From a Single to MultiServer Online Game:A Quake 3 Case Study Using RTF

Fast-pacedactiononlinegameslikeFirstPersonShooters(FPS)posehighdemandsonresourcesandthusrequiremulti-serverarchitecturesinordertoscaletohigherplayernumbers.However,theirmulti-serverimplementationisachallengingtask:thegameprocessingneedstobeparal-lelizedandthesynchronizationofthedistrib