Hi, I''m working on a MPOG game like Subspace. At the moment I''m working on the (dead reckoned) weapons. I''ve got to decide who''s going to determine if a ship was hit, or not. There are three options: Client1, Who fired the torpedo Client2, The one that should be/is hit by the weapon Server, Knows all positions of the objects, but with many players might take to long to check all for collisions. The server can send ''hit'' messages but it would delay the game (I think) Client1 is the only one that knows the exact position of the torpedo, but not the exact position oc Client2 Client2 knows the exact position of himself, but not of the torpedo... Can someone please tell me what the best option is? Thanks in advance, Almar Joling http://www3.ewebcity.com/stqw

I think it depends on who your target gamers are. If you were just making a demo that most likely won''t be hacked, then your best choice is to let the client handle the hit check. If you want to be safe, then send out something like this

hit ship at 465 235 678

then the server checks if the point is within the ship. Something like that. Maybe ask a pro. I haven''t done much winsock yet

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Hmm, there are always people that try to hack into games, even if it only has a few players.

Your method could work, if the ''hit'' message reaches the server before that ship has moved.
So that still gives the same problem :o(

Btw, I''m using DirectPlay, although I''m probably going to switch to Winsock.

Hmm, you could be right, but if the weapons aren''t ''fast firing''(assume one projectile per player, per 2 seconds.) the accurancy should be better.

If I''m right you mean like this:
Client1 shoots a torpedo. The message is send to the server which broadcasts it to all other players, including the ''from'' player.
Weapons are just handled by the *clients*, but the weapons are ''dead reckoned''by the ''owner''of the torpedo. If the torpedo gets to far out of ''sync''with the other players, the weapon is updated to all players again.

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