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0:00: Introducing Pat Wyatt
0:00: Introducing Pat Wyatt
0:00: Introducing Pat Wyatt
1:58: What was your first networked game?
1:58: What was your first networked game?
1:58: What was your first networked game?
2:08: Porting Battle Chess to Windows 3.0
2:08: Porting Battle Chess to Windows 3.0
2:08: Porting Battle Chess to Windows 3.0
2:19: What was involved in networking development for Warcraft?
2:19: What was involved in networking development for Warcraft?
2:19: What was involved in networking development for Warcraft?
2:44: Networking on Warcraft, sending user input
2:44: Networking on Warcraft, sending user input
2:44: Networking on Warcraft, sending user input
3:40: How did you deal with latency?
3:40: How did you deal with latency?
3:40: How did you deal with latency?
3:56: Queueing up 400ms worth of actions
3:56: Queueing up 400ms worth of actions
3:56: Queueing up 400ms worth of actions
5:03: The Warcraft networking model, buying time
5:03: The Warcraft networking model, buying time
5:03: The Warcraft networking model, buying time
5:29: Waiting for everyone's packets before executing the turn
5:29: Waiting for everyone's packets before executing the turn
5:29: Waiting for everyone's packets before executing the turn
5:44: What happens if we don't hear from everybody?
5:44: What happens if we don't hear from everybody?
5:44: What happens if we don't hear from everybody?
6:14: Greying out the screen after ~5 seconds of inactivity
6:14: Greying out the screen after ~5 seconds of inactivity
6:14: Greying out the screen after ~5 seconds of inactivity
6:38: Clean division of the networking code from the rest
6:38: Clean division of the networking code from the rest
6:38: Clean division of the networking code from the rest
7:00: Warcraft had networking code everywhere
7:00: Warcraft had networking code everywhere
7:00: Warcraft had networking code everywhere
7:12: It would have been separable?
7:12: It would have been separable?
7:12: It would have been separable?
7:21: The close integration occurred organically
7:21: The close integration occurred organically
7:21: The close integration occurred organically
7:30: Same thing for Warcraft II?
7:30: Same thing for Warcraft II?
7:30: Same thing for Warcraft II?
7:36: Warcraft II supported games with more than two players
7:36: Warcraft II supported games with more than two players
7:36: Warcraft II supported games with more than two players
8:18: What networking model did you use on Diablo?
8:18: What networking model did you use on Diablo?
8:18: What networking model did you use on Diablo?
8:35: Networking on Diablo
8:35: Networking on Diablo
8:35: Networking on Diablo
9:41: Explain more about the intermixed data
9:41: Explain more about the intermixed data
9:41: Explain more about the intermixed data
9:54: Separating data structures
9:54: Separating data structures
9:54: Separating data structures
10:28: Warcraft II was already divided up?
10:28: Warcraft II was already divided up?
10:28: Warcraft II was already divided up?
10:42: Synchronous lockstep games can have no coding errors
10:42: Synchronous lockstep games can have no coding errors
10:42: Synchronous lockstep games can have no coding errors
11:37: What was your approach to Diablo's networking?
11:37: What was your approach to Diablo's networking?
11:37: What was your approach to Diablo's networking?
11:47: Asynchronous, loosely-coupled networking model
11:47: Asynchronous, loosely-coupled networking model
11:47: Asynchronous, loosely-coupled networking model
12:45: A consensus problem
12:45: A consensus problem
12:45: A consensus problem
13:13: The master – the first to enter a level – initialises their level and maintains a list of players
13:13: The master – the first to enter a level – initialises their level and maintains a list of players
13:13: The master – the first to enter a level – initialises their level and maintains a list of players
14:52: How do you handle activity from multiple players on the same level?
14:52: How do you handle activity from multiple players on the same level?
14:52: How do you handle activity from multiple players on the same level?
15:09: Broadcasting messages, two-stage attempted pickups, with the master arbitrating race conditions
15:09: Broadcasting messages, two-stage attempted pickups, with the master arbitrating race conditions
15:09: Broadcasting messages, two-stage attempted pickups, with the master arbitrating race conditions
17:49: Did I miss anything?
17:49: Did I miss anything?
17:49: Did I miss anything?
17:54: Don't do a game like this, because people will cheat
17:54: Don't do a game like this, because people will cheat
17:54: Don't do a game like this, because people will cheat
19:21: Onto Guild Wars
19:21: Onto Guild Wars
19:21: Onto Guild Wars
19:56: Guild Wars' 200kb executable
19:56: Guild Wars' 200kb executable
19:56: Guild Wars' 200kb executable
20:12: Did your approach to Guild Wars come from your experience with the griefing on Diablo?
20:12: Did your approach to Guild Wars come from your experience with the griefing on Diablo?
20:12: Did your approach to Guild Wars come from your experience with the griefing on Diablo?
20:29: Also Guild Wars' online economy
20:29: Also Guild Wars' online economy
20:29: Also Guild Wars' online economy
20:32: What was involved in making Guild Wars happen?
20:32: What was involved in making Guild Wars happen?
20:32: What was involved in making Guild Wars happen?
21:08: The architecture of Guild Wars, using a client-server model
21:08: The architecture of Guild Wars, using a client-server model
21:08: The architecture of Guild Wars, using a client-server model
21:56: So you had an on-demand package system?
21:56: So you had an on-demand package system?
21:56: So you had an on-demand package system?
