News
- 2007-07-16: The web page of the autumn 2007 course is opened. If you do not have a user account at the University of Turku, log in as a guest.
- 2006-03-09: The results of the third examination are announced.
- 2006-02-14: The results of the second examination are announced.
- 2006-01-17: The results of the first examination are announced. They can be found on the IT department's official noticeboard on the fifth floor of Datacity.
- 2005-12-08: The exchange students who have insurmountable difficulties with the examinations being allocated to the year 2006, contact the lecturer before December 15 about passing the course within this year.
- 2005-10-28: Guest lecture on Thursday, November 3, 1 p.m. Tomas Akenine-Möller (Department of Computer Science, Lund University, Sweden): Precomputed Local Radiance Transfer.
- 2005-06-13: Tentative information on the course: Lectures are held on Tuesdays 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays 12-2 p.m. in Auditorium (DataCity, 2nd floor). Course begins November 1 and ends December 15. See also the information on the preceeding course Algorithms for Computer Games.
Timetable
Lectures
| Date | Topics | Additional material and links of interest | Note | |
| 1. | Tue, Nov. 1 | Introduction. Communication layers. | Slides, ServerSocketExample.java, SocketExample.java | |
| 2. | Thu, Nov. 3 | Physical platform. | Slides, MulticastReceiver.java, MulticastSender.java | Guest lecture 1 p.m. |
| 3. | Tue, Nov. 8 | Logical platform. | Slides | Chapter 8 of the lecture notes distributed. |
| 4. | Thu, Nov. 10 | Networked application. | Slides, history of SIMNET, HLA, NPSNET, DIVE, ARQuake | |
| 5. | Tue, Nov. 15 | Compensatory techniques. Consistency and responsiveness. Scalability. | Slides | |
| 6. | Thu, Nov. 17 | Protocol optimization. | Slides | |
| 7. | Tue, Nov. 22 | Dead reckoning. Prediction and convergence. | Slides | |
| 8. | Thu, Nov. 24 | -- | Lecture cancelled. | |
| 9. | Tue, Nov. 29 | Local perception filters. | Slides | Chapter 9 of the lecture notes distributed. |
| 10. | Thu, Dec. 1 | Bullet time effect. | Slides, MaxMazeDemonstrator | |
| 11. | Thu, Dec. 8 | Synchronized simulation. Area-of-interest filtering. | Slides | No lecture on Independence Day. |
| 12. | Tue, Dec. 13 | Cheating prevention. Technical exploitations. | Slides, analysing DoS activity | Chapter 10 of the lecture notes distributed. |
| 13. | Thu, Dec. 15 | Rule violations. Conclusions. | Slides | Last lecture. |
Examinations
The examination dates are:Check the exact times and places here, and remember to enrol in time.
- January 16, 2006.
- February 13, 2006.
- March 2, 2006.
Note: If you are not a student of University of Turku, you must follow these instructions to receive credits.
Lecture notes
Paper copies of the lecture notes (Jouni Smed and Harri Hakonen: Algorithms and Networking for Computer Games, University of Turku, 2005) are distributed in the lectures throughout the course. No electronic version of the lecture notes is made publicly avaible.See also Smed and Hakonen: Algorithms and Networking for Computer Games, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Syllabus
Outline: Multiplayer computer games are distributed applications, which require real-time interaction, consistent view on data and secure communication between the participants. This course focuses on realizing these goals in a networked environment. Apart from extending the topics of the prior course Algorithms for Computer Games, the topics cover among other things communication architectures, area-of-interest management, dead reckoning algorithms, and cheating prevention.Credits: 4 cp (2 cu)
Prerequisites: Algorithms for Computer Games (mandatory), Client-Server Applications and User-Interfaces (recommended)
Teaching methods: Lectures (28 h), Tuesdays 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays 12-2 p.m.
Assessment: Examination
Literature: Lecture notes
Lecturer: Jouni Smed
Schedule: November 1 - December 15