Online Shooting Game

[Guitaristinmakin]

I made this game online shooting game called Paintball Madness but i'm having problems with lag. It lags a lot and a friend of mine told me to makes a custom server for not lag but i have no clue how to make one. Could someone make one for me for this game?

Click here to download the game
http://www.mediafire.com/?axlt0jzv1hc

[Guitaristinmakin]

I have not updated the instructions so don't worry about them or the Character customization.

[Guitaristinmakin]

Tell me what you think of it and any ideas you have for it

[Corentin]

The point of making a custom server is to have it optimized for your game (and making things secure, but i guess it's not your point). One cannot make the server-side without knowing the client's inner functions. If you gave the mfa file it would be possible, but I suggest you try to optimize things client-size before.

You could also try to use another server, maybe the one you use is just too slow.

[Guitaristinmakin]

Heres the mfa. Just dont mess with it please.
http://www.mediafire.com/?e2nwynxtcsi

[ClickerGuy]

It looks pretty cool so far! I would try to make the game have 1 bot and then 1-4 additional players. The server might handle the bot, or you could run a bot client on the server (or any other machine)
if you try to make a game with 20+ players, you will probably have lag.
I'd rather play against 3 pleopl and have the game be FAST, then to have a great Dead reckoning system, but then everyone goes slow (unless it's a tank game...)

[Guitaristinmakin]

Thanks and I probably limit the number of players that can play at a time but when i was playing with only one other person it was lagging. The weird part is that th people lag but the bullets dont lag...or maybe its the other way around. Any ideas on how to fix this?

[ClickerGuy]

You are sending data too often. Set up a counter and make it add +1 every time you send...and a second one to show incoming data...


I also like using a bar, and add 1 to it every time you send, a second for when you get info sent to ya... then clear it ever second or so..

[Guitaristinmakin]

could you do that for me and then send me the file?

[Game_Master]

hardware acceleration should help...