Make other players glide instead of teleporting in an online game

Other players arrive as a few position updates per second, so drawing them as they come makes them hop. Showing them a little late and blending between updates fixes it, but guessing ahead too long makes them run through walls. Here is the balance and what to do when updates stop.

Why this works

You can blend between two things you know, but you can only guess about what you have not been told. Showing others a moment late means there is almost always a known before and after to glide between, trading a little delay for smooth motion.

When not to use it

Skip it when reaction time decides the game, such as fast shooting duels, where a delayed picture means aiming at someone who has already moved. There the server must compensate for the delay, or you accept a rougher picture.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 25 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 "Make other players glide instead of teleporting in an online game" (read_entry online-show-other-players-slightly-in-the-past) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

Or skip this and connect the MCP: your AI then finds all of this by itself.Connect the MCP