The NetServer stored a complete copy of the game Init Attributes, which
it sent to new clients on updates from the controller. This worked well,
but prevents incremental updates and other unrelated messages from being
sent.
This changes the system so that:
- in PREGAME state, the server does not update its copy of the game init
attributes
- the server forwards game setup messages from the controller to all
clients
- Joining clients get a full copy of the Settings, when joining, from
the controller (this is a js-driven behaviour - other situations might
not need do it).
- Make the StartNetworkGame message take a copy of the final init
attributes, to ensure synchronization (and simplify some logic).
In practice, this:
- makes it possible to send different types of gamesetup messages (this
introduces two: a regular update and the full 'initial-update' for new
clients).
- moves some C++ hardcoding into JS - here in essence the PREGAME server
state is now init-attributes-agnostic.
- does not change much for readiness control - the server already needed
to force a change at game start to set random elements.
Note that the loading page is currently still receiving the 'local' game
attributes, which assumes that all clients are correctly synchronized
(they should be).
Refs #3806, #3049
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D3714
This was SVN commit r25099.
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