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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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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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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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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 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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Game server architecture best practice [closed]
This is my MMO game server diagramm.
MainServer:
redirect player to GameServer
Check for updates
etc.
WebServer - for website
PatchServer - control the update downloads
GameServer - ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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
Task
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 ...
