UDP?What?and WHY!

Infernix · #1 06-13-2005, 06:01 AM

Has Anyone noticed How some people have to disable UDP on graal in there options? May I ask why that is. and what exactly it is.

Kaimetsu · #2 06-13-2005, 06:05 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol

Projectshifter · #3 06-16-2005, 04:01 AM

There are two general types of protocols used over the internet, TCP and UDP. TCP is what most things are utilizing, it verifys that packets are received, and if not then it resends, making sure you get all your data. UDP is used for streaming video and that type of thing. UDP just sends the packets, and will not resend if they are not received. It's used for things like streaming music and video where you wouldn't want it to go back and play the portion that you missed, you just want it to continue. If you have problems with UDP it means that you are dropping a lot of packets, and TCP is preferred when it's data you don't want to miss (like player movements!)

Hiro · #4 06-16-2005, 04:02 AM

Who cares with the "What and why" they stop player movement for some people so they disable it.