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MMORPG Servers

MMORPG Servers. MMORPGs Features. Avatar Levels RPG Elements Mission Chatting Society & Community Friends Combat NPCs / Monsters Experience Points Extended Game Contents Online Customer Services (GM). MMORPGs Technical Elements. Client-server Architecture Servers Network Bandwidth

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MMORPG Servers

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  1. MMORPG Servers

  2. MMORPGs Features Avatar Levels RPG Elements Mission Chatting Society & Community Friends Combat NPCs / Monsters Experience Points Extended Game Contents Online Customer Services (GM)

  3. MMORPGs Technical Elements Client-server Architecture Servers Network Bandwidth Network Data Packet Network Security Graphics Database

  4. MMORPG Servers Stand Alone Servers Distributed System

  5. Standalone Server internet Login server Game play Community Database Using a Set of Large Servers as the Game Servers Each Server Plays as a Single Function

  6. Distributed System - Concept internet servers Database servers servers Login servers Game play servers Distributed PC Clusters servers

  7. Distributed PC Clusters Net IP 1 Net IP 2 Internet Internal LAN 1U server 1-UWeb Server Based on PC Architecture Two CPUs Two Network IPs

  8. Distributed System - Features • Distributed PC Clusters • Two IPs • Scalability • Fault Tolerance • Load Balance • Dynamic Zoning • “Blade Servers”

  9. Distributed System - Scalability Serve concurrent 500 users Serve concurrent 1000 users Regional Operation Consideration Cost Effective Flexible Capacity

  10. Distributed System – Fault Tolerance All Servers Can Not Be Down in Anytime For Distributed Servers, Every Job Must Be Transferred Between Servers For Standalone Server, Use Redundant Policy

  11. Master server ! Internal LAN ! Internet Slave server A Slave server B

  12. Master server Internal LAN X Internet Slave server A Slave server B

  13. Redundant Policy ! Server on duty ! ZZZ Server off duty

  14. Redundant policy X Server off duty Server on duty

  15. Master servers Internal LAN Internet Slave server A Slave server B . .

  16. Distributed System – Load Balance 1 server = 500 concurrent players 10 servers = 5000 concurrent players X !It’s very important to move the jobs on a crowded server to another ones • Distributed MMOGs Always Do the Load Balance by In-house Approach • Load ? • CPU bound • Memory bound • Network bandwidth

  17. Master server Internal LAN Internet Slave server A Slave server B Load balance – case 1

  18. Master server ! Internal LAN ! Internet Slave server A Slave server B Load balance case 2

  19. Master server Internal LAN Internet Slave server A Slave server B Load balance case 2

  20. Zone Concept A “Zone” is Logically a Region of Game Happening on Servers We Always Map the “Zone” to a Physical 3D Scene A Zone is Not Really a Physical Hardware Server But a Software Region that the Players Communicating Directly (in the same memory block)

  21. Master server Internal LAN Internet Slave server A Slave server B

  22. Server A Zone X combating Server C messaging NPC Zone Z messaging Zone Y transaction Server B

  23. Interaction within/between Zones (Game Play) • Within Zone • Combating • Chatting • Transaction • Between Zones • Messaging • Transaction (remote) • Banking

  24. Server A Zone Z Zone X Server C NPC Zone Z Zone Y If server B is over-loaded, move the “Zone Y” or “Zone Z” to an available server C Server B

  25. Load Balance Using Zone Moving If server A is over-loaded, the whole server is over-loaded due that server A is occupied only one zone. Thinking : “Can we divide the zone into two or more ? “ Zone X Server A Zone Y Server B Zone Z Server C Under the Concept of “Zone Moving”, We Can Move the Zones Between Hardware Server to Achieve the Load Balance But is This a Total Solution to Solve the Load Balance ? Condition :

  26. Dynamic Zoning Dynamically Adjust the Zones to Meet the Loading Requirement Moving Zones between Hardware Divide the Zone into Small Ones According to the Load and Move the Small Ones to Different Hardware

  27. Dynamic Zoning (1) • A “Zone” is Mapping to a Physical Scene or Map (geometry) • A Zone is Composed by Several Groups • A “Group” is a Collection of Players (Population) • All Players in the Same Group Running in the same Process • Players in Different Group Communicate between Processes • Inter-process communication (IPC) ?

  28. Dynamic Zoning (2) • Group is More Dynamic Based on the Concept of Population • Create • Delete • Move

  29. Zone = A 3D Scene • A 3D Scene • 3D models • Moving objects • NPCs • … • Zones are Physically Neighboring Together • Using Portals to Connect the Relationship • Player Travels between Zones • Logout current scene and login to another neighboring zone when stepping on the zone portal • Players will wait for a short moment during the moving

  30. Zone Portals Portal Portal Zone Y Zone X

  31. Zone Portals Portal Portal Zone Y Zone X

  32. Population Group A Data Structure to Contain the Players When a Player Logins into one Zone, He Should Be Assigned into One Available Population Group and Got the ID Players Should Not Be Moved Between Population Groups When He Is Staying in this Zone A Zone Can Be Divided into Several Groups Group can be Created/Deleted/Moved by the Servers for Load Balance

  33. P1G1 P5G1 P2G2 P7G2 P12G2 P6G3 P5G3 Players in a Zone Zone X

  34. Server A Zone X Group 2 Group 1 When a new player logins into Zone X, insert the player into group 2 which has space for new comer Server B

  35. Group 3 Server A Zone X Group 2 Group 1 But if there are no groups with available space, create a new group for new comers Server B

  36. Zone X (2) Group7 Server A Zone X Group 6 Group 5 Group 4 Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 If the Zone X on Server A is full for new comer, duplicate Zone X on Server B and create a new group for new players Server B

  37. Zone X (2) Group7 Group 8 Server A Zone X Group 6 Group 5 Group 4 Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 Network communication Server B IPC

  38. The Challenge of Dynamic Zoning • Physical Terrain and Models Are not Easy to Divide Dynamically • If your zones are coupling with the physical scenes, to divide the geometric data in runtime needs some specific algorithms for 3D scenes • DO NOT do it • Find a mechanism that makes the zone dividable • And that is the “Population Group” • One Server Can Have Multiple Zones Running • One Zone Can Run on Several Servers • Hard to code • Duplicated memory on servers • Synchronization between servers • Data communication overhead

  39. The Challenge of Dynamic Zoning (2) • Game Play Sensitive • Running Players in the Same Zone by Multiple Processes • Duplicated memory on the same server • Synchronization between processes • Data communication between processes • Players’ Attribute Data Should Be Classified as : • Frequently used between players • Must be duplicated between processes • Seldom used between players • Send between players when necessary • Locally used by player himself • Cross-platform Server API Design*

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