DOOM 3 Engine Networking Mod

[Nov 29, 2006, 10:10 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

zerOnet offers a small modification for DOOM 3 engine games that can significantly reduce the network usage in DOOM 3 (and the expansion), QUAKE 4, and Prey by an average of 50%. Word is: "The new snapshot sizes range from 10% to 90% of their original size without changing any of the original code's reading/writing data, all the bit sizes are the same and no functions have been swapped with smaller versions (eg 'WriteShort' instead of 'WriteLong')."

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Re: Funny

Nov 29, 2006, 18:41

Animals for Crackers

What is really strange is why don't these game companies dissect Tribes 1 and 2 netcode and figure out how they were able to allow 16/16 and 32/32 games with vehicles in full 3d with minimal to no lag? And this was how many years ago? Some T2 games supported up to 128 people smoothly. To me, that is amazing and I'm dumbfounded as to why it can't be duplicated in today's newer engines...theres some pretty obvious reasons here but there's always workarounds. If that means that you died, even though you shot a guy with an AWP, heard the gun go off & all that, then that's just too fucking bad for you then. The server says your client is a liar & overrides you & you die. I thought that was bad enough until I tried Halo 1 MP for the PC...so much bs going on there in every single game I play because of the networking model/Gearbox's shitty port of it. The game's still fun though...:) This comment was edited on Nov 29, 18:46.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Nov 29, 09:59	Nice	Enahs
	2.	Nov 29, 10:06	So...	zipr
	3.	Nov 29, 12:28	Re: So...	DrEvil
	4.	Nov 29, 13:30	Re: So...	Fantaz
	7.	Nov 29, 14:29	Re: So...	famished
	8.	Nov 29, 14:59	Re: So...	MeatForce
	5.	Nov 29, 14:17	Re: So...	Rolphus
	6.	Nov 29, 14:29	Well	venomhed
	9.	Nov 29, 15:03	Re: Well	Enahs
	14.	Nov 29, 17:23	Interesting Trivia	Zephalephelah
	19.	Nov 29, 18:52	Re: Interesting Trivia	The Raven
	23.	Nov 29, 20:41	Re: Interesting Trivia	zipr
	24.	Nov 29, 20:59	Re: Interesting Trivia	DrEvil
	10.	Nov 29, 15:17	No subject	space captain
	11.	Nov 29, 15:30	Re: No subject	DrEvil
	12.	Nov 29, 15:48	Re: No subject	Enahs
	13.	Nov 29, 15:59	Re: No subject	DrEvil
	15.	Nov 29, 17:25	No subject	Dash
	21.	Nov 29, 19:06	Re: No subject	DrEvil
	22.	Nov 29, 20:31	Re: No subject	PHJF
	16.	Nov 29, 17:46	Funny	venomhed
>>	17.	Nov 29, 18:41	Re: Funny	Animals for Crackers
	18.	Nov 29, 18:45	Re: Funny	Dash
	20.	Nov 29, 19:01	Re: Funny	The Raven
	25.	Nov 29, 21:00	No subject	[VG]Reagle