How we solved the infamous sliding bug

Oogst · 2014-04-08T21:00:38

I have written a blogpost about the "sliding bug", a bug that has pestered our game Awesomenauts for over 1.5 years. We recently finally fixed it in a patch. I think it is a nice example of the complexities of collision handling in a purely peer-to-peer architecture, so I hope it is okay to make a topic about it here and post a link. An interesting lesson for me was that the solution we used turns out to be really incorrect, but to work really well with actual player behaviour. True correctness is not always needed! How we solved the infamous sliding bug

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by Oogst April 05, 2014 05:42 PM

10 comments, last by eedok 10 years, 7 months ago

SelethD

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April 08, 2014 05:21 PM

Just my 2 cents, but I would think, unless it really affects gameplay, I wouldnt worry about each screen being a little different than the other.

Not sure exactly what type of game you are making, but I have seen many games where the screens do not match up, but was not necessary for accurate gameplay.

eedok

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April 08, 2014 09:00 PM

Just my 2 cents, but I would think, unless it really affects gameplay, I wouldnt worry about each screen being a little different than the other.

Not sure exactly what type of game you are making, but I have seen many games where the screens do not match up, but was not necessary for accurate gameplay.

you should try it out, it's a really good game: http://www.awesomenauts.com/

on the other hand:

Maybe you shouldn't :p