NetworkProtocolNotes

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== general == * connecting webgl+javascript in browser via html5 websocket (tcp) to lua/c++ server * websocket(tcp) maybe doesn't support binary data but only utf8 "text" blocks * jason encoding for structured network messages might be good for speed on clientside (javascript slow?) and utf8 as well as debugging * 8x8x8 terrain chunk might be transferred as 512byte long utf8 text string, if blocktype is encoded as printable utf8 char == server-sent content (type registration rather than life map) == * tiles (box) types : texture url, name (tooltip) properties * monster/creature "models" (pixel art flat sprites first, later maybe simple modelling from big-pixel textures and rect-blocks?) * player skin ? == map, show/hide/create/destroy, movement == * mapdata (update) : tile by tile (chunk) or single tile update ** each tile consists of 1 byte tiletype info and 1 byte parameter (4 bits) + lighting (4 bits) info ** collision (solid/empty/liquid), texture is tiletype based ** special infos like direction or liquid fill level is handled via the extra parameter * player * enemies/npcs (mobiles) ** actions/animations * items (on ground and in backpack/inventory. pickup?) * buildings (look like multiple blocks but might be highlighted/tooltipped in client somehow) --> würde ich glaube ich erst mal nicht unbedingt machen, da man ja via klick auf ein tile (egal welches) mit der werkbank interagieren kann * particle effects? ** area effects like rain/snow? * time/weather * sound/music effects * chat == gui == * chat * playerlist ? * building placement (list of available buildings and required resources) * items crafting inside buildings (list of available items and required resources) * other building functions (switches/levers,heal/sleep?) == player actions == * use selected tool on environment (client sends which block or only direction?) ** weapons : direction (ranged) ** place blocks / construct walls * activate object ? (switches) * drop items (pickup automatic?) * construct building * use building (starts crafting gui) === construction === * blocks * buildings/workshops ** different sizes but simple shapes : 1x1, 2x2, 3x3 with height 1 each * crafting = gameplay notes = (different wiki page, just noting from chat) * simple axe : stoneage like : use bare hands on : ground->small stones, tree->sticks, combine:stone-axe, slow but gets real wood * mining stone should not be so easily achievable, need pickaxe : metal ** 1 pick total per TEAM as start equip? npc trade? nope =) ** a bit ore findable in soil layers ? (burn wood->coal ->smelt ore ->metal : stone anvil + coal + stone hammer -> crude metal tools) *** metal hammer, metal anvil : better tools = naming conventions = * "tile" is a unit box, used for terrain and similar, 1x1x1 * "chunk" is a group of 8x8x8 tiles * the term "block" is avoided as it is ambigious and could be understood as 1x1x1 or 8x8x8

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