Peer to Peer networking support in UE4 ( online games with no server )

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@mahri726;102937

Got another idea. To prevent cheating, a hybrid P2P/client-server system could be implemented. So actually, the clients send info to other peers, (and have security measures mentioned in above link) ,and the server acts like a checking system. So…from time to time, the server checks the clients if they are modified or not. The checking server could also be used for log-ins. In this way, the costs of hosting an online game could be highly reduced. In this way, you retain controll over your game. So…your network game runs on its own. When you turn on your PC/server, you gain full controll over its state. When you turn it off, the game continues to work, with cheating clients remooved.

Sorry, but looking at it realistically:

1. Changing from server mode to p2p mode, will cause huge lag.
2. The real cheater will get around this in more or less one day. Max one week.