DYNAMIC PEER-TO-PEER MAP RECONCILIATION IN A MULTIPLAYER GAMING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A multiplayer game data processing system includes a computer coupled to a host server over a network and a game client executing in the computer and providing a user interface to a map of a virtual world provided by a game server hosted by the host server. The system additionally includes a map generator generating a portion of the map according to a corresponding contemporaneous position of a game player in the virtual world. Finally, the system includes a peer-to-peer map reconciliation module. The module includes program code enabled to detect movement of the game player to a new position in the virtual world in proximity to a bordering map generated by a different game player and to generate a new portion of the map for the new position of the game player that is consistent with a portion of the bordering map in respect to both structure and terrain.