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xh20s

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i need idea about online multi player HP
« on: July 12, 2015, 05:39:36 PM »
hi,
i was thinking of saving each player in array like

PlayerHP[NetworkID] = 100;

but idk how to do global Array plus i want to see if you guys can give me better trick to save multiplayer data ^_^

jeanfabre

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Re: i need idea about online multi player HP
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 01:52:57 AM »
Hi,

 It depends your multi player engine, but typically you'll need a way to sign in players, cause you can't rely on any networkId to refer to players data like scoring, only a proper user management system allow for this.

typically, one approachable system is Parse, but it's expensive if your usage goes above the free tier, so I would look for game hosting systems like steam or some proper back end for games that provides everything ( user management, game center like scoring, friend list, etc etc).

Bye,

 Jean