if you're interested in programing a mmorpg using soya, perhaps the best way to do this is by using soya only for rendering graphics, and write your server and network communication from scratch. Also, I would highly recommend against calculating any game physics clientside in such a scenario.
On Dec 17, 2007 1:13 PM, Jan Ciger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Pete wrote: > > Just a quick question, but is it possible to use Soya to create a decent > > MMORPG. I have had a quick look at the examples of the Tofu and it looks > > very nice, but what I would like to know is will it be suitable for say a > > million clients (HA)? > > LOL :) > > > I know that it is based on Twisted, so I am thinking it will be fine. > > Good one :)) > > > And one last question can some throuh me some links for MMORPG development > > and Soya. > > Pete, I think that you should first read something up on the scale of > the endeavour you want to undertake. Million clients is completely > ridiculous for two reasons: > > a) you will not have them > b) even several tens of thousands of clients need huge data centers, > huge network bandwidth and similar "minor" details. > > Soya, Python and Twisted are completely irrelevant here - unless you > have the server infrastructure in place or the way to do so, the client > side doesn't matter. You could use Soya on the client, but probably > wouldn't want to - you do not want an easily modifiable and hackable > client unless you want to deal with a lot of cheating. That is one of > the reasons why WoW is so (abusively) restrictive and why Blizzard is > clamping down on everything. > > Google for articles on World of Warcraft, EVE, StarWars Galaxies, > EverQuest, Microsoft's Xbox Live and other such systems - there was > information published about the infrastructure they are using. > > > Regards, > > Jan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHZspEn11XseNj94gRAgWkAKCMDEE2flS3nI/5NWBo5jTCHhB6GQCgvv6n > ng8uAhgeCLKgq0hYqtbEkwg= > =OHmY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Soya-user mailing list > Soya-user@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/soya-user > -- This email message is public domain. Have a nice day! ^_^ _______________________________________________ Soya-user mailing list Soya-user@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/soya-user
