Modder makes fix for Street Fighter 5 netcode bug that's plagued the game since launch

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A fighting game fan has taken it upon themselves to improve Street Fighter 5's controversial netcode.

Redditor Altimor, who has created hitbox viewers for Guilty Gear Xrd and Dragon Ball FighterZ in the past, took just two days to address a bug that has plagued Street Fighter 5 online play since the game launched back in 2016.

According to Altimor, and indeed other prominent members of the fighting game community as well as developers of other fighting games, Street Fighter 5 includes a bug that can cause one players' game to lag behind the other's during online play. The upshot of this bug is one-sided "rollback" for one player, while the unaffected player remains oblivious.

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