Do all the scripts run only on host machine in mp games?

[aubergine]

In an MP game, with multiple human players, do all the scripts (rules.js, scavfact.js, AIs, etc) only run on the host machine or do some of them also run on client machines as well?

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

I think that rules.js is supposed to run on both the host and client machines. Otherwise, there would be desyncs.

[aubergine]

That's what I thought, but I'm not 100% sure if that is the case. Specifically, I was wondering if the hackNetOn() and hackNetOff() have something to do with sending out player set-up data (limits, techs, etc) in some sort of special "game initialisation" packet to all players?

[Per]

Shadow Wolf is right. rules.js runs on all peers, while AIs only run on host. hackNetOn/Off() stops the underlying code from sending out net messages, which would duplicate/undo changes done by rules.js on each peer. As the name indicates, this is a stopgap solution, until a better design solution is found.

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

And I presume that scavfact.js is run on the host player as well, since it's basically an AI script for Scavengers?

[Per]

And I presume that scavfact.js is run on the host player as well, since it's basically an AI script for Scavengers?

Correct.