the.com/netcode
the invisible duct tape holding your headshot to reality across a laggy internet connection.
means netcode is the software layer that syncs game state between players over a network, faking simultaneity that physics never promised.
from emerged from 1990s multiplayer shooters like doom and quake, where developers realized the internet was too slow to just mirror reality, so they started predicting and lying convincingly.
rollback vs delaytwo rival philosophies, endless forum wars ensue
quake pioneeredclient-side prediction to hide latency in 1996
fighting games obsessframe-perfect netcode decides tournament legitimacy
lag compensationservers rewind time to judge your shot fair