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Networked Physics

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:13 am
by polylux
A while ago I came to the point to decide how to calculate the physics in my project. Since it's laid out as a multiplayer game I've had quite some thinking going on about how to implement the physics. Should the client compute the physics, the server, a mixture of both? Either way there were a lot pros and cons.
Just now I stumbled upon this article by Glenn Fiedler, introducing a hybrid approach allowing the clients to compute their own physics (makes it all smoother) as long as the position difference of the client- to the server object lies within defined boundaries.
Long story short, >>here<< is the article.
Hope it helps some fellow programmers! :)

Cheers,
p.

Re: Networked Physics

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:48 am
by ent1ty
I think this is a (relatively)very old and widely used approach, isn't it?

Re: Networked Physics

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:14 am
by polylux
Well I guess so. It's just an article that describes it well, that's why I wanted to share it.