SpiderMonkey Client/Server sync

Troubleshooting spidermonkey
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I am trying to make a multiplayer game, and from what I understand from Source Multiplayer Networking - Valve Developer Community
I need to send the tick that the program is in so when the other gets the packet it knows when it happened.

psudo code
server:

private long startEpochTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
private float time = 0;
public final float tps = 64f;
public final float secondsPerTick = 1 / tps;
public int currentTick;

public void simpleUpdate(float tpf){
    time += tpf;
    currentTick = (int) (time / secondsPerTick);
    //send message
}

public void connectionAdded(Server s, HostedConnection c){
    SendMessage(startEpochTime);
}

client:

public float time = 0;
public int tick = 0;
public float tps = 64f;
public float secondsPerTick = (1 / tps);

messageRecieved(Message m){
    time = System.currentTimeMillis() - m.getEpochTime();
}

public void simpleUpdate(float tpf){
    time += tpf;
    tick = (int) (time / secondsPerTick);
    //send message
}

is this convoluted? I would think that there would be a default way to sync but I couldnt find it. Thanks for the help

2

Okay … what is your goal, what do you need it for (later)?

3

Default way to sync what? If you mean object syncing… which of the dozens of trade offs should we have picked? ie: which games should have supported by default and which games should we have left out in the cold?

Anyway, there is an add-on library that does a lot of the work for you.

It’s pretty efficient.

You can find prebuilt examples here:

And an ES version of that example here:

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My apologies, I was just being dumb. I have no idea what I was thinking Thanks for dealing with me :slight_smile: