Re: [Arianne-general] client testing

[MIGUEL A. B. L. <x51...@fe...>]

Mensaje citado por: Tom Phillips <to...@ts...>:

> I've been trying out the client, running four clients at once, and 
this is
> what I've seen:
>
> - The character does not move every time I press a key to move. 
(pressing
> arrow keys)

Yes, it is a known problem.
We should change movement to BG style,that is, with mouse.

> - Sometimes there is a rubberband effect where the character goes a 
few
> spaces then teleports back to where it started.

Just, this is also known, in the new engine, sending an update action 
before ask for a perception should correct the problem.

> - There is significant movement lag between clients. When any 
character
> moves, the other clients are very slow to receive updates on the 
server.

Yes, it only update each 5 seconds.
Chat is realtime.

> This problem seems to be with movement updates only; text updates 
(chat)
> seem good enough with delays of a second or less.

UDP would speed things up.

> I have not yet looked at the code and have
> no idea what causes the rubberbanding or missed key presses.

When you recieve a perception, actual possition are taken as wrong and 
update to the perception recieved from server.