Urm, they are looking for PHP peeps. Now - you could build a client/server architecture upon HTML, but, but....
It'd be the worst idea ever.
FDev, come on already! Beyond a joke. Anyone else seeing this?
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Urm, they are looking for PHP peeps. Now - you could build a client/server architecture upon HTML, but, but....
It'd be the worst idea ever.
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Yeah they can't use a TCP connection at all, i am aware, but using a UDP that decides randomly, it's gonna half ar*e the job, is not acceptable, they need to work on its internal logic enough so that its recives/sends the packets regualrly enough, and stongly enough, they don't somehow get lost in traslation. (Most likely because the code is very similar to something else and the two conflict in game)
Happened to me as well yesterday. I wasn't in a wing, but there was another CMDR in the Res.
I didn't really understand what was happening, no reds, yet something (an invisible enemy?) was eating away my shield.
Then it suddenly stopped, the other CMDR may have killed it.
IPX ?
Great for a LAN, but non routable
It was routable eventually of course, but encapsulated - terrible performance, useless and redundant, and eventually rightfully dumped in the bin and forgotten about.
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Great for a LAN, but non routable
It was routable eventually of course, but encapsulated - terrible performance, useless and redundant, and eventually rightfully dumped in the bin and forgotten about.
So did I get a "better" worse idea than PhP?
So did I get a "better" worse idea than PhP?
There's a old multiplayer game I'm trying to remember the name of from the early 00's - where transmission consisted of essentially FTP'ing .txt files to and fro.
Yes - that really happened.
https://www.frontier.co.uk/node/858
"Frontier has a new and exciting opportunity for a Principal Network Programmer working on Elite Dangerous"
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Holding the vision for how the game servers interact with each part of the game
- Collaborating with designers and programmers to implement game features with server-side components
- Supporting new content being created for server-side systems
- Understanding and driving improvements to the game network architecture
- Investigating emerging issues with game server performance and reliability
- Pro-actively contributing to both the network programming and cross-discipline teams
- A proven track record at Senior/Principal level in a similar role is essential
- Advanced understanding of C++ and object oriented programming
- Thorough knowledge of common game networking challenges
- Experience with game scripting, ideally using Lua scripts
- Familiarity with Linux development is a plus.
Oh - the one I was looking at was this: https://www.frontier.co.uk/careers/disciplines/programming/web-developer
Find Out More Apply Now
Senior Server Developer
Location
Cambridge, UK
Type
Permanent
Discipline
Programming
Purpose of the role
Frontier is looking for a talented Senior Server Developer experienced in developing PHP server based systems, to join our team. Our company has a growing portfolio of web sites, intranet facilities and online applications. The successful applicant would be an integral part or our online services team and will work across a range of both new and existing projects. You will be working in an enthusiastic, agile environment and will be able to expand your skills and abilities by working alongside our skilled and highly experienced developers.
Key Accountabilities
Develop high performance, high availability websites and applications to support our growing catalogue of online games
Build cloud-based software systems and database structures on public cloud services
Maintain and improve our existing sites, including our ecommerce platforms, to ensure the best user experience, features and technology as necessary.
Person Specification
Work collaboratively with the Online team to deliver high quality websites
Ability to communicate effectively with team members
Excellent attention to detail
Good communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Direct experience developing with PHP server-based systems
Expertise in database architecture development including SQL.
Excellent object-oriented design and analysis skills.
Strong documentation skills.
Experience with standards compliant Javascript, HTML and CSS with a good knowledge of implementing responsive designs.
Desirable
Recent experience with modern PHP based CMS and/or frameworks, for example Drupal, Magento, Symfony or Laravel
E-commerce development
Working with cloud-based systems, especially Amazon Web Services
Working with public and private RESTful API’s
NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Redis or MongoDB)
Docker
Apache / Nginx / Linux.
Actually - if FD operated mainframe and I fancied going back to the UK for a bit - I might actually apply
Find Out More Apply Now
Senior Server Developer
Location
Cambridge, UK
Type
Permanent
Discipline
Programming
Purpose of the role
Frontier is looking for a talented Senior Server Developer experienced in developing PHP server based systems, to join our team. Our company has a growing portfolio of web sites, intranet facilities and online applications. The successful applicant would be an integral part or our online services team and will work across a range of both new and existing projects. You will be working in an enthusiastic, agile environment and will be able to expand your skills and abilities by working alongside our skilled and highly experienced developers.
