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Good faith question: why is the server not the source of truth? With local interpolation for things like character movement, reconciled in heartbeat updates?
by troad 1y ago
Good faith question: why is the server not the source of truth? With local interpolation for things like character movement, reconciled in heartbeat updates?
- dijit 1y agoFD: Still on a phone on vacation. :) The reason is the round trip time mainly. Server corrections will feel like “floaty” or “banding” behaviour, we used to do that and people get upset because it “feels” wrong.
- looperhacks 1y agoNot all cheating sends "bad data" to the server. Cheats like wallhacks or aimbots are purely clientside and can't be detected on the server