Galactic Wars: Slowmotion

Yeah, fan servers and offline play will improve performance by at least 20 time on all accounts.

here are the three dev inputs:
1.)https://forums.uberent.com/threads/gameplay-downgraded.63351/page-4#post-987212
2.)https://forums.uberent.com/threads/gameplay-downgraded.63351/page-9#post-987641
3.)https://forums.uberent.com/threads/gameplay-downgraded.63351/page-9#post-987652

Yeah I can't see any issue in those posts. They state stuff that is "obvious". I am pretty sure the whole thread was about multiple people failing to communicate obvious and well understood facts, even though everyone actually knows what is going on.

This is still a thing?


Clients strictly interpolate between known keyframes. There is zero extrapolation. The interpolation factor is typically 1.0. When using ChronoCam you can modify this factor. Set it to 2.0 and playback is at double speed. Set it to 0.5 and playback is at half speed. It can even be set to a negative value and it plays in reverse. I've written all about this and more. http://forrestthewoods.com/the-tech-of-planetary-annihilation-chronocam/

The server wants to run a complete sim tick every 100ms. Forever and always. Sometimes it fails to finish in time. The server calculates a rolling average over the past 20 ticks (so 2 seconds). If that average time is under 100ms then great, nothing happens and the forums are at peace. If that average time is over 100ms then the server tells the client how long it's actually taking so the client can adjust it's playback rate to keep things smooth. This is a continuous process and when the sim tick gets back under 100ms the client will be back at a 1.0 playback rate.

That's pretty much it. It's about 40 lines of code that took a day to implement. Maybe a day and a half if you want to include extra playtest sessions.

alright, thanks @forrestthewoods. so yeah time-dilatation is not responsible for the lag. sorry for thinking it was done on server.

more servers, not shared servers but per-match servers and unit cap please?

Laughed harder than I should at this part:

Pretty sure that was mentioned like a bigillion times in that thread.

I wouldn't worry your self about it.

I mean, half the stuff I come out with it liable to get me lynched!