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bilinmeyene
bilinmeyene
Hi everyone

2 years, I am trying to write games. I solved many parts. But I could not solve multiplayer and server clients synchronization subject.

it's 2d game football game and I am writing in visual basic 6. I have 2 clients and 1 server.
I have read all the posts but could not find anything I could use.

I'm looking for an example In C #, or Visual Basic 6 or Visual basic.net.

Thank you.
rip-off
rip-off
An example of... what? What part, specifically, is causing you trouble?

Can you describe your game? Is it a more passive "manager" style game, or a more "active" simulation where the player directly controls the footballers? Different game styles allow for different approaches to this.
bilinmeyene
bilinmeyene
My game is looking sensible soccer game.
Sensible_soccer_MD.png


2 user can play game own keyboard. I want to change to multiplayer.

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rip-off
rip-off
It is hard to believe you've found "all the posts" and "all the theoretical knowledge", because you would have then solved your problem. You are unlikely to find examples that solve your particular problem (which is hard for us to pin down, even if such examples existed).

Your problem seems to be related to not doing client side extrapolation for input and interpolation of incoming server data. It is also possible the the frequency and content of the servers messages might be tuned better, but you have given us no information about what you have tried. We don't know if you're using TCP, UDP, or some higher level library for communication.

Have you researched the answers to questions #12 and #16 in the forum FAQ?

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