If you haven't read it, there's a great paper on the netcode of the originals: h...

		lightingthedark 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN mu... If you haven't read it, there's a great paper on the netcode of the originals: https://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs538/readings/papers/terran... I'd be surprised if the definitive editions changed the design significantly enough to move the netcode away from P2P, but I don't know of any actual information on it.