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A peer-to-peer simulation technique for instanced massively multiplayer games
Torremolinos (M?laga), Spain October 02-October 04
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Fabio Reis Cecin, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Claudio Fernando Resin Geyer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Solon Rabello, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
Jorge Luis Victoria Barbosa, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
We propose a peer-to-peer event ordering and simulation technique aimed at networked real-time action games. Partially based on replicated simulators, its goal is to support decentralized playout in small-scale game sessions on instanced action spaces while being resistant to collusion cheating. The action spaces are linked to persistent-state social spaces of larger scale which are supported by centralized simulation. Together, these two kinds of spaces offer support for massively multiplayer on-line games (MMOGs) that offer a mix of socialization on large-scale persistent environments and fast interaction on small-scale temporary ones. Although player nodes on action spaces are required to run a conservative and an optimistic simulator simultaneously, we show that 2.2 simultaneous simulation steps are executed on average and that 11.95 simultaneous steps occur as the average peak situation for 20-player sessions with 150ms to 300ms network delays between nodes, 5% probability of any late events introducing errors, and rollback and re-execution operations having their execution spreaded through 100ms of real time or longer.
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Fabio Reis Cecin, Claudio Fernando Resin Geyer, Solon Rabello, Jorge Luis Victoria Barbosa, "A peer-to-peer simulation technique for instanced massively multiplayer games," ds-rt, pp.43-50, Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications (DS-RT'06), 2006
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