Object Priorities

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Outline

In order to reduce network traffic we do not synchronise every object on every (network-) tick. We only transfer a part of the objects based on their priority. Now we need an instance that provides per-client information about the importance of objects in the universe.

How to determine the priority

The priorities must be based on the following information:

• Distance between the player and the object
• Importance of the object (e.g. Asteroids don't change their rotationrate and velocity and can be precalculated well by the client)