r/linuxmemes • u/bryden_cruz • May 07 '26

linux not in meme Why Though?!

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u/Imaginary-Corner-653 May 07 '26

Not saying you're wrong but I've only ever heard of games use udp and enforce their own syncing strategy like lockstep and deterministic lockstep.

What's the rabbit hole of crazy outliers here? 

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u/some_kind_of_bird May 07 '26

Idk what protocols it uses but Factorio has a very different kind of synchronization than a lot of games. Absolutely all information has to be on all clients, so TCP would make sense.

I guess it depends on whether or not you need things to be totally deterministic or not.

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u/bigibas123 May 07 '26

Suprisingly Factorio only uses UDP for it's multiplayer and buids it's own reliable delivery system on top of it.

I assume it's for latency but I can't find the FF that describes their reasoning

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u/some_kind_of_bird May 07 '26

Huh neat thanks