Comments on: bomberman javascript multiplayer http://bash.editia.info/javascript-bomberman-javascript-multiplayer-24.php Programming Linux Java Bash Perl performance SQL Wed, 27 May 2009 08:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: gmunteanu http://bash.editia.info/javascript-bomberman-javascript-multiplayer-24.php/comment-page-1#comment-932 gmunteanu Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:24:33 +0000 http://bash.editia.info/bomberman-javascript-multiplayer~bash-shell~24.html#comment-932 alex, thanks for the questions. here are the responses: 1. no, not all the rules, only the important ones. for now it plays the role of transmitting info from player to player, and that's it. it will also keep the history of the games played, so you can re-play an old game [view only mode]. 2. yes, the server disemminates that info by PUSHING this info to the others. when the clients receive that key event, the js code takes control and moves/stops the respective player accordingly. 3. no, i do not. there is a paper here related to carmack's network code. i try to follow that. it is based suited for web-based multiplayer games in my opinion. here is the link http://trac.bookofhook.com/bookofhook/trac.cgi/wiki/Quake3Networking. there is much to do on this issue, i intend to make it as a separate lib so i/others can use it in other game projects too. 4. right now it jumps, but yes , what you say is the way to go. alex, thanks for the questions.
here are the responses:
1. no, not all the rules, only the important ones. for now it plays the role of transmitting info from player to player, and that’s it. it will also keep the history of the games played, so you can re-play an old game [view only mode].
2. yes, the server disemminates that info by PUSHING this info to the others. when the clients receive that key event, the js code takes control and moves/stops the respective player accordingly.
3. no, i do not. there is a paper here related to carmack’s network code. i try to follow that. it is based suited for web-based multiplayer games in my opinion. here is the link http://trac.bookofhook.com/bookofhook/trac.cgi/wiki/Quake3Networking. there is much to do on this issue, i intend to make it as a separate lib so i/others can use it in other game projects too.
4. right now it jumps, but yes , what you say is the way to go.

]]> By: Alex Gladwell http://bash.editia.info/javascript-bomberman-javascript-multiplayer-24.php/comment-page-1#comment-929 Alex Gladwell Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:43:30 +0000 http://bash.editia.info/bomberman-javascript-multiplayer~bash-shell~24.html#comment-929 Very interesting project. Keep updating the progress and good job so far!! Few queries, 1. the server will be handling all the rules? (player 1 died etc) 2. when client sends keydown/keyrelease events (and grid co-ords/valocity) to the server, the server then disemminates these to all the other clients. I presume the clients would then trigger that player to continously walk until it received a key released command. 3. Are you using 'messaged received' notes backs to the server (overhead in traffic but ensures the server that the message was received). 4. oh and finally when a client looses connection will they just jump to their new location or will you blend the transittion in (e.g. make the client move the character at x2 rate until they're fully synced with the server again) Very interesting project. Keep updating the progress and good job so far!!

Few queries,
1. the server will be handling all the rules? (player 1 died etc)
2. when client sends keydown/keyrelease events (and grid co-ords/valocity) to the server, the server then disemminates these to all the other clients. I presume the clients would then trigger that player to continously walk until it received a key released command.
3. Are you using ‘messaged received’ notes backs to the server (overhead in traffic but ensures the server that the message was received).
4. oh and finally when a client looses connection will they just jump to their new location or will you blend the transittion in (e.g. make the client move the character at x2 rate until they’re fully synced with the server again)

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