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Relay server bandwidth question

Discussion in 'Multiplayer' started by Scramblejams, Oct 20, 2015.

  1. Scramblejams

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    Scramblejams, Oct 20, 2015
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  2. JeremyUnity

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    Hi Scramblejams,
    The relay bandwidth is calculated up and down independently.
    Currently we only support using matchmaker with relay. The reason is because for internet play you'd have to either have all players do port forwarding or use a NAT solution, and we haven't implemented a NAT punch through feature yet.
    For matches on the same network where no NAT punch through would be needed you can do local broadcast discovery and avoid matchmaker entirely.
     
    JeremyUnity, Oct 20, 2015
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  3. Scramblejams

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    Hi Jeremy, thanks for your response. Just to make sure I understand correctly, we get 4k/sec up and 4k/sec down, and those are separate budgets, if you will?
     
    Scramblejams, Oct 20, 2015
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  4. JeremyUnity

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    It's actually only tracking bandwidth down on each connection. Since Relay's job is to turn packets around it doesn't bother with another pool of up bandwidth stats, since what goes in must come out so to speak.
     
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    JeremyUnity, Oct 20, 2015
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  5. Scramblejams

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    Gotcha, thank you.
     
    Scramblejams, Oct 20, 2015
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