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Application-Server targeted on games Application-Server targeted on games of different types
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What do we mean with the word A generic game server has to be able to run different client-server network
\begin_inset Quotes eld games regardless of the platform the clients are running on.
\end_inset It should be able to run network games of different type, a very rough
separation would be in
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real time games
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and turn based games.
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\begin_inset Quotes erd The server is something like a application server designed to help to run
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? We want to be able to run different games and the games shall be able
to be of different type.
The server is something like a application server designed to help to run
games. games.
A application server is different from a file or print server, which only A application server is different from a file or print server, which only
serves resources to the clients, it serves processing ability and time. serves resources to the clients, it serves processing ability and time.
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Different game types on same server Different types of games
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real time In real time games all players are playing at the same time simultanously
together.
Latency is a big problem here, a typical round trip time for such games
is one of 50 to 150 ms and everything above 200 ms is reported to be intolerabl
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Examples for such games are most of the first person shoters with multiplayer
ability like Counter Strike, Call Of Duty and
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MMOjRPG's
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(Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) like World Of Warcraft,
Starcraft, Ultima Online, etc.
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turn based In turn based games each player has to wait for her turn.
Latency is not a problem because even if a round trip takes a bigger amount
of time, the gameplay does not require fast interactions between the players
and it will not be noticed.
Examples are board and card games like chess, poker or Carcassonne played
online, as well as multiplayer games like
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Hattrick - The online football manager game
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or the
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Wheel of Fortune
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.
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