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    <p>I'm working on a project to learn node.js, and was looking for some suggestions on how to handle syncing user data in real-time.</p> <p>Say you have a 2D rectangular map (roughly 600x400), with a number of players occupying x,y positions on that map. Each user can navigate around with the arrow keys and interact with the others in some basic way. Given that this would be played over HTTP, what would be the best design pattern in terms of handling and syncing user data to give the smoothest, snappiest experience?</p> <p>I can think of several options, but would appreciate some more ideas / clarification:</p> <ol> <li><p>Client sends positional data to server, server distributes all positions to all clients, screen is rendered with the result. Repeat. The downside would be that the client side is lagged by the time it takes for a data round-trip, but the upside is that they are synced with all users.</p></li> <li><p>Client renders where it thinks it is constantly, sends positional data to server, server distributes all positions to all clients, and then screen rendering from client data is corrected with server data. Upside is a snappier response, downside is a slight loss of sync.</p></li> <li><p>A blend of the two, but instead of using (x,y) co-ordinates we use a vector of [previous x/y and time, current x/y and time, suggested x/y at time interval] which can then be used to draw projectile paths that constantly shift. It seems like this would be tricky to implement.</p></li> </ol> <p>Any pointers?</p>
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