Weapons speeds

Hello everyone.

Ok I have a question.

Take two avatars fighting with, let us say swords each sword contains an identical script, each avi has a combat meter, such as in the safezone system.

If the two swords had identical scripts and both operators do equally well in battle would the avi's computer speed, and internet connection have ANY bearing on the hiting speed of each.
I know ( i think ) the server reads the take controls and the controls interpretation is on the server side, but. Even if both people strike with their keys at the same time the operators system and net speeds would surely have some effect on the speed? Would it not? and why not?

Kind regards


Carl

Latency, meaning the time it takes a message to travel from your computer to the server, would make the most difference. Computer speed and connection speed can affect this, but it is mostly a function of how long the route is from your computer to the server (do a trace route) and how busy each of those routers is.

I was surprised to learn how little impact there can be of anything the weapon-wielder's client does _after the first strike_. That's because the ("fair" weapons have a huge inter-strike delay of 200msec or more in the script, but if a strike event occurs anytime during that delay and is still in-range, it will register immediately after the llSleep() expires. Pretty much any client arrangement (or user) can do better than 5 anything-per-sec. So landing/evading that first blow, then, usually determines all (which is confirmed by watching a bit of combat). That can certainly be a function of the combatant's computer and network--although, to be honest, it's much more often "luck of the lag," especially in a sim full of scripted-attachment-wielding avatars constantly bumping into physical obstacles.

Thanks Guys

Great to get a good answer.

Regards

Carl