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LAN multiplayer #114

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bfops opened this issue Feb 8, 2015 · 10 comments

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commented Feb 8, 2015

This is being done on the server branch.

  • Client and server separation
  • Clients should request blocks from the server, rather than the server pushing them. (ca3ada5, fff5e98)
  • Support multiple Clients (7cbad25).
    • Clients should get their OwnerIds from the server (4f4e5d8).
  • Give Players meshes (47e3a89).
  • Support multiple Players (7a4e88a).
    • Add players dynamically when clients connect (7a4e88a).
  • Clients get unique IDs to annotate their messages (827ba8b).
  • Networking (26ccf9b, c9089a3)
  • Make it fast/scalable again (8383f41, 1d3621d, 37d3a82, 3707b3e, 246bfa4)
    • A lot of refactoring happened near the main level. We're not as smooth as before, but smoother than this branch has ever been. It still tanks at bigger render distances though.
    • Release builds are smooth for low render distances.
    • Terrain message rate limiting in the client SurroundingsLoader (b6c5e41).

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commented Feb 8, 2015

This sounds fun!!
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:06 PM Ben Foppa notifications@github.com wrote:

We need:

  • Client and server separation (started in #104
    #104)
  • Networking
  • Multiplayer

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commented Feb 8, 2015

I think a nice goal would be to make playform into something we actually like killing time with. Maybe a casual fighting game or something.
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commented Feb 8, 2015

Moved world updates into a new thread in 452d77d (#104). This starts the client/server separation.
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commented Feb 9, 2015

might be worthy of a read, if you plan on doing your own networking model: tribes networking model pdf
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commented Feb 10, 2015

Looks interesting, thanks!
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commented Feb 10, 2015

Added a client thread, and renamed some world* things to server*. c09d009
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commented Feb 13, 2015

The server branch has most of the client/server split-up done. It's jittery though - we need to look at latency and reducing the amount of messages being transferred (because processing each one increases latency).
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commented Feb 13, 2015

The crates branch is keeping track of my progress on the client/server cratification.

@bfops bfops changed the title Networked multiplayer LAN multiplayer Mar 6, 2015

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commented Mar 12, 2015

Release builds are slow for low render distances. Need to fix up the bottlenecks for higher render distances and then this can be called done!
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commented Mar 15, 2015

Merged 9e1d36f.
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