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Pteranodon
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Posted - 2008.09.03 13:53:00 -
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is the Eve client a thin or fat client?
I'm interested in how much processing is done on the client side.
Manipulation of data must be server side & graphic processing client side. I wondered how much of Eve's performance could be improved by pushing more processing client side or is that an overly simplistic view?
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
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Posted - 2008.09.03 13:57:00 -
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From a security standpoint for a MMO style game, that would be foolish. The reason you want a lot of the work happening at the server side is to prevent client hacks from giving people a possible advantage.
Technically speaking, EVE's basically a "thin" client, in that it's really just a visual sim of the server side.
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Roy Batty68
Caldari
Immortal Dead
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Posted - 2008.09.03 14:10:00 -
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 Originally by: Winterblink
EVE's basically a "thin" client
Aye, but she's got thighs that could crrrack walnuts.
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Dantes Revenge
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Posted - 2008.09.03 14:17:00 -
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Actually, it's a bit of both.
It's a thin client insofar as the server does most of the calculations and the servers result is final no matter if it conflicts with the clients results or not. The client does a lot of calculations as well and verifies the result with the server when it gets the chance which is why we get the desynch issues, exiting warp at a gate and then going back a few thousand km and warping to it again etc is a desynch. The client has calculated that, at the given speed, you should exit warp now but the server had a coughing fit (half second or so of lag) and came up with a different result, or your internet connection lagged for a split second. The server's result is law so your client backs up your ship a few thousand KM and exits warp again.
So you could say that it's a fat client because the client does a lot of calculations as well but a thin client because the servers result is the only one that matters.
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Dantes Revenge
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Posted - 2008.09.03 14:18:00 -
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Originally by: Roy Batty68
Originally by: Winterblink
EVE's basically a "thin" client
Aye, but she's got thighs that could crrrack walnuts.
Lol brings back memories of Steptoe and Son. "Great big walnut crushers"
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Winterblink
Body Count Inc.
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Posted - 2008.09.03 14:59:00 -
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Originally by: Roy Batty68
Originally by: Winterblink
EVE's basically a "thin" client
Aye, but she's got thighs that could crrrack walnuts.
Hah, indeed. Hence why I put quotes on "thin". :)
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