What is dead reckoning and how do you deal with it?

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I've come across this problem before and it would be good to know the different ways of solving this problem.

dead reckoning is the solution, not the problem, the problem is latency — hiena, Jul 22 '10 at 14:04

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Synchronizing clients with a server and with each other has some tips and links.

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '10 at 04:54

There are a lot of ways to solve dead reckoning.

One way is to have the server store the latency of each player as well as past game states (up to the maximum time before disconnecting an inactive player). If a packet is received, the server will check the game state in the past when the player is sent the packet and check for events.

What is dead reckoning and how do you deal with it?

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