then have the server validate the physics and check it is within some tolerance. The bottleneck would of course be CPU cost on the server. Just FYI this is the hard thing I don't believe there is any way around it =) It would need to be adapted to work with a client/server architecture but sure. You could just run the physics purely on the clients then have the server validate the physics and check it is within some tolerance. The bottleneck would of course be CPU cost on the server. Just FYI this is the hard thing I don’t believe there is any way around it =)

]]> By: Vincent http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-781 Vincent Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:23:53 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-781 Awesome presentation and demo !!! Will it works in a MMO Game ? a MMOFPS game ? Vincent Awesome presentation and demo !!!
Will it works in a MMO Game ? a MMOFPS game ?

Vincent

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-780 Glenn Fiedler Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:27:51 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-780 How about something like this? http://gafferongames.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-networked-physics-slides-demo/ How about something like this?

http://gafferongames.com/2010/03/11/gdc-2010-networked-physics-slides-demo/

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-779 Glenn Fiedler Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:11:43 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-779 Thanks very much! Yes, eventually I'm sure I'll write a book about networking. Hopefully it'll be "THE" book about networking. We'll see! Thanks very much! Yes, eventually I’m sure I’ll write a book about networking. Hopefully it’ll be “THE” book about networking. We’ll see!

]]> By: Vincent http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/#comment-778 Vincent Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:11:00 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?page_id=73#comment-778 Hi Glenn, Thanks so much for your articles :p I've read this one (http://gafferongames.com/game-physics/networked-physics/) and I wonder if you can tell us more about server side distributed physics, do you think it could be interesting for MMO Game ? How to distribute (on more than one servers) and compute the physics of a huge stacks of boxes for MMO game user ? Specialy MMOFPS game user, in fact :) Vincent Hi Glenn,

Thanks so much for your articles :p
I’ve read this one (http://gafferongames.com/game-physics/networked-physics/) and I wonder if you can tell us more about server side distributed physics, do you think it could be interesting for MMO Game ?
How to distribute (on more than one servers) and compute the physics of a huge stacks of boxes for MMO game user ? Specialy MMOFPS game user, in fact :)

Vincent

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