Faulty math.randomseed usage

[DBotThePony]

Cause complete desync between client and server With CAP installed:

Without CAP installed:

https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/math.randomseed

Please use util.SharedRandom: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/util.SharedRandom

[DBotThePony]

Also this should be removed https://github.com/RafaelDeJongh/cap/blob/master/lua/autorun/swep_fix.lua

Client calls :PrimaryAttack() until it works out all prediction issues. It is called once or two times with low ping, and multiple times with high ping. Such "fix" applied by file above almost completely ruin prediction.

[AlexALX]

Isn't this issue only with CAP SWEP's? Or affect others? Anyway it is pretty old code and maybe someone can review it, removing is bad idea because we might got much more issues.

[DBotThePony]

it affects ALL SWEPs installed on server.

[AlexALX]

I think if we will remove that then it will break most of cap weapons, unless this bug was fixed in gmod. So i'm not sure what to do.

[DBotThePony]

This is not a bug, this is how things are supposed to be (server call predicted hooks once, client call them as much as needed to close gap between server and client state).

From my own testing i found out that only some weapons are lacking proper prediction, most notably wraith hands.

If you want your logic to be executed only once on clientside realm on primary/secondary fire, use IsFirstTimePredicted() global function.

[AlexALX]

Can you please say me if its caused by exactly math.randomseed usages in cap or sbep_fix.lua file? How you are checking this?

[DBotThePony]

https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Prediction#commonquestions ???

[AlexALX]

I mean which command you used to display those cubes like on screen, because i tried some from this page, but didn't got anything like this.

[DBotThePony]

local sv_showimpacts = CreateConVar("sv_showimpacts", 0, FCVAR_REPLICATED, "Shows client (red) and server (blue) bullet impact point", 0, 3)
local sv_showimpacts_time = CreateConVar("sv_showimpacts_time", 4, FCVAR_REPLICATED, "How long to show bullet impact points for.", 1, 10)

local colorServer = Color(0, 0, 255, 127)
local colorClient = Color(255, 0, 0, 127)
local mins, maxs = Vector(-2, -2, -2), Vector(2, 2, 2)

if CLIENT then
    net.Receive("sv_showimpacts", function()
        debugoverlay.Box(Vector(net.ReadDouble(), net.ReadDouble(), net.ReadDouble()), mins, maxs, sv_showimpacts_time:GetFloat(), colorServer, true)
    end)
else
    util.AddNetworkString("sv_showimpacts")
end

hook.Add("EntityFireBullets", "showimpacts", function(pEntity, bulletInfo)
    if !IsFirstTimePredicted() then
        return
    end

    if sv_showimpacts:GetBool() then
        local originalCallback = bulletInfo.Callback

        bulletInfo.Callback = function(entity, trace, dmgInfo)
            if originalCallback then
                originalCallback(entity, trace, dmgInfo)
            end

            local impacts = sv_showimpacts:GetInt()

            if SERVER and (impacts == 1 or impacts == 3) then
                if game.SinglePlayer() then
                    debugoverlay.Box(trace.HitPos, mins, maxs, sv_showimpacts_time:GetFloat(), colorServer, true)
                else
                    net.Start("sv_showimpacts", true)
                    net.WriteDouble(trace.HitPos.x)
                    net.WriteDouble(trace.HitPos.y)
                    net.WriteDouble(trace.HitPos.z)
                    net.Broadcast()
                end
            elseif CLIENT and (impacts == 1 or impacts == 2) then
                debugoverlay.Box(trace.HitPos, mins, maxs, sv_showimpacts_time:GetFloat(), colorClient)
            end

        end

        return true
    end
end)

in autorun

[Grocel]

I think if we will remove that then it will break most of cap weapons, unless this bug was fixed in gmod. So i'm not sure what to do.

IsFirstTimePredicted()?