[Add] Dynamic world chunk loading.

srv/game/game.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public:
   Player* add_player(BettolaLib::Network::TCPSocket* socket);
   void remove_player(unsigned int player_id);
 
-  void send_initial_chunks(Player* player);
+  void update_player_chunks(void);
 
   void process_udp_message(const char* buffer, size_t size, const sockaddr_in& from_addr);
   void broadcast_game_state(BettolaLib::Network::UDPSocket& udp_socket);
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public:
   Player* get_player_by_id(unsigned int id);
 
 private:
+  void _send_chunks_around(Player* player, int chunk_x, int chunk_z);
+
   std::vector<Player*> _players;
   World _world;
 };

srv/game/game_chunk_management.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <cmath>
+#include "game.h"
+#include "bettola/game/chunk.h"
+
+void Game::update_player_chunks(void) {
+  const int chunk_width   = BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_WIDTH   - 1;
+  const int chunk_height  = BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_HEIGHT  - 1;
+
+  for(Player* player : _players)  {
+    const auto& pos = player->get_position();
+
+    /* Calculate player's current chunk coords. */
+    int chunk_x = floor(pos.x / chunk_width);
+    int chunk_z = floor(pos.z / chunk_height);
+
+    /* If they have moved into a new chunk, send them the new surrounding chunks. */
+    if(chunk_z != player->get_chunk_x() || chunk_z != player->get_chunk_z()) {
+      player->set_chunk_pos(chunk_x, chunk_z);
+      _send_chunks_around(player, chunk_x, chunk_z);
+    }
+  }
+}

srv/game/game_send_chunks.cpp

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 #include "bettola/network/message.h"
 #include "player.h"
 
-void Game::send_initial_chunks(Player* player) {
+void Game::_send_chunks_around(Player* player, int center_x, int center_z) {
   BettolaLib::Network::MessageHeader header;
   header.type = BettolaLib::Network::MessageType::ChunkData;
   header.size = sizeof(BettolaLib::Network::ChunkMessage);
 
-  /* Send a 3x3 grid of chunks around the origin. */
-  for(int x = -1; x <=1; ++x) {
-    for(int z = -1; z <= 1; ++z) {
+  /* Send a 3x3 grid of chunks around the player's current chunk. */
+  for(int x = center_x; x <= center_x+1; ++x) {
+    for(int z = center_z-1; z <= center_z+1; ++z) {
       BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& chunk = _world.get_chunk(x, z);
 
       BettolaLib::Network::ChunkMessage msg;

srv/game/player.cpp

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 Player::Player(BettolaLib::Network::TCPSocket* socket) :
       PlayerBase(),
       _socket(socket),
-      _has_udp_addr(false) {
+      _has_udp_addr(false),
+      _chunk_x(INT_MAX),
+      _chunk_z(INT_MAX) {
 
   _last_processed_sequence = 0;
   memset(&_udp_addr, 0, sizeof(_udp_addr));

srv/game/player.h

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
 #include "bettola/network/tcpsocket.h"
@@ -19,9 +20,15 @@ public:
   void set_last_processed_sequence(unsigned int sequence) { _last_processed_sequence = sequence; }
   unsigned int get_last_processed_sequence(void) const { return _last_processed_sequence; }
 
+  int get_chunk_x(void) const      { return _chunk_x; }
+  int get_chunk_z(void) const      { return _chunk_z; }
+  void set_chunk_pos(int x, int z) { _chunk_x = x; _chunk_z = z; }
+
 private:
   BettolaLib::Network::TCPSocket* _socket;
   sockaddr_in _udp_addr;
   bool _has_udp_addr;
   unsigned int _last_processed_sequence;
+  int _chunk_x;
+  int _chunk_z;
 };

srv/game/world.cpp

@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
+#include <chrono>
+
 #include "world.h"
 #include "bettola/game/chunk.h"
 #include "bettola/noise/fast_noise_lite.h"
 
 World::World(void) {
-  m_noise.SetNoiseType(FastNoiseLite::NoiseType_Perlin);
-  m_noise.SetFrequency(0.02f);
+  _noise.SetSeed(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
+  _noise.SetNoiseType(FastNoiseLite::NoiseType_Perlin);
+  _noise.SetFrequency(0.02f);
+
+  _noise.SetFractalType(FastNoiseLite::FractalType_FBm);
+  _noise.SetFractalOctaves(5);
+  _noise.SetFractalLacunarity(2.0f);
+  _noise.SetFractalGain(0.5);
 }
 
 BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& World::get_chunk(int x, int z) {
   ChunkPos pos = {x, z};
-  auto it = m_chunks.find(pos);
-  if(it != m_chunks.end()) {
+  auto it = _chunks.find(pos);
+  if(it != _chunks.end()) {
     return it->second;
   }
 
   /* If chunk doesn't exist, generate it. */
-  BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& new_chunk = m_chunks[pos];
+  BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& new_chunk = _chunks[pos];
   _generate_chunk(new_chunk, x, z);
   return new_chunk;
 }
@@ -27,10 +35,10 @@ void World::_generate_chunk(BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& chunk, int chunk_x, int chu
       float world_x = (float)(chunk_x * (BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_WIDTH  - 1)
         + (x - BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_BORDER_SIZE));
       float world_z = (float)(chunk_z * (BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_HEIGHT - 1)
-        + (z + BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_BORDER_SIZE));
+        + (z - BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_BORDER_SIZE));
 
       /* generate noise value. */
-      chunk.heightmap[z * BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_DATA_WIDTH + x] = m_noise.GetNoise(world_x, world_z);
+      chunk.heightmap[z * BettolaLib::Game::CHUNK_DATA_WIDTH + x] = _noise.GetNoise(world_x, world_z);
     }
   }
 }

srv/game/world.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public:
 private:
   void _generate_chunk(BettolaLib::Game::Chunk& chunk, int chunk_x, int chunk_z);
 
-  FastNoiseLite m_noise;
-  std::map<ChunkPos, BettolaLib::Game::Chunk> m_chunks;
+  FastNoiseLite _noise;
+  std::map<ChunkPos, BettolaLib::Game::Chunk> _chunks;
 };
 

srv/main.cpp

@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ int main(void) {
           unsigned int id = new_player->get_id();
           client_socket->send(&id, sizeof(id));
 
-          game.send_initial_chunks(new_player);
-
           int client_flags = fcntl(client_socket->get_sockfd(), F_GETFL, 0);
           fcntl(client_socket->get_sockfd(), F_SETFL, client_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -165,6 +163,9 @@ int main(void) {
       }
     }
 
+    /* Update dynamic game state, like chunk loading for players. */
+    game.update_player_chunks();
+
     /* Broadcase game state. */
     game.broadcast_game_state(udp_socket);