Moonbase

A moonbase commander clone.

Messages

Example of comms between sever and game master client.

Server	Dest	Client 0
HELLO_CLIENT protocolVersion:0, clientId:0	New client
		HELLO_SERVER
YOU_ARE_THE_GAME_MASTER	First client to connect
MAP_LIST [(mapId, name), …]	New client
MAP_SELECTED mapId:0	All clients
		MAP_DETAILS_REQ mapId:0
MAP_DETAILS mapId:0, …	Client who requested
PLAYER_JOINED clientId:0, name:"A", colour:0, race:0, team:0	All clients
		GAME_OPTIONS wind:1, timer:30, fog:false
GAME_OPTIONS wind:1, timer:30, fog:false	All clients
		PLAYER_OPTIONS name:"A", colour:4, race:0, team:0
PLAYER_OPTIONS clientId:0, name:"A", colour:4, race:0, team:0	All clients
PLAYER_JOINED clientId:1, name:"B", colour:1, race:1, team:1	All clients
PLAYER_JOINED clientId:2, name:"C", colour:2, race:2, team:2	All clients
		CHAT message:"Hi B"
CHAT message:"Hi B"	All clients
		WHISPER toClientId:1, message:"I love you"
CHAT message:"I love you"	Client 1
		READY
READY clientId:0	All clients
START_GAME state: …	All clients
		LAUNCH fromNodeId:0, angle:283, power:28, projectileId:4
LAUNCH clientId:0, fromNodeId:0, angle:283, power:28, projectileId:4, result: …	All clients

The LAUNCH messages to be sent from server to client should contain the complete server calculation of what happened. This can be quite complex for Moonbase. It will be a heirarchical data structure where child nodes occur as a result of parent nodes. e.g.

• (spike, from, to)
  • (spike_trail, from, to)
    • (damage, node, amount)
  • (spike_trail, from, to)
  • (damage, node, amount)