How dumb is the client really?
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lfd,Mar 18 2006, 04:12 PM Wrote:If their server code depends that strongly on the client being able to control a character's position, then they're a bunch of incompetent idiots.  And I'm sure they're not.  There is no excuse for implicitly trusting the client's opinion of where you are, especially when it seems to have such little regard for z-axis movement.
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Signs point to them being a bunch of idiots.

My only guess is that they had to make compromises for scale/performance reasons.

Considering they have a long history with this type of stuff (Diablo realms), I assumed that they would have figured these types of things out. Maybe turnover has been harsh.
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How dumb is the client really? - by Jarulf - 03-15-2006, 01:15 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Zarathustra - 03-15-2006, 05:55 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Skandranon - 03-15-2006, 07:49 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by TheLuminaire - 03-15-2006, 08:53 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Ruvanal - 03-15-2006, 08:59 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Ruvanal - 03-15-2006, 09:16 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Kevin - 03-15-2006, 09:37 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Jarulf - 03-16-2006, 07:58 AM
How dumb is the client really? - by jhartelt - 03-18-2006, 01:51 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by lfd - 03-18-2006, 04:12 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by lfd - 03-19-2006, 12:10 AM
How dumb is the client really? - by fractaled - 03-19-2006, 12:15 AM
How dumb is the client really? - by jhartelt - 03-19-2006, 03:45 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Jarulf - 03-20-2006, 08:42 AM
How dumb is the client really? - by Zarathustra - 03-20-2006, 04:10 PM
How dumb is the client really? - by Mavfin - 03-22-2006, 10:55 PM
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