Finished implementing all the packet handling code. It could be improved
in the future to compress the initial packet sent to clients. With this,
the code is complete enough to run! Commands have not been fixed yet but
that will come in the future.
Threw out the complicated architecture that I'd made for synchronizing
server and client data perfectly. Instead, we now send just enough data
to the client and the resulting code is simpler. Some of the client-side
code is also done so all packet handling should be finished soon.
Continued building a system for transferring the complete internal
states of our dimensions from the server to the client. However, Steven
suggested that clients only need minimal data to operate properly, as
opposed to the server. My motivation for this more complicated system
was the concern that minimal information wouldn't be enough. I'm going
to commit my progress, then tear it down and write a much simpler
version.
Started rewriting our packet handling code. Deleted PacketHandler in
favor of using sided (Server-, Client-) packet handlers to make it
easier to follow what's going on in our code. Added some event-based
handling of updates which greatly simplified signaling that data needs
to be sent, but it's not completely done yet.
