Multiplayer Networking

04 Jan 2024

Simple top down shooter Server authoritative model of networking based on prediction and correction The players inputs are executed on the client and set to the server The server sends back inputs that have been confirmed, and also sends back any that were dropped and had to be predicted When the client receives these, it reruns the player physics using these confirmed inputs as a base The server predicts inputs simply by assuming the previously held buttons will continue to be held