Accept an ability that the player saw as ready, even if lag made it arrive early

A player presses the button the moment the cooldown looks finished, but on the server it still has a fraction of a second to go, so the use is refused and the game feels unfair. Accepting a little early fixes honest players, but a wrong rule also pays cheaters. Here is how much to forgive and how to keep it from adding up.

Why this works

What a player saw was true a moment ago. Forgiving up to half the measured delay accepts honest presses that left in time, while capping it and measuring it yourself keeps the forgiveness from becoming a way to cheat.

When not to use it

Skip it in a game played on one machine or a slow, turn-based one, where no delay exists to forgive. Also skip it for abilities so strong that a small head start decides the game; there make the cooldown strict and visible.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 18 lines of example code with 3 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Accept an ability that the player saw as ready, even if lag made it arrive early" (read_entry online-accept-ability-use-despite-lag) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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