- added the last missing bits of the savegame code - thinker list deserialization and handling of players during hub travel. Now testing is what remains...

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1001,7 +1001,6 @@ set( FASTMATH_SOURCES
 )
 
 set (PCH_SOURCES
-	json.cpp
 	actorptrselect.cpp
 	am_map.cpp
 	b_bot.cpp

src/dthinker.cpp

@@ -116,6 +116,85 @@ void DThinker::SaveList(FSerializer &arc, DThinker *node)
 	}
 }
 
+//==========================================================================
+//
+//
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
+void DThinker::SerializeThinkers(FSerializer &arc, bool hubLoad)
+{
+	//DThinker *thinker;
+	//BYTE stat;
+	//int statcount;
+	int i;
+
+	if (arc.isWriting())
+	{
+		arc.BeginArray("thinkers");
+		for (i = 0; i <= MAX_STATNUM; i++)
+		{
+			arc.BeginArray(nullptr);
+			SaveList(arc, Thinkers[i].GetHead());
+			SaveList(arc, FreshThinkers[i].GetHead());
+			arc.EndArray();
+		}
+		arc.EndArray();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (arc.BeginArray("thinkers"))
+		{
+			for (i = 0; i <= MAX_STATNUM; i++)
+			{
+				if (arc.BeginArray(nullptr))
+				{
+					int size = arc.ArraySize();
+					for (int j = 0; j < size; j++)
+					{
+						DThinker *thinker;
+						arc(nullptr, thinker);
+						if (thinker != nullptr)
+						{
+							// This may be a player stored in their ancillary list. Remove
+							// them first before inserting them into the new list.
+							if (thinker->NextThinker != nullptr)
+							{
+								thinker->Remove();
+							}
+							// Thinkers with the OF_JustSpawned flag set go in the FreshThinkers
+							// list. Anything else goes in the regular Thinkers list.
+							if (thinker->ObjectFlags & OF_EuthanizeMe)
+							{
+								// This thinker was destroyed during the loading process. Do
+								// not link it into any list.
+							}
+							else if (thinker->ObjectFlags & OF_JustSpawned)
+							{
+								FreshThinkers[i].AddTail(thinker);
+								thinker->PostSerialize();
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								Thinkers[i].AddTail(thinker);
+								thinker->PostSerialize();
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					arc.EndArray();
+				}
+			}
+			arc.EndArray();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+//==========================================================================
+//
+//
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
 DThinker::DThinker (int statnum) throw()
 {
 	NextThinker = NULL;

src/json.cpp

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#include "serializer.h"
-#include "r_local.h"
-#include "p_setup.h"
-#include "c_dispatch.h"
-#include "i_system.h"
-#include "a_sharedglobal.h"
-
-
-
-//==========================================================================
-//
-//
-//
-//==========================================================================
-
-
-void DThinker::SerializeThinkers(FSerializer &arc, bool hubLoad)
-{
-	//DThinker *thinker;
-	//BYTE stat;
-	//int statcount;
-	int i;
-
-	if (arc.isWriting())
-	{
-		arc.BeginArray("thinkers");
-		for (i = 0; i <= MAX_STATNUM; i++)
-		{
-			arc.BeginArray(nullptr);
-			SaveList(arc, Thinkers[i].GetHead());
-			SaveList(arc, FreshThinkers[i].GetHead());
-			arc.EndArray();
-		}
-		arc.EndArray();
-	}
-	else
-	{
-	}
-}

src/p_saveg.cpp

@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
 #include "r_renderer.h"
 #include "serializer.h"
 
-// just the stuff that already got converted to FSerializer so that it can be seen as 'done' when searching.
-#include "zzz_old.cpp"
-
-
 //
 // Thinkers
 //
@@ -905,7 +901,7 @@ void G_SerializeLevel(FSerializer &arc, bool hubload)
 	{
 		P_DestroyThinkers(hubload);
 		interpolator.ClearInterpolations();
-		arc.ReadObjects();
+		arc.ReadObjects(hubload);
 	}
 
 	arc("level.flags", level.flags)

src/serializer.cpp

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "v_text.h"
 
 char nulspace[1024 * 1024 * 4];
+bool save_full = false;	// for testing. Should be removed afterward.
 
