Only send player what's near them, other fixes

- When zoom out players get big

gamestate.c

@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ V2 entity_pos(Entity* e)
 	if (e->is_box) {
 		return V2add(entity_pos(box_grid(e)), V2rotate(entity_shape_pos(e), entity_rotation(box_grid(e))));
 	}
+	else if (e->is_explosion) {
+		return e->explosion_pos;
+	} 
 	else {
 		assert(e->body != NULL);
 		return cp_to_v2(cpBodyGetPosition(e->body));
@@ -608,13 +611,13 @@ void update_from(cpBody* body, struct BodyData* data)
 	cpBodySetAngularVelocity(body, data->angular_velocity);
 }
 
-//#define WRITE_VARNAMES // debugging feature horrible for network
 typedef struct SerState
 {
 	char* bytes;
 	bool serializing;
 	size_t cursor; // points to next available byte, is the size of current message after serializing something
 	size_t max_size;
+	Entity* for_player;
 } SerState;
 void ser_var(SerState* ser, char* var_pointer, size_t var_size, const char* name, const char* file, int line)
 {
@@ -805,6 +808,7 @@ void ser_entity(SerState* ser, GameState* gs, Entity* e)
 	if (e->is_box)
 	{
 		SER_VAR(&e->box_type);
+		SER_VAR(&e->always_visible);
 		SER_VAR(&e->is_explosion_unlