After 12 years, Ultra Street Fighter IV gets not one, but two connection-stabilising rollback netcode mods aaaand they're both made using Claude
Street Fighter IV , the game that basically revived the fighting game genre back in 2009 and gave birth (not literally) to a new subset of players lovingly referred to as ‘09ers’, saw its final iteration in 2014’s Ultra Street Fighter IV . While it wasn’t the most perfectly balanced game, it’s remembered fondly by its players and is viewed by many as the last vestige of ‘honest Street Fighter’.…
Ultra Street Fighter IV, the final iteration of the 2009 classic Street Fighter IV, has been given a much-needed boost to its connection stability with the release of two rollback netcode mods. This comes after a 12-year wait for any improvements to the game's delay-based netcode, which has long been criticized for its instability due to variable input delays.
Rollback netcode, the modern standard adopted since the mid-2010s, eliminates input delays by accepting player inputs immediately and then reversing the game state if connection issues cause inconsistencies between players. This technology has significantly improved online multiplayer experiences in fighting games, but Ultra Street Fighter IV remained trapped in the outdated delay-based netcode until now.
The two rollback netcode mods were developed using generative AI, a process aptly named Claude. While the exact details of these mods are not provided, their creation marks a significant step forward for the long-forgotten title. Ultra Street Fighter IV, often remembered fondly as the last bastion of "honest Street Fighter", now has a chance to be enjoyed by players with stable and enjoyable online connections.
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