 //==========================================================================
 //
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ struct FReader
 		rapidjson::Document doc;
 		mDoc.Parse(buffer, length);
 		mObjects.Push(FJSONObject(&mDoc));
-		memset(mPlayers, 0, sizeof(mPlayers));
+		memset(mPlayers, -1, sizeof(mPlayers));
 	}
 
 	rapidjson::Value *FindKey(const char *key)
@@ -806,7 +807,7 @@ void FSerializer::WriteObjects()
 //
 //==========================================================================
 
-void FSerializer::ReadObjects()
+void FSerializer::ReadObjects(bool hubtravel)
 {
 	bool founderrors = false;
 	
@@ -823,6 +824,7 @@ void FSerializer::ReadObjects()
 				if (BeginObject(nullptr))
 				{
 					FString clsname;	// do not deserialize the class type directly so that we can print appropriate errors.
+					int pindex = -1;
 
 					Serialize(*this, "classtype", clsname, nullptr);
 					PClass *cls = PClass::FindClass(clsname);
@@ -830,6 +832,7 @@ void FSerializer::ReadObjects()
 					{
 						Printf("Unknown object class '%d' in savegame", clsname.GetChars());
 						founderrors = true;
+						r->mDObjects[i] = RUNTIME_CLASS(AActor)->CreateNew();	// make sure we got at least a valid pointer for the duration of the loading process.
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -849,33 +852,60 @@ void FSerializer::ReadObjects()
 				for (unsigned i = 0; i < r->mDObjects.Size(); i++)
 				{
 					auto obj = r->mDObjects[i];
-					try
+					if (BeginObject(nullptr))
 					{
-						if (BeginObject(nullptr))
+						if (obj != nullptr)
 						{
 							int pindex = -1;
-							Serialize(*this, "playerindex", pindex, nullptr);
+							if (hubtravel)
-							if (obj != nullptr)
 							{
-								if (pindex >= 0 && pindex < MAXPLAYERS)
+								// mark this as a hub travelling player. This needs to be taken care of later and be replaced with the real travelling player,
+								// but that's better done at the end of this loop so that inventory ownership is not getting messed up.
+								Serialize(*this, "playerindex", pindex, nullptr);
+								if (hubtravel && pindex >= 0 && pindex < MAXPLAYERS)
 								{
-									obj->ObjectFlags |= OF_LoadedPlayer;
 									r->mPlayers[pindex] = int(i);
 								}
+							}
+							try
+							{
 								obj->SerializeUserVars(*this);
 								obj->Serialize(*this);
 							}
-							EndObject();
+							catch (CRecoverableError &err)
+							{
+								// In case something in here throws an error, let's continue and deal with it later.
+								Printf(TEXTCOLOR_RED "'%s'\n while restoring %s", err.GetMessage(), obj ? obj->GetClass()->TypeName.GetChars() : "invalid object");
+								mErrors++;
+							}
 						}
-					}
+						EndObject();
-					catch (CRecoverableError &err)
-					{
-						Printf(TEXTCOLOR_RED "'%s'\n while restoring %s", err.GetMessage(),obj? obj->GetClass()->TypeName.GetChars() : "invalid object");
-						mErrors++;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 			EndArray();
+
+			if (hubtravel)
+			{
+				for (int i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; i++)
+				{
+					int pindex = r->mPlayers[i];
+					if (pindex != -1)
+					{
+						if (players[i].mo != nullptr)
+						{
+							r->mDObjects[pindex]->Destroy();
+							DObject::StaticPointerSubstitution(r->mDObjects[pindex], players[i].mo);
+							r->mDObjects[pindex] = players[i].mo;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							players[i].mo = static_cast<APlayerPawn*>(r->mDObjects[pindex]);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			DThinker::bSerialOverride = false;
 			assert(!founderrors);
 			if (founderrors)

src/serializer.h

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "r_defs.h"
 #include "resourcefiles/file_zip.h"
 
+extern bool save_full;
+
 struct ticcmd_t;
 struct usercmd_t;
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ public:
 	bool OpenReader(const char *buffer, size_t length);
 	bool OpenReader(FCompressedBuffer *input);
 	void Close();
-	void ReadObjects();
+	void ReadObjects(bool hubtravel);
 	bool BeginObject(const char *name);
 	void EndObject();
 	bool BeginArray(const char *name);
@@ -108,13 +110,13 @@ public:
 	template<class T>
 	FSerializer &operator()(const char *key, T &obj, T &def)
 	{
-		return Serialize(*this, key, obj, &def);
+		return Serialize(*this, key, obj, save_full? nullptr : &def);
 	}
 
 	template<class T>
 	FSerializer &Array(const char *key, T *obj, int count, bool fullcompare = false)
 	{
-		if (fullcompare && isWriting() && nullcmp(obj, count * sizeof(T)))
+		if (!save_full && fullcompare && isWriting() && nullcmp(obj, count * sizeof(T)))
 		{
 			return *this;
 		}
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ public:
 	template<class T>
 	FSerializer &Array(const char *key, T *obj, T *def, int count, bool fullcompare = false)
 	{
-		if (fullcompare && isWriting() && def != nullptr && !memcmp(obj, def, count * sizeof(T)))
+		if (!save_full && fullcompare && isWriting() && def != nullptr && !memcmp(obj, def, count * sizeof(T)))
 		{
 			return *this;
 		}