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[gardon]

Quick overview: Developing a MMORPG


It seems redundant, and a lot of time wasted to have the server listen for new clients in its main loop:

while(1)

{

listenForNewClients();  //this is the one!


HandleIncomingPackets();


HandleOutgoingPackets();

}

I'd want the server to be as fast as possible while processing game data and sending out/receiving information about other players. If I have to wait for a client to be introduced, it'll waste time.

Is there any way I can update the database by checking the "isLoggedIn" flag through some other way of login? perhaps through my website?

[Reedbeta]

How about having a different thread to listen for new clients?

[dave_]

MMO log-in can actually be quite a complicated topic.
Most professional games will have a dedicated log in server for scalability.

This also sounds like a case of premature optimisation. Is this really a bottle neck?
Doesnt seem like listening for new clients should be a CPU intensive operation.
Can you use threads to make it asynchronous?

[gardon]

Yea, good idea. A second thread is the way to go, thanks.

-Gardon