Should Insomniac share their secret for lag-free online play?

I'm playing a round of deathmatch right now in R2 and I just reflected upon why I love the online portion of this game so much - its fun, action-packed, and lag-free! And I thought to myself, I wish all game developers knew how to do this. Playing lag-free 24/7 would be great.

Should Insomniac share their secret? Part of what makes their games great is that the online play is lag-free. Should they take away that spotlight to improve online gaming as a whole?

Is it really the developer's fault if there is lag, or the player's connection?Scianix-Black

[QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]Is it really the developer's fault if there is lag, or the player's connection?Sitic

So it's more like experience, rather than "this is what you're doing, and this is what you should be doing."

And for the record, MGO was horrible..:x

[QUOTE="Sitic"][QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]Is it really the developer's fault if there is lag, or the player's connection?Scianix-Black

So it's more like experience, rather than "this is what you're doing, and this is what you should be doing."

And for the record, MGO was horrible..:x

One fateful day, an Insomniac employee during the development of their first online game (R&C: Up Your Arsenal) was shuffling through a lot of books in their secret underground library from the future. By mistake, he happened to come across ancient sorcery in the form of a magical spell book - passed down many generations in Ted Price family bloodline. Inside, they found spells that could produce uncanny results; 654865-player matches, 32153-player co-op, AI programming to out-smart Steven Hawking, and even games that could make the player go back in time. To remain subtle and generally less suspicious, Insomniac only used very basic spells. They started off with some modest ones such as 40-player competitive online for their first Resistance, then bumped it up to 60 - numbers mere mortals found to be quite impressive. Little did they know, Insomniac had much bigger plans...hazelnutman

if there's such a thing, why not?! especially with exclusives...

Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.navstar29

Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.navstar29

I KNEW IT.

I was going to say that, but I decided to say the other thing instead in my original post.

[QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.hazelnutman

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[QUOTE="Sitic"]It can be both. I think developers can do more to avoid huge problems with a player who has a bad connection. Games like R2 do a better job than a game like MGO let's say. I'd say it would be a benefit to share, but chances are it's not something you can really just show to someone, probably has a lot to do with the coding and how cleanly they do it, or something to that extent.Tony2519

So it's more like experience, rather than "this is what you're doing, and this is what you should be doing."

And for the record, MGO was horrible..:x

[QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.hazelnutman

[QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.hazelnutman

it is all for the greater good

/in monotone

...The greater good...

Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.navstar29

whats a good speed to play online coz mine is slow and i can play R2 good

[QUOTE="hazelnutman"][QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.americahellyeah

If I'm not mistaken, Insomniac already offers all there dev secrets to other devs.emitsu97

Personally, I dig Warhawk's server clusters:

It's another game that has practically no lag, despite lots of things happening on the screen.

But yeah, it's all about having dedicated servers and good player connections.

[QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.squidgy101

whats a good speed to play online coz mine is slow and i can play R2 good

I'm glad they shared it to GG for Killzone 2. By the way, the secret is called, "Dedicated Servers."

One fateful day, an Insomniac employee during the development of their first online game (R&C: Up Your Arsenal) was shuffling through a lot of books in their secret underground library from the future. By mistake, he happened to come across ancient sorcery in the form of a magical spell book - passed down many generations in Ted Price family bloodline. Inside, they found spells that could produce uncanny results; 654865-player matches, 32153-player co-op, AI programming to out-smart Steven Hawking, and even games that could make the player go back in time. To remain subtle and generally less suspicious, Insomniac only used very basic spells. They started off with some modest ones such as 40-player competitive online for their first Resistance, then bumped it up to 60 - numbers mere mortals found to be quite impressive. Little did they know, Insomniac had much bigger plans...hazelnutman

LOL

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[QUOTE="navstar29"]Its called dedicated servers ... and player connections ... its no real secret.navstar29

whats a good speed to play online coz mine is slow and i can play R2 good

[QUOTE="hazelnutman"]One fateful day, an Insomniac employee during the development of their first online game (R&C: Up Your Arsenal) was shuffling through a lot of books in their secret underground library from the future. By mistake, he happened to come across ancient sorcery in the form of a magical spell book - passed down many generations in Ted Price family bloodline. Inside, they found spells that could produce uncanny results; 654865-player matches, 32153-player co-op, AI programming to out-smart Steven Hawking, and even games that could make the player go back in time. To remain subtle and generally less suspicious, Insomniac only used very basic spells. They started off with some modest ones such as 40-player competitive online for their first Resistance, then bumped it up to 60 - numbers mere mortals found to be quite impressive. Little did they know, Insomniac had much bigger plans...Tony2519

LMAO:shock::?:lol:

I'm playing a round of deathmatch right now in R2 and I just reflected upon why I love the online portion of this game so much - its fun, action-packed, and lag-free! And I thought to myself, I wish all game developers knew how to do this. Playing lag-free 24/7 would be great.

Should Insomniac share their secret? Part of what makes their games great is that the online play is lag-free. Should they take away that spotlight to improve online gaming as a whole?