Struct rusty_sword_arena::net::ServerConnection

pub struct ServerConnection { /* fields omitted */ }

Represents a client's connection to a server, and methods to abstract away all the actual network communication. Hooray for encapsulation!

Methods

impl ServerConnection

pub fn new(host: &str) -> Self

Create a new connection to a server. host is the IP address or domain name of the server.

pub fn join(&mut self, name: &str) -> u8

Join a game. If successful, you'll get a non-zero player id back. If not successful, there was probably a name collision, so change your name and try again. If changing the name still doesn't work, then the server is probably full.

pub fn get_game_setting(&mut self) -> GameSetting

Get the current GameSetting. The most important thing about the GameSetting is checking that you are connecting to a version of the server you expect.

pub fn leave(&mut self, id: u8) -> bool

Leave the game.

pub fn poll_game_states(&mut self) -> Vec<GameState>

Gets all available unprocessed game states. You should call this often enough that you usually don't receive more than one.

pub fn send_player_input(&mut self, player_input: PlayerInput)

Send player input to the server. The server processes input as it comes in, but that doesn't mean you should send 10,000 input packets/second. Keep track of the input and only send new input about every 15ms.