Key Accountabilities
Develop high performance, high availability websites and applications to support our growing catalogue of online games
Build cloud-based software systems and database structures on public cloud services
Maintain and improve our existing sites, including our ecommerce platforms, to ensure the best user experience, features and technology as necessary.
Person Specification
Work collaboratively with the Online team to deliver high quality websites
Ability to communicate effectively with team members
Excellent attention to detail
Good communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Direct experience developing with PHP server-based systems
Expertise in database architecture development including SQL.
Excellent object-oriented design and analysis skills.
Strong documentation skills.
Experience with standards compliant Javascript, HTML and CSS with a good knowledge of implementing responsive designs.
Desirable
Recent experience with modern PHP based CMS and/or frameworks, for example Drupal, Magento, Symfony or Laravel
E-commerce development
Working with cloud-based systems, especially Amazon Web Services
Working with public and private RESTful API’s
NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Redis or MongoDB)
Docker
Apache / Nginx / Linux.
Actually - if FD operated mainframe and I fancied going back to the UK for a bit - I might actually apply
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E: D would need to go to a subscription model to pay for peer 2 server architecture. That's probably a non-starter.
The problem with peer-to-peer is one potato bogs the instance, which is dependent on the weakest link. They could set a higher threshold for instances, but potatoes would cry more.
I'm hopeful with the improvements in the quality of Internet service and Cmdr's computers overall this will disappear in the next year-and-a-half.
oZ
Why did they close the office in Nova Scotia why Asp why lol
The problem with peer-to-peer is one potato bogs the instance, which is dependent on the weakest link. They could set a higher threshold for instances, but potatoes would cry more.
I'm hopeful with the improvements in the quality of Internet service and Cmdr's computers overall this will disappear in the next year-and-a-half.
oZ
Oh - the one I was looking at was this: https://www.frontier.co.uk/careers/disciplines/programming/web-developer
Find Out More Apply Now
Senior Server Developer
Location
Cambridge, UK
Type
Permanent
Discipline
Programming
Purpose of the role
Frontier is looking for a talented Senior Server Developer experienced in developing PHP server based systems, to join our team. Our company has a growing portfolio of web sites, intranet facilities and online applications. The successful applicant would be an integral part or our online services team and will work across a range of both new and existing projects. You will be working in an enthusiastic, agile environment and will be able to expand your skills and abilities by working alongside our skilled and highly experienced developers.
Key Accountabilities
Develop high performance, high availability websites and applications to support our growing catalogue of online games
Build cloud-based software systems and database structures on public cloud services
Maintain and improve our existing sites, including our ecommerce platforms, to ensure the best user experience, features and technology as necessary.
Person Specification
Work collaboratively with the Online team to deliver high quality websites
Ability to communicate effectively with team members
Excellent attention to detail
Good communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Direct experience developing with PHP server-based systems
Expertise in database architecture development including SQL.
Excellent object-oriented design and analysis skills.
Strong documentation skills.
Experience with standards compliant Javascript, HTML and CSS with a good knowledge of implementing responsive designs.
Desirable
Recent experience with modern PHP based CMS and/or frameworks, for example Drupal, Magento, Symfony or Laravel
E-commerce development
Working with cloud-based systems, especially Amazon Web Services
Working with public and private RESTful API’s
NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Redis or MongoDB)
Docker
Apache / Nginx / Linux.
Actually - if FD operated mainframe and I fancied going back to the UK for a bit - I might actually apply
Why did they close the office in Nova Scotia why Asp why lol
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Internet is certainly improving. Friend of mine had a moan at Concast because they couldn't stream TV show X. One phone call and a modem reboot later - and they were at a solid 160/16.
That happened a few years ago, and I have no idea. It's a gorgeous place though
What about Multicrew.
That's is the biggest joke FD ever played on it's community.
I'm still shocked it wasn't released on th first of April.
I know, a stupid 3rd peson turret. This game is sad.
It's becoming a very frustrating issue and I really do hope that FD sort it out. Elite deserves to be better than this, it really does. Last night the network was a complete joke. I was in battle where a ship would suddenly pop in at 3km away then completely dissappear, as if crossing between two instances. I could see people shooting a target I couldn't see, despite me being able to see them. It's almost embarrassing for the game to look this shoddy in terms of networking when it is an online multiplayer game.
