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Old 05-15-2017, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I think the real question, from a programmer's perspective, is why does the client have a tick? The server corrects it, it'll always correct it, the client shouldn't ever try to simulate the server.
Not sure exactly, but you have to remember that back in the day you couldn't rely on the server being there 100% of the time: connections sucked. Most likely the client has a tick so the player doesn't notice when the server is unreachable for a few seconds, and Verant just did a better job of keeping the two in sync so we never noticed that that was happening.
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