Multisync - server assigned player number

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petethesparky

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Posted: 2nd May 2011 15:32

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Hi,

I remember in Tempest there was a command to return the player number that had been assigned to a client by the server. Of course the server itself was always player 1. Now in Multisync, the server is no longer player 1 as the plugin handles things a bit differently.

Is there an easy way of finding out which player number has been assigned to a client, or am I missing something blindingly obvious?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Posted: 3rd May 2011 08:07

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Allow me to clarify: You want the client to be able to determine what player ID number the server is using to identify him?

I am unaware of any command that determines this directly, but you could just as easily have the server send the information to the client as soon as he connects:

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result = net player joined()
IF result > 0
   net put int result
   net send result
ENDIF

The first line determines whether or not anyone has joined (a zero result means nobody has joined since the last time we called NET PLAYER JOINED).

If someone has joined, we stick the new connection number into the send buffer, and then send that number to... well, to that connection number.

The client can just IAmPlayerNumber = NET GET INT() on his side, and he knows what connection number the server has assigned him.

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Posted: 3rd May 2011 16:18

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You do know that the clients can not communicate in multisync, right? If you call net send 0 on the client it will send to the server. Only the server has access to send to all clients. Thus the server does not need an id, as the only destination of messages coming from clients is the server.

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petethesparky

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Posted: 4th May 2011 00:48

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Cheers for the replies guys. I already have this code...

client...

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while net get message()
  select net get byte()
   case MESSAGE_ID_PLAYERNUMBER
   ourID= net get int()
   endcase

and server...

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 result = net player joined()
   while result > 0
      player(result).exist = 1
      player(result).number = result
      net put byte MESSAGE_ID_PLAYERNUMBER
      net put int result
      net send result

...which is pretty much what you suggested, but I was just wondering if there was a single, more efficient command to achieve this.

For example, in Tempest (the fore-runner to Multisync), calling the single command "TGetThisID" would return the exact same thing, without all those lines, and without any additional interaction between the client and the server.

I can't understand why Benjamin would leave something like that out, but I guess he had his reasons.

Thanks for the support nonetheless

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