I remember how shambolic GTA online was in it's early days, and reflect upon Rockstar being an enormous company. But let's face the facts here. FRONTIER are more than capable of coming up with a better solution than the current P2P setup. I really believe that. They are more than sufficiently wealthy to implement dedicated servers, I would imagine - I could be wrong! Elite has been out for years now and really needs this sorted.
In my personal opinion, a better experience in Elite, less of the shoddy lag at busy CG's and an overall more seamless interaction between players present in systems would improve the perception of the game and the experience, which would lend to the servers paying for themselves, because in the current form the game really does nothing but likely drive some of the playerbase away and sadly some of them probably never come back.
I remember back when I played the Xbox game. It was a rough ride with all the serious glitches and other issues each update. But the one that peeved people the most was the constant disconnects, the lack of being able to see their friends in the same instance, dropping from supercruise, jumping back out, over and over, etc. It was a shambles at times and personally it needs overhauled urgently because unfortunately those same issues are still a thing.
That's my opinion.
I remember how shambolic GTA online was in it's early days, and reflect upon Rockstar being an enormous company. But let's face the facts here. FRONTIER are more than capable of coming up with a better solution than the current P2P setup. I really believe that. They are more than sufficiently wealthy to implement dedicated servers, I would imagine - I could be wrong! Elite has been out for years now and really needs this sorted.
In my personal opinion, a better experience in Elite, less of the shoddy lag at busy CG's and an overall more seamless interaction between players present in systems would improve the perception of the game and the experience, which would lend to the servers paying for themselves, because in the current form the game really does nothing but likely drive some of the playerbase away and sadly some of them probably never come back.
I remember back when I played the Xbox game. It was a rough ride with all the serious glitches and other issues each update. But the one that peeved people the most was the constant disconnects, the lack of being able to see their friends in the same instance, dropping from supercruise, jumping back out, over and over, etc. It was a shambles at times and personally it needs overhauled urgently because unfortunately those same issues are still a thing.
That's my opinion.
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Very much doubt it will ever happen, and P2P is the way many games are going. Hell, even Rockstar are using it. GTA Online is Hybrid P2P like ED. P2P is the future of online gaming. You might not like it, but its where things are going.
Besides, you might be willing to pay a monthly subscription (i'm not), but that as a business model has been dying for years as well as its become rather unpopular, and the other main option is P2W, and i don't think many people would like that either.
To throw my 2 cents into this one, I can agree something needs looking at. Not too long ago a CMDR and I tried meeting up at geological sites on a planet a every time we CTD. Ended up just having to hang out in orbit. Not to mention the issue with cmdrs seeing different types of geological sites though they are at the same coordinates...
Thankfully, though, I don't spend much time in open or with other CMDRS in general.
Thankfully, though, I don't spend much time in open or with other CMDRS in general.
It certainly deserves better dev team..
Localised Instancing vs Central Server , we're not even talking apples vs oranges, more like apples vs used thargoid toilet paper.
There is no fix to instancing, it needs to be changed completely to "central servers", and that is a fundamental change and it won't happen(my opinion only).
There is no fix to instancing, it needs to be changed completely to "central servers", and that is a fundamental change and it won't happen(my opinion only).
It's complicated. On a traditional dedicated servers architecture, you have levels/maps loaded on servers. In ED the "map" is the galaxy...
No real time game is instance free. Maybe in the future, through a mesh of interconnected servers that are mapping areas of the open world games. But even in this case, you cannot beat the speed of light. For an aussie, to connect to a UK server, it will always be less than optimal.
Put it simple, the p2p architecture looks optimal on paper for ED. It's a hybrid, of course. There are a lot of things to fix, but I don't blame the architecture for that. Networking in multiplayer games is hard. Wireless suck. Simple truths.
No real time game is instance free. Maybe in the future, through a mesh of interconnected servers that are mapping areas of the open world games. But even in this case, you cannot beat the speed of light. For an aussie, to connect to a UK server, it will always be less than optimal.
Put it simple, the p2p architecture looks optimal on paper for ED. It's a hybrid, of course. There are a lot of things to fix, but I don't blame the architecture for that. Networking in multiplayer games is hard. Wireless suck. Simple truths.
Hold on, there is a word of difference between dev team and management and financial decisions made.
In short, don't bash the devs, they are hard working guys who are doing what they are told.
I'm a major critic of Star Citizen, but i'll never bash the devs themselves.
You might bash the decisions made, but they were made with reasons in mind - you might disagree with those. FD might have been able to capture a bigger market and provide a better experience with a C/S architecture, but we would have had to pay for that, one way or another.
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