07-24-2012, 08:41 PM
I have an idea that might be doable if I can muster up the effort. In theory it's disgustingly simple. So simple that nobody's tried it yet.
Decentralized game logic... I might work to port some of the existing IN quests to a server (or multiple) hosted on Azure or AWS. In theory, I could publish a very simple script that other runuo servers can install on their instances that basically turn their servers into proxies. Packets for registered users would be forwarded to my server for processing and injected into their stream on whatever server they play. Servers would obviously have the choice of which quests to "import"
Basically two players standing next to each other on the same server might see different things. One might see a mobile that provides a quest while the other sees nothing. The script I write, which would be disgustingly basic, would forward packets for registered users near that mobile to my server to execute game logic...
In theory, it could be extended to include user submitted quests, tournaments, ladders etc ...I could provide different game modes. I could even run 100% different combat logic while the user is connected to their favorite server. I could pit servers against each other for rankings :O
Even better, I could easily provide low-cost servers in any geographic region so latency isn't an isn't an issue using AWS or Microsoft Azure. And cost would stay low since RunUO instances would spawned and shut down by load.
It doesn't just persist IN features. It unites the entire RunUO community.
//pipe dreams
Decentralized game logic... I might work to port some of the existing IN quests to a server (or multiple) hosted on Azure or AWS. In theory, I could publish a very simple script that other runuo servers can install on their instances that basically turn their servers into proxies. Packets for registered users would be forwarded to my server for processing and injected into their stream on whatever server they play. Servers would obviously have the choice of which quests to "import"
Basically two players standing next to each other on the same server might see different things. One might see a mobile that provides a quest while the other sees nothing. The script I write, which would be disgustingly basic, would forward packets for registered users near that mobile to my server to execute game logic...
In theory, it could be extended to include user submitted quests, tournaments, ladders etc ...I could provide different game modes. I could even run 100% different combat logic while the user is connected to their favorite server. I could pit servers against each other for rankings :O
Even better, I could easily provide low-cost servers in any geographic region so latency isn't an isn't an issue using AWS or Microsoft Azure. And cost would stay low since RunUO instances would spawned and shut down by load.
It doesn't just persist IN features. It unites the entire RunUO community.
//pipe dreams