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by jbay808 2758 days ago
Isn't floating point rounding behaviour also deterministic?
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Depends on the mode the FPU is put into, fast or precise. If you want to have some fun, start a multiplayer game of AOE and switch the FPU mode from fast to precise. Doesn't take long to get out of sync, even for a basic game.