Dynamic peer-to-peer map reconciliation in a multiplayer gaming environment

A multiplayer game data processing system comprising:

• a computer with at least one processor and memory coupled to a host server over a computer communications network;
• a game client executing in the computer and providing a user interface to a map of a virtual world provided by a game server hosted by the host server;
• a map generator executing in the computer and generating a portion of the map according to a corresponding contemporaneous position of a game player in the virtual world;
• and,
• a peer-to-peer map reconciliation module coupled to the map generator, the module comprising program code enabled to detect movement of the game player to a new position in the virtual world in proximity to a bordering map generated by a different game player and to generate a new portion of the map for the new position of the game player that is consistent with a portion of the bordering map in respect to both structure and terrain.

A computer program product for dynamic peer-to-peer map reconciliation method for multiplayer gaming, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code for generating a portion of a map in memory of a computer for a contemporaneous position of a first game player in a virtual world in a multiplayer gaming environment;
• computer readable program code for displaying the portion of the map in a display of the computer;
• computer readable program code for detecting movement of the first game player to a new position in the virtual world in proximity to a bordering map generated by a second game player in memory of a computer communicatively coupled to the computer of the first game player over a computer communications network;
• and,
• computer readable program code for generating and displaying in the computer of the first game player a new portion of the map for the new position of the first game player that is consistent with a portion of the bordering map in respect to both structure and terrain.