[Add] Entity interpolation for remote players.

Added linear interpolation for remote player movement to provide a
smoother and more visually appealing experience.

Where previously remote players would snap directly to their new coords
on receiving a game state update, making it a bit jerky, now we get a
smoothe ride.
This commit is contained in:
Ritchie Cunningham 2025-09-14 01:54:18 +01:00
parent 9b4aa84a30
commit 81b8972742
3 changed files with 34 additions and 26 deletions

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@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include "bettola.h"
#include "bettola/network/net_common.h"
#include "game/remote_player.h"
#include "math/mat4.h"
#include "network/message.h"
#include "network/game_state_message.h"
@ -198,6 +199,10 @@ void Bettola::update(double dt) {
_player.update(dt);
for(auto& remote_player : _remote_players) {
remote_player.update(dt);
}
if(_our_player_id > 0) {
/* Send player position to server via UDP.. */
BettolaLib::Network::MessageHeader header;
@ -229,11 +234,6 @@ void Bettola::update(double dt) {
}
void Bettola::render(void) {
static int frame_count =0 ;
if(frame_count++ % 300 == 0) {
/* Print every 5 seconds or something... */
printf("DEBUG: Rendering %zu remote players.\n", _remote_players.size());
}
glClearColor(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
@ -278,9 +278,6 @@ void Bettola::render(void) {
}
void Bettola::process_game_state(const BettolaLib::Network::GameStateMessage& msg) {
printf("DEBUG: Receiving game state withj %u players.\n", msg.num_players);
/* First, let's handle our own player's state for reconciliation. */
bool found_our_player = false;
for(unsigned int i = 0; i < msg.num_players; ++i) {
const auto& player_state = msg.players[i];
@ -291,29 +288,30 @@ void Bettola::process_game_state(const BettolaLib::Network::GameStateMessage& ms
*/
printf(" -> Processing remote player %u at (%.2f, %.2f)\n", player_state.player_id,
player_state.x, player_state.y);
found_our_player = true;
/* This is us! Reconcile our predicted state. */
float dx = _player.get_x() - player_state.x;
float dy = _player.get_y() - player_state.y;
if((dx*dx+dy*dy) > 0.0001f) { /* If distance is not negligibale. */
/* Simple correction, snap to server position. */
_player.set_position(player_state.x, player_state.y);
}
break;
}
}
} else {
/* Remote player. Find if we already know about them.. */
auto it = std::find_if(_remote_players.begin(), _remote_players.end(),
[&](const RemotePlayer& p) {
return p.get_id() == player_state.player_id;
});
/*
* Update all remote players now.
* Might need some work later. Definately will need some work late..
*/
std::vector<RemotePlayer> updated_remote_players;
for(unsigned int i = 0; i < msg.num_players; ++i) {
const auto& player_state = msg.players[i];
if(player_state.player_id != _our_player_id) {
updated_remote_players.emplace_back(player_state.player_id, player_state.x, player_state.y);
if(it != _remote_players.end()) {
/* Found 'em! update their target pos. */
it->set_target_position(player_state.x, player_state.y);
} else {
/* They are new, add them to our list. */
_remote_players.emplace_back(player_state.player_id, player_state.x, player_state.y);
}
}
_remote_players = updated_remote_players;
}
/* TODO: Remove players fomr _remote_players if they are no longer in the msg. */
}
bool Bettola::init_sdl(void) {

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@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
#include "remote_player.h"
RemotePlayer::RemotePlayer(unsigned int id, float x, float y) :
_id(id), _x(x), _y(y) {}
_id(id), _x(x), _y(y), _target_x(x), _target_y(y) {}
void RemotePlayer::set_position(float x, float y) {
_x = x; _y = y;
void RemotePlayer::update(double dt) {
const float interp_speed = 15.0f;
_x += (_target_x - _x) * interp_speed * dt;
_y += (_target_y - _y) * interp_speed * dt;
}
void RemotePlayer::set_target_position(float x, float y) {
_target_x = x; _target_y = y;
}

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@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ class RemotePlayer {
public:
RemotePlayer(unsigned int id, float x, float y);
void set_position(float x, float y);
void update(double dt);
void set_target_position(float x, float y);
unsigned int get_id(void) const { return _id; }
float get_x(void) const { return _x; }
@ -14,4 +15,6 @@ private:
unsigned int _id;
float _x;
float _y;
float _target_x;
float _target_y;
};