Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 01 Sep 2014, 15:50
So it's been a few days, and I've done a lot of work on expanding on the original patch.
Most game objects (Game, Player, Card, SpellAbility, SpellAbilityStackInstance) now have a dedicated view object, which are the only objects passed around in any of the view code. For now, I've merged the view code for the Game itself with the HumanPlayerController, making that object the sole link between the game state and the GUI. For a network game this would then be split into two classes: the controller at the server, and the view at the client.
However, the code is a bit of a mess right now, and there's some problems (mostly with the Input classes) that I can't easily solve. There's around 150 errors and it's growing above my head a bit
Would anybody care to setup a branch so I can commit it there? Then multiple people can help thinking about it without me having to post patches here. (I'd set up the branch myself, but I'm not exactly sure how to do it and I don't want to mess up the repository.)
Most game objects (Game, Player, Card, SpellAbility, SpellAbilityStackInstance) now have a dedicated view object, which are the only objects passed around in any of the view code. For now, I've merged the view code for the Game itself with the HumanPlayerController, making that object the sole link between the game state and the GUI. For a network game this would then be split into two classes: the controller at the server, and the view at the client.
However, the code is a bit of a mess right now, and there's some problems (mostly with the Input classes) that I can't easily solve. There's around 150 errors and it's growing above my head a bit
Would anybody care to setup a branch so I can commit it there? Then multiple people can help thinking about it without me having to post patches here. (I'd set up the branch myself, but I'm not exactly sure how to do it and I don't want to mess up the repository.)- elcnesh
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 02 Sep 2014, 08:38
(triple-post )
The branch has been made! It still has some errors though, as some code (mostly related to Inputs, GameEvents and Dev Mode buttons) still has to be refactored. After that, it's only testing, and I think we should be able to merge it back into trunk pretty soon.
If people could help out with thinking about or coding the missing parts, that'd be great!
)The branch has been made! It still has some errors though, as some code (mostly related to Inputs, GameEvents and Dev Mode buttons) still has to be refactored. After that, it's only testing, and I think we should be able to merge it back into trunk pretty soon.
If people could help out with thinking about or coding the missing parts, that'd be great!
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 05 Sep 2014, 00:07
(quadruple-post! sorry for hijacking this thread for updates, but at least now everyone gets to see what's happening )
The branch is error-free, and I'm working out the last problems (mostly NPE's) in the code. But I'm really happy to announce that most of it is working already, and I've played my first game using the new View objects! 
The only things that needs to be done before merging the branch back into trunk is (a) testing all affected parts thoroughly (including questing, deck editor, workshop etc. - unfortunately these also had to be modified); and (b) refactoring the android code, which are mostly trivial changes but should still be done with care of course (and tested).
The most important change is that ALL communication between the game (model) and the GUI (view) now happens with two interfaces: the model sends input requests to IGuiBase, which is now picked up by GuiDesktop; and the view sends requests to IGameView, which is now picked up by PlayerControllerHuman. The only thing required for network play is to implement network versions of the interfaces (both on the server and client side, so four classes in total), and it should all work.
)The branch is error-free, and I'm working out the last problems (mostly NPE's
) in the code. But I'm really happy to announce that most of it is working already, and I've played my first game using the new View objects! The only things that needs to be done before merging the branch back into trunk is (a) testing all affected parts thoroughly (including questing, deck editor, workshop etc. - unfortunately these also had to be modified); and (b) refactoring the android code, which are mostly trivial changes but should still be done with care of course (and tested).
The most important change is that ALL communication between the game (model) and the GUI (view) now happens with two interfaces: the model sends input requests to IGuiBase, which is now picked up by GuiDesktop; and the view sends requests to IGameView, which is now picked up by PlayerControllerHuman. The only thing required for network play is to implement network versions of the interfaces (both on the server and client side, so four classes in total), and it should all work.
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by troyready » 05 Sep 2014, 00:08
I say no apology needed -- for those of us following along with great anticipation, your posts are great!
Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 09 Sep 2014, 14:09
First test results! And they're positive!
Before merging back into trunk, however, some more testing is needed:
* More testing of normal matches, especially with funky cards;
* Testing other playing types: sealed, draft, gauntlet, quests, etc.;
* Watching AI vs. AI matches;
* Testing the Android version for all the above as well (it may very well be unstable!).
Sol and Dan, could you create desktop and Android builds of the branch? If we could get some people beside me to test this, it'd all go a whole lot faster. I simply don't have the time and creativity to do that myself
Before merging back into trunk, however, some more testing is needed:
* More testing of normal matches, especially with funky cards;
* Testing other playing types: sealed, draft, gauntlet, quests, etc.;
* Watching AI vs. AI matches;
* Testing the Android version for all the above as well (it may very well be unstable!).
