This paper discusses the networking model developed to support a "real-time" multi-player gaming environment. This model is being developed for TRIBES II, and was first implemented in Starsiege TRIBES, a multi-player online team game published in December '98. The three major features of this model are: support for multiple data delivery requirements, partial object state updates and a packet delivery notification protocol.

• Overview
• Persistent Objects
• Connection Layer
• Stream Layer
• Event Stream Manager
• Ghost Stream Manager
• Move Stream Manager
• Datablock Stream Manager
• Simulation Layer
• Summary

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