alvyxaz
commented
7 years ago Hey!
That's a fun question, haha
I think trying to use profiles for this case would be a bit troublesome. Possible, but probably not worth the effort.
Instead, I'd recommend you to create a new module, for example, you could call it "CharacterSelectionModule."
I'll add a documentation page about creating custom modules tomorrow.
I took a few minutes to write a quick example of the module:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Barebones.MasterServer;
using Barebones.Networking;
using UnityEngine.Networking;
public enum MyOpCodes
{
// For client
GetAllCharacters,
SelectCharacter,
CreateCharacter,
// For game server
GetCurrentCharacterData
}
/// <summary>
/// Quick, universal serializer
/// Not sure if it works, but it should :D
/// </summary>
public class Serializer : SerializablePacket
{
private Action<EndianBinaryWriter> _writeAction;
private Action<EndianBinaryReader> _readAction;
public static SerializablePacket Write(Action<EndianBinaryWriter> writeAction)
{
return new Serializer()
{
_writeAction = writeAction
};
}
public static SerializablePacket Read(Action<EndianBinaryReader> readAction)
{
return new Serializer()
{
_readAction = readAction
};
}
public override void ToBinaryWriter(EndianBinaryWriter writer)
{
_writeAction.Invoke(writer);
}
public override void FromBinaryReader(EndianBinaryReader reader)
{
_readAction.Invoke(reader);
}
}
public class CharacterData
{
public string Name;
public Dictionary<string, string> Properties;
}
public class CharacterSelectionModule : ServerModuleBehaviour
{
public AuthModule AuthModule;
void Awake()
{
AddDependency<AuthModule>();
}
public override void Initialize(IServer server)
{
base.Initialize(server);
AuthModule = server.GetModule<AuthModule>();
server.SetHandler((short) MyOpCodes.GetAllCharacters, HandleGetCharacters);
server.SetHandler((short) MyOpCodes.SelectCharacter, HandleSelectCharacter);
server.SetHandler((short) MyOpCodes.GetCurrentCharacterData, HandleGetCurrentCharData);
}
#region Message handlers
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message"></param>
private void HandleGetCharacters(IIncommingMessage message)
{
// On client, this is how you'd send a message which would be handled by this handler:
//Msf.Client.Connection.SendMessage((short) MyOpCodes.GetAllCharacters, (status, response) =>
//{
// if (status != ResponseStatus.Success)
// {
// Logs.Debug(response.AsString("Unknown Error"));
// return;
// }
// response.Deserialize(Serializer.Read(reader =>
// {
// var charCount = reader.ReadInt32();
// for (var i = 0; i > charCount; i++)
// {
// var charName = reader.ReadString();
// var properties = reader.ReadDictionary();
// }
// }));
//});
// Find out who's the user who sent this message
var user = message.Peer.GetExtension<IUserExtension>();
// TODO Get all characters, you'll probably need more data than that
var characters = new List<CharacterData>()
{
new CharacterData()
{
Name = "Roflcopter",
Properties = new Dictionary<string, string>()
}
};
// Respond with the data
message.Respond(Serializer.Write(writer =>
{
// Character count
writer.Write(characters.Count);
// Write the characters
foreach (var character in characters)
{
writer.Write(character.Name);
writer.Write(character.Properties);
}
}), ResponseStatus.Success);
}
private void HandleSelectCharacter(IIncommingMessage message)
{
var user = message.Peer.GetExtension<IUserExtension>();
var characterName = message.AsString();
// TODO get all users
// TODO Check if players owns this character
// You'd probably load it from somewhere (like database)
// With a direct SQL query or something else
var character = new CharacterData()
{
Name = "Roflcopter",
Properties = new Dictionary<string, string>()
};
if (character == null)
{
// If character doesn't exist
message.Respond(ResponseStatus.Failed);
return;
}
// Save selected character data in extensions
message.Peer.AddExtension(character);
message.Respond(ResponseStatus.Success);
}
/// <summary>
/// This message would be sent by game server, when he asks which character
/// a player has selected (you may or may not need this)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message"></param>
private void HandleGetCurrentCharData(IIncommingMessage message)
{
var accountUsername = message.AsString();
var user = AuthModule.GetLoggedInUser(accountUsername);
var selectedCharacter = user.Peer.GetExtension<CharacterData>();
message.Respond(Serializer.Write(writer =>
{
writer.Write(selectedCharacter.Name);
writer.Write(selectedCharacter.Properties);
}));
}
#endregion
}
delmarle
Specro777
RowellKataan
DeadlyCobraXXX
Hello! Instead of a problem this time around, I have a question about implementation. I'm currently on my last stretch of 'things I don't fully understand,' so I thought I'd ask for any advice.
While it's not exactly an MMORPG, for the simplicity of this example, let us say that I am making an MMORPG.
Like any MMORPG, there's two elements of a player's existence on my server. His or her account, and his or her character. The player has one account, but can have multiple characters. The account is already handled, but I am trying to better understand how to implement the characters.
I need to do the following:
Now, I don't need help with actually implementing the GUI aspects of this procedure, but I do need assistance in understanding how to conceive of the characters in the first place. My first question is: Can you re-purpose Profiles to be interchangeable characters? This appears to be the closest approximation to characters that already exists in the framework. Can profiles simply be reused and re-purposed to be characters? I ask this because I get the feeling profiles aren't intended to be long-term persistent, or intended to be 1 Profile per Account.
If profiles can be used, then I have to ask: How would you obtain all Profiles in a database that identify with a certain account? I am using MySQL for this project but I imagine this can go for all database types. My thought was for each Profile to have an entry for the account Username or ID associated with it. My thought was to potentially get all rows that have (for example) account ID '4', and display that to the end user. They select one, then enter the game loading that particular profile. If this is possible, what classes might I need to look into to make the appropriate alterations?
If Profiles might not be used, how might I go about making a custom Database handler? Is it as easy as it looks? Naturally I would only need to send, and then receive SQL calls infrequently. A character save time of 5 minutes would be ideal, if not instantaneous on any changes. Any time the player would need to receive information from the database is on log in, or whenever a change is made (such as swapping an item in an inventory)
I am not sure if this purpose is fully in line with the intent of this product but considering this is essentially an alternate way of handling the Profiles database, I was hoping to get any information going forward before I attempted my own experiments with the framework.
Thank you very much for any support anyone is able to offer! -Specro