Couple of questions about openmu

[sven-n]

Hi! Thanks for your feedback :)

How do you deal with synchronizing the Client and the Server when the client is altered (Cheat Engine for example)?

At the moment I don't actively deal with it, but the server logs a few suspicious actions which are caused, e.g. by autokill cheat users. Imho, the only real protection is to not trusting client input at all.

What's the performance like? C# is a lot cleaner and easier to maintain but it's not used in games for various performance reasons.
This is of course not really a game and I am no specialist, just wondering how would it compare to a classic MU Server written in C++, with, let's say, 500 users online.

I think a lot of people underestimate the performance of C# and .NET. Of course, if you really need every last percent of performance in a AAA Game, you would choose C/C++. However, for a game server like this it should be possible to host hundreds of players even with C#/.NET. What matters here mostly is not the environment, but how efficient your code is, by selecting the the right algorithms and data structures. Compared to the game client, Garbage Collection also plays a rather minor role here - players should not really notice a lag when it runs. The classic mu server is implemented rather poorly, makes it life rather easy, e.g. saving items in Blobs and still has big problems with cheaters and item duplications. I think I can do better in this case - each item is saved in its own row with an unique identifier.

Why did you choose React for the frontend and why mix it with jQuery and Bootstrap?

I like the philosophy behind React - one way data flow which makes it predictable. As far as I can remember I use jQuery just for Ajax requests ;) And Bootstrap to apply some consistent UI Style...

I would like to contribute after I familiarize myself with the code for a bit.

Great! If you need some help or have more questions, just ask :)

[sven-n]

If you have more questions don't hesitate to open a new issue ;)