Scaling the Universe of DUST 514

[Commander Fury]

This is <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ccp-games/">CCP</a> Lin, and I am a Server Architect on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/dust-514/">DUST 514</a>. In this devblog, I would like to cover at a high level some of the online technical aspects of <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/dust-514-ps3.html">DUST 514</a>, including the challenges we have met, and the approaches we take to handle them.

 

As a Server Architect on the project, I am responsible for integrating the DUST FPS multiplayer battles into the EVE universe, as well as optimizing the DUST battle servers to perform even better. Unlike normal FPS multiplayer games, <a href="http://www.dust514.com/en/home/">DUST 514</a> has heavy MMO elements. And unlike normal MMO FPS games, DUST has heavy interaction with one of the most successful MMO space games – EVE Online! This imposes challenges on what technologies we should use in order to have this level of interaction with EVE, while keeping FPS gameplay as smooth as possible.

 

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