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Plug-replaceable consistency maintenance for multiplayer games

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Robert D. S. Fletcher,

T. C. Nicholas Graham,

Christopher WolfeAuthors Info & Claims

NetGames '06: Proceedings of 5th ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Network and system support for games

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1230040.1230044

Published: 30 October 2006 Publication History

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Consistency maintenance of replicated data in multiplayer games is a challenging issue due to the performance constraints of real-time interactive applications. We present an approach which separates game logic from consistency maintenance code through the use of reusable, plug-replaceable concurrency control and consistency maintenance (CCCM) modules. Using plug-replaceable consistency maintenance strategies also permits rapid comparisons of multiple approaches, which facilitates experimentation. We conduct a case study to illustrate how multiple consistency maintenance strategies can be applied without changing the original game code.

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Wolfe CGraham TPhillips WRoy BGraham TCalvary GGray P(2009)FiiaProceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems10.1145/1570433.1570484(275-284)Online publication date: 15-Jul-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1570433.1570484
Kienzle JVerbrugge CKemme BDenault AHawker MWhitehead JYoung R(2009)MammothProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games10.1145/1536513.1536566(308-315)Online publication date: 26-Apr-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1536513.1536566
Khan AChabridon SBeugnard AArmitage G(2007)Synchronization mediumProceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Network and system support for games10.1145/1326257.1326275(99-104)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2007
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Plug-replaceable consistency maintenance for multiplayer games
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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DOI:10.1145/1230040

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Wolfe CGraham TPhillips WRoy BGraham TCalvary GGray P(2009)FiiaProceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems10.1145/1570433.1570484(275-284)Online publication date: 15-Jul-2009
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