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"Online" games are played over the internet (as opposed to "offline" on a local machine) and usually allow multiple players to interact with one another in some way. Popular examples include first-person shooters and massively-multiplayer RPGs.

"Online" games are played over the internet (as opposed to "offline" on a local machine) and usually allow multiple players to interact with one another in some way. Popular examples include first-person shooters and massively-multiplayer RPGs.

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Fastpaced online game (2D platformer) - Networking Server/Client

I started a new project, a fast-paced online game (some sort of 2D MOBA). I encountered a problem with the part of netcode about client prediction & server reconciliation. Game Mechanics: 2D - Platformer (MOBA) Movement: WASD (jump / left / down /…
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Laser does not shoot after I added a player

I've been trying to make a game where a character shoots a laser, but for some reason when you press Q, which is the firing key, the laser doesn't shoot, which is weird because I have tried this code before and it worked, the only thing I changed is…
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Update database when user is no more online

I am currently working on a Javascript multiplayer game. When users want to play, they enter a waiting room where they wait for players to play with. It is stored in a SQL database this way : I have a table named USER with some data on the players,…
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Constant connection to server online

So, I've been looking into online games and I was wondering how they managed to have such a fast, seemingly constant connection to the server. I've already tried just sending a bunch of XMLHttpRequests, but these tend to be slow. I've also tried…
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What is the cons of using unity built in network manager?

Why do Unity game developers implement server by themselves instead of using unity built-in NetworkManager? It seems like multi online games can easily be developed by using NetworkManager, but why do developers implement server by themselves using…
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How do i test that an inputted username and password is registered

I am creating an online game that required a signup. I am using a google form for the sign up and a google spreadsheet to store the data. I also have a login form, but no way to test that the inputted username and password is registered. Is there a…
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Data type between client and server in websocket games

I'm playing around with websockets using socket.io. I've made a chat room, but I want to make a real time game. The socket.io docs say that any data type can be sent over websockets, so I'm wondering what the most efficient data type would be for…
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Create room with unity networking

hi and firstly sry for my english ... i newly start creating a multiplayer game with unity i download unity master server and facilitator from here and run them in my own server for creating an online multiplayer turn-base game. when someone…
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Online game's alive connections count

In online multiplayer games where the world around you changes frequently (user gets updates from the server about that) - how many alive connections usually are made? For example WebSockets can be used. Is it an effective way to send all data…
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How to change the turn of a player in an online multiplayer game in Unity

I'm new in Unity and I'm trying to create an online multiplayer game. This game is a tanks fight. The tank is prefab and it's called to be created twice. When you press the Space keyCode the tank shoots a bullet. I have all the network connections…
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Are there other ways to route packets once received?

So I'm working on the networking system for a project of mine (A game, if such information is relevant.) I'm using tcpip v6 and I've decided on basically having the packet's format be 2 bytes: Packet ID 2 bytes: Packet Length n bytes: Payload …
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Multiplayer game participant matching for 3 or more users

I am building a small hobby website, primarily in Python and SQL on the back end, and I am not sure how to approach a problem conceptually. What is an efficient way to get three or more players matched in a multiplayer game? I originally planned to…
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Thread local variable

I'm developing a server for a multiplayer game, where I want to give each player his own Lua thread, that I'd like to fill with some unique globals, e.g. the player's name and id. Basically, I want to be able to set thread local variables from the…
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MySQL Performance for Online Games Highscore Lists

I have a question about making "Highscore-Lists". Lets say I have an online game with 1.000.000 active users. Each user has points from 0 to X. Now, I want to show a ranking-list. It would be insane to show all million entries in one page so it is…
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Why this code doesn't work when "cout"s are commented?

I'm writing a server for an online game based on IOCP, and the core codes handling game message is something like below: CMessage ret; int now_roomnum = recv_msg->para1; int now_playernum = recv_msg->para2; /*if(true) { cout<<"Received Game…
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