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		ElFitz on Feb 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ambient: The Multiplayer Game Engine > it seems like nothing has really replicated Planetside 2's black magic netcode Or tried to. From what I’ve read online they massively rely on client-side computation, even for hit detection. It seems more like trading security for performance than any sort of technical miracle black magic. Unless I’ve missed something?

e12e on Feb 23, 2023 [–]

I know Planetside 1 was pretty heavy on client side - not sure about PS2 (but my impression was that it would be less client side logic - to avoid some of the cheating.

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