Other players' characters stutter because updates come in a few times a second

In an online game your friend's character jumps from place to place instead of gliding. Drawing the newest known spot is exactly what causes it. Here is the trick that makes remote bodies smooth, what to do when an update is late, and what it costs you.

Why this works

News about other players arrives in bursts, so the newest known spot is always a single point with nothing around it. Drawing a little in the past means there are always two known spots to glide between, and you show what truly happened instead of a guess.

When not to use it

Wrong when other players must be seen at once, such as aiming at a fast target or a duel where a few tenths of a second decide who wins. Then accept some guessing, or let the server check hits against what the shooter saw.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 39 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Other players' characters stutter because updates come in a few times a second" (read_entry show-other-players-slightly-in-the-past-to-move-smoothly) 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