Reconciliation (Smooth Gameplay)

[nathanielBellamy]

• We have not had any errors due to multiple clients updating settings simultaneously
• But we get plenty of jumpiness when they do
• Let's smooth it out for them

AC

• a reconciliation algorithm has been implemented so that when two clients edit the same non-discreet setting (e.g. any slider or color) simultaneously, they do not experience any jumping but rather a sense of "tug of war"
• shower thoughts:
  • client side implimentation
  • put the onus on each client to make their square run smooth, save server resources
  • flow
    • client receives new settings from the server
    • client caches new settings as target
    • each animation frame
    • the clients settings are updated
    • each field moves one step closer to target.field
    • requestAnimationFrame runs about 60fps
    • Suppose we divide the interval into 60 steps
      • UserA is not editing the setting foo
      • UserB slides the foo slider from 0->1
      • UserA watches as their slider slides from 0->1 over the course of 1 second
      • maybe need some smooth bump functions/cubic-beziers
      • smooth start and stop
      • If UserA is editing foo, they should have a sense that they are pulling with/against UserB
      • achieving this might be more difficult
      • especially the scenario when n > 1 users are updating the foo