On "shot around a corner" in first-person shooter games

Steven W.K. Lee; Kow Chuen Chang

doi:10.1109/NetGames.2017.7991545

On "shot around a corner" in first-person shooter games

Steven W.K. Lee, Kow Chuen Chang

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Abstract

Lag compensation is widely implemented in shooter games to mitigate the impact of network latency. Shot around a corner is an inconsistency introduced by lag compensation that still exists in many recent titles. In this paper, we investigate the influence of network latency and movement speeds on the rollback distances, and how they in turn affect the perceived shot around a corner frequencies and fairness. We find that a 250ms limit on lag compensation is reasonable for a movement speed of 4m/s and that experienced FPS players are aware of how frequently they are shot around a corner. We also suggest future experiments on shot around a corner to use different game modes and inject latency only to a subset of players.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NetGames 2017 - 15th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	7-12
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509050383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NetGames.2017.7991545
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2017
Event	15th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games, NetGames 2017 - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 22 Jun 2017 → 23 Jun 2017

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Conference	15th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games, NetGames 2017
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	22/06/17 → 23/06/17

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Computer Networks and Communications
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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