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Difference between Player::packUpdate and Player::writePacketData?

by Austin Zurfluh · in Torque 3D Professional · 03/06/2012 (1:01 pm) · 6 replies

Hey guys,

I'm pretty new to messing with the engine. I'm wondering what the difference between Player::writePacketData()/readPacketData() and Player::packUpdate()/unpackUpdate() is.

Thanks!
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Torque Owner Austin Zurfluh
Rynade Software

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I currently attend Eastern Washington University, and work as a Web Application Developer. I spend a lot of my free time playing with Torque 3D, for the company I've co-founded, Rynade Software.

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    Associate Scott Burns
    GG Alumni
    #1
    03/06/2012 (1:46 pm)
    Moved to T3D Private.

    Torque 3D Owner Ted Southard
    #2
    03/06/2012 (4:47 pm)
    pack/unpackUpdate() is for updates where not all of the information needs to be transmitted, and write/readPacket() writes all of the information at once- usually when the object is enough out of sync in the simulation that the server needs to send the entire current state (it doesn't happen that often, one hopes).

    Torque Owner Austin Zurfluh
    Rynade Software
    #3
    03/06/2012 (4:51 pm)
    Ah. That makes sense.

    Thank you for the clarification Ted, I appreciate it!

    Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
    T3D Steering Committee
    #4
    03/07/2012 (3:56 am)
    IIRC, writePacketData is also used to send info to the client controlling the object.

    Torque Owner Austin Zurfluh
    Rynade Software
    #5
    03/07/2012 (8:36 am)
    I see, thanks for the info Daniel!

    Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
    Liman3D
    #6
    03/08/2012 (12:59 pm)
    readPackets and writePackets are intended to be used for control objects.
    And you cannot mess them with the rest ones,
    that's why they use a secure delivery mechanism - readpacketdata/writepacketdata.