22:27: Guild Wars' package manager, with on-demand delta compression
22:27: Guild Wars' package manager, with on-demand delta compression
22:27: Guild Wars' package manager, with on-demand delta compression
23:23: So the ID and version number are separate?
23:23: So the ID and version number are separate?
23:23: So the ID and version number are separate?
23:37: File version identification
23:37: File version identification
23:37: File version identification
24:12: How do you assign IDs to artist creations?
24:12: How do you assign IDs to artist creations?
24:12: How do you assign IDs to artist creations?
24:46: Checking files into Perforce
24:46: Checking files into Perforce
24:46: Checking files into Perforce
26:57: Did you need multiple file servers?
26:57: Did you need multiple file servers?
26:57: Did you need multiple file servers?
27:22: Guild Wars' file servers all over the world
27:22: Guild Wars' file servers all over the world
27:22: Guild Wars' file servers all over the world
29:48: Distributed database commits
29:48: Distributed database commits
29:48: Distributed database commits
33:05: Fast iteration, and optimising the fsbuild build system
33:05: Fast iteration, and optimising the fsbuild build system
33:05: Fast iteration, and optimising the fsbuild build system
34:57: Caching the delta-compressed files to meet demand
34:57: Caching the delta-compressed files to meet demand
34:57: Caching the delta-compressed files to meet demand
35:36: After the file server, where do we go?
35:36: After the file server, where do we go?
35:36: After the file server, where do we go?
35:59: The lobby server
35:59: The lobby server
35:59: The lobby server
37:08: TCP vs UDP?
37:08: TCP vs UDP?
37:08: TCP vs UDP?
37:33: Guild Wars was fully TCP
37:33: Guild Wars was fully TCP
37:33: Guild Wars was fully TCP
37:58: Are packets routed through the lobby server?
37:58: Are packets routed through the lobby server?
37:58: Are packets routed through the lobby server?
38:21: The site (matchmaking) server, and relationship with the other servers
38:21: The site (matchmaking) server, and relationship with the other servers
38:21: The site (matchmaking) server, and relationship with the other servers
39:44: Why so many servers?
39:44: Why so many servers?
39:44: Why so many servers?
40:02: Isolation of components, separation of concerns, understandability of smaller units and horizontal scalability
40:02: Isolation of components, separation of concerns, understandability of smaller units and horizontal scalability
40:02: Isolation of components, separation of concerns, understandability of smaller units and horizontal scalability
41:55: How did you handle the interaction of servers?
41:55: How did you handle the interaction of servers?
41:55: How did you handle the interaction of servers?
42:36: Server interaction and upgrades
42:36: Server interaction and upgrades
42:36: Server interaction and upgrades
44:00: Did the servers share some standard code?
44:00: Did the servers share some standard code?
44:00: Did the servers share some standard code?
44:49: Modular and hot-reloadable servers
44:49: Modular and hot-reloadable servers
44:49: Modular and hot-reloadable servers
46:40: More on TCP vs UDP?
46:40: More on TCP vs UDP?
46:40: More on TCP vs UDP?
47:34: TCP vs UDP
47:34: TCP vs UDP
47:34: TCP vs UDP
49:24: How much logic was needed to make TCP work?
49:24: How much logic was needed to make TCP work?
49:24: How much logic was needed to make TCP work?
49:57: The socket library, planning for breakage and not having functions return boolean failure
49:57: The socket library, planning for breakage and not having functions return boolean failure
49:57: The socket library, planning for breakage and not having functions return boolean failure
53:35: Why do we not want FPS-style lossy-but-recent networking for Guild Wars?
53:35: Why do we not want FPS-style lossy-but-recent networking for Guild Wars?
53:35: Why do we not want FPS-style lossy-but-recent networking for Guild Wars?
54:04: The spirit of the game was not twitch-focused
54:04: The spirit of the game was not twitch-focused
54:04: The spirit of the game was not twitch-focused
55:05: How did you determine what the player client sees?
55:05: How did you determine what the player client sees?
55:05: How did you determine what the player client sees?
55:42: The server arbitrates decisions, which the client does its best to model
55:42: The server arbitrates decisions, which the client does its best to model
55:42: The server arbitrates decisions, which the client does its best to model
57:28: What's it like to write decision arbitration code?
57:28: What's it like to write decision arbitration code?
57:28: What's it like to write decision arbitration code?
57:52: 1. Model as if each action takes a minute
57:52: 1. Model as if each action takes a minute
57:52: 1. Model as if each action takes a minute
58:16: 2. Inject simulated latency and jitter
58:16: 2. Inject simulated latency and jitter
58:16: 2. Inject simulated latency and jitter
59:53: Could you recommend some networking resources?
59:53: Could you recommend some networking resources?
59:53: Could you recommend some networking resources?
1:00:53: Look for "game network programming", and remember to take griefing and hacking into account
1:00:53: Look for "game network programming", and remember to take griefing and hacking into account
1:00:53: Look for "game network programming", and remember to take griefing and hacking into account
1:03:53: How do you get a job in the games industry?
1:03:53: How do you get a job in the games industry?
1:03:53: How do you get a job in the games industry?
1:04:14: Demonstrable passion
1:04:14: Demonstrable passion
1:04:14: Demonstrable passion
1:06:08: Recommend Cracking the Coding Interview1
1:06:08: Recommend Cracking the Coding Interview1
1:06:08: Recommend Cracking the Coding Interview1
1:07:13: Thank you, Pat
1:07:13: Thank you, Pat
1:07:13: Thank you, Pat
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