- implement sending some player syncdata each tic

- create ANetSyncActor so the client can spawn objects entirely operated by the server

src/network/netclient.cpp

@@ -197,7 +197,19 @@ void NetClient::EndCurrentTic()
 			players[consoleplayer].mo->Angles.Pitch = update.pitch;
 		}
 
-		update.received = false;
+		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < update.syncUpdates.Size(); i++)
+		{
+			const TicSyncData &syncdata = update.syncUpdates[i];
+			AActor *netactor = g_NetIDList.findPointerByID(syncdata.netID);
+			if (netactor)
+			{
+				netactor->SetXYZ(syncdata.x, syncdata.y, syncdata.z);
+				netactor->Angles.Yaw = syncdata.yaw;
+				netactor->Angles.Pitch = syncdata.pitch;
+			}
+		}
+
+		update = TicUpdate();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -341,6 +353,21 @@ void NetClient::OnTic(ByteInputStream &stream)
 	update.yaw = stream.ReadFloat();
 	update.pitch = stream.ReadFloat();
 
+	while (true)
+	{
+		TicSyncData syncdata;
+		syncdata.netID = stream.ReadShort();
+		if (syncdata.netID == -1)
+			break;
+
+		syncdata.x = stream.ReadFloat();
+		syncdata.y = stream.ReadFloat();
+		syncdata.z = stream.ReadFloat();
+		syncdata.yaw = stream.ReadFloat();
+		syncdata.pitch = stream.ReadFloat();
+		update.syncUpdates.Push(syncdata);
+	}
+
 	mTicUpdates[mLastReceivedTic % BACKUPTICS] = update;
 }
 
@@ -381,4 +408,10 @@ void NetClient::OnSpawnPlayer(ByteInputStream &stream)
 		p.mo->syncdata.NetID = netID;
 		g_NetIDList.useID ( netID, p.mo );
 	}
+
+	//ANetSyncActor *syncactor = Spawn<ANetSyncActor>(DVector3(x, y, z), NO_REPLACE);
+	//syncactor->sprite = GetSpriteIndex("POSSA1");
 }
+
+IMPLEMENT_CLASS(ANetSyncActor, false, false)
+

src/network/netclient.h

@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ private:
 	int mServerTicDelta = -1;
 	int mLastReceivedTic = -1;
 
+	struct TicSyncData
+	{
+		int16_t netID;
+		float x;
+		float y;
+		float z;
+		float yaw;
+		float pitch;
+	};
+
 	struct TicUpdate
 	{
 		bool received = false;
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ private:
 		float z;
 		float yaw;
 		float pitch;
+		TArray<TicSyncData> syncUpdates;
 	};
 	TicUpdate mTicUpdates[BACKUPTICS];
 
@@ -85,3 +96,9 @@ private:
 	FDynamicBuffer mCurrentCommands;
 	FDynamicBuffer mSendCommands;
 };
+
+class ANetSyncActor : public AActor
+{
+	DECLARE_CLASS(ANetSyncActor, AActor)
+public:
+};

src/network/netserver.cpp

@@ -143,21 +143,36 @@ void NetServer::EndCurrentTic()
 			int player = mNodes[i].Player;
 			if (playeringame[player] && players[player].mo)
 			{
-				cmd.addFloat ( static_cast<float> ( players[player].mo->X() ) );
-				cmd.addFloat ( static_cast<float> ( players[player].mo->Y() ) );
-				cmd.addFloat ( static_cast<float> ( players[player].mo->Z() ) );
-				cmd.addFloat ( static_cast<float> ( players[player].mo->Angles.Yaw.Degrees ) );
-				cmd.addFloat ( static_cast<float> ( players[player].mo->Angles.Pitch.Degrees ) );
+				cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->X()));
+				cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Y()));
+				cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Z()));
+				cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Angles.Yaw.Degrees));
+				cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Angles.Pitch.Degrees));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				cmd.addFloat ( 0.0f );
-				cmd.addFloat ( 0.0f );
-				cmd.addFloat ( 0.0f );
-				cmd.addFloat ( 0.0f );
-				cmd.addFloat ( 0.0f );
+				cmd.addFloat(0.0f);
+				cmd.addFloat(0.0f);
+				cmd.addFloat(0.0f);
+				cmd.addFloat(0.0f);
+				cmd.addFloat(0.0f);
 			}
 
+			// To do: needs to be done for all syncdata objects that changed and not just players
+			for (player = 0; player < MAXPLAYERS; player++)
+			{
+				if (player != mNodes[i].Player && playeringame[player] && players[player].mo)
+				{
+					cmd.addShort(players[player].mo->syncdata.NetID);
+					cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->X()));
+					cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Y()));
+					cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Z()));
+					cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Angles.Yaw.Degrees));
+					cmd.addFloat(static_cast<float> (players[player].mo->Angles.Pitch.Degrees));
+				}
+			}
+			cmd.addShort(-1);
+
 			cmd.writeCommandToStream(packet.stream);
 			mComm->PacketSend(packet);
 		}
@@ -373,7 +388,7 @@ void NetServer::FullUpdate(NetNode &node)
 	NetOutputPacket packet(node.NodeIndex);
 
 	// Inform the client about all players already in the game.
-	for ( int i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERNAME; ++i )
+	for ( int i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; ++i )
 	{
 		if ( i == node.Player )
 			continue;

wadsrc/static/zscript.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ version "3.7"
 #include "zscript/events.txt"
 #include "zscript/destructible.txt"
 #include "zscript/level_compatibility.txt"
+#include "zscript/network.txt"
 
 #include "zscript/menu/menuitembase.txt"
 #include "zscript/menu/menu.txt"

wadsrc/static/zscript/network.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+class NetSyncActor : Actor native
+{
+}