Sol and Dan, could you create desktop and Android builds of the branch? If we could get some people beside me to test this, it'd all go a whole lot faster. I simply don't have the time and creativity to do that myself
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by Agetian » 09 Sep 2014, 16:49
Awesome job thus far! I would love to test but sadly my current business schedule won't permit me to, so I hope someone else will be able to assist. Good luck!elcnesh wrote:First test results! And they're positive!
Before merging back into trunk, however, some more testing is needed:
* More testing of normal matches, especially with funky cards;
* Testing other playing types: sealed, draft, gauntlet, quests, etc.;
* Watching AI vs. AI matches;
* Testing the Android version for all the above as well (it may very well be unstable!).
Sol and Dan, could you create desktop and Android builds of the branch? If we could get some people beside me to test this, it'd all go a whole lot faster. I simply don't have the time and creativity to do that myself
By the way, I would advise to wait until 1.5.26 is released before merging this branch back into trunk even if the testing appears to show positive results (so that we have enough time later to fix up whatever may suddenly spring up and go wrong at a later time without breaking a soon-to-come release).
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by drdev » 09 Sep 2014, 18:55
elcnesh, have you tried just running forge-gui-mobile-dev as a Java Application? That should allow you to verify the behavior of the mobile game without needing to connect an Android device or build a .apk. That's how I do almost all my testing while developing.
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by friarsol » 10 Sep 2014, 00:53
I switched to this branch to check it out tonight. But was getting the following crash using my normal Profile:
Once I switched to a fresh profile (by changing my profile.properties), things went through. Not sure how exactly that's happening.
Once I switched to a fresh profile (by changing my profile.properties), things went through. Not sure how exactly that's happening.
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 10 Sep 2014, 13:29
Thanks for the report! That (and a host of other) bugs have been fixed in the last few commits. I completely rewrote parts of the engine (the Google BiMap is bugged somehow 
) and now everything is a lot more stable.
@Agetian: I'll definitely wait a bit before merging, I'm not gonna commit this big a change without at least a couple of people verifying that everything works as intended.
Known issues:
) and now everything is a lot more stable. @Agetian: I'll definitely wait a bit before merging, I'm not gonna commit this big a change without at least a couple of people verifying that everything works as intended.
Known issues:
- No playback controls in AI vs AI;
- Human vs Human is bugged (not sure if it can even work under the new code
); - Display of split cards on stack is weird (but functions correctly otherwise).
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by friarsol » 10 Sep 2014, 14:15
Does that mean Mindslaver doesn't work? Human vs Human and "control another player" were very tightly coupled when they were implemented.elcnesh wrote:[*] Human vs Human is bugged (not sure if it can even work under the new code
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by friarsol » 11 Sep 2014, 01:55
Not sure why but the 'A' key doesn't seem to run the "Alpha Strike" command like it should. The 'E' key runs End Turn.
Additionally I got this error:
Description: [describe what you were doing when the crash occurred]
Additionally I got this error:
Description: [describe what you were doing when the crash occurred]
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by friarsol » 12 Sep 2014, 01:32
Ahh I see what's going on. It does actually work, but a repaint isn't triggered afterwards, so the Attacking icon doesn't show up properly.friarsol wrote:Not sure why but the 'A' key doesn't seem to run the "Alpha Strike" command like it should. The 'E' key runs End Turn.
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by elcnesh » 12 Sep 2014, 09:00
Actually, I only fixed alpha strike yesterday but you're right it doesn't update properly yet.
Mindslaver is fixed now, but hotseat is basically dead under the new code. I'm not sure if anyone ever used it anyway (except maybe for testing?). Apart from that and AI vs AI playback controls, I haven't found anything that's not working, so more testing is definitely welcome!
but you're right it doesn't update properly yet.Mindslaver is fixed now, but hotseat is basically dead under the new code. I'm not sure if anyone ever used it anyway (except maybe for testing?). Apart from that and AI vs AI playback controls, I haven't found anything that's not working, so more testing is definitely welcome!
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Re: Network Multiplayer (Multi-human players)
by Agetian » 12 Sep 2014, 11:54
Glad to hear that most things are operational! Good job thus far, keep it up! Hotseat was quite interesting, I know I used it for some deck testing experiments, not sure if anybody else ever used it though (there were a couple reports in the bug thread though, so I assume somebody didelcnesh wrote:Actually, I only fixed alpha strike yesterday
Mindslaver is fixed now, but hotseat is basically dead under the new code. I'm not sure if anyone ever used it anyway (except maybe for testing?). Apart from that and AI vs AI playback controls, I haven't found anything that's not working, so more testing is definitely welcome!
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