Byte vs. Int over network

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In a network game context, is it better to send and receive Bytes through a socket rather than Ints since Bytes are small even though Ints are word size?

It depends on the overall size of your packets...

Because your OS uses specific window sizes (receive and send window) it has a little slowdown when reaching the limit.

As long as you only send the position of a player and the id of him there wouldn't be a case to matter about.


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okay thanks

Remember that the minimum size of an Ethernet frame is 64 bytes (512 bits). If you send less, it will be padded by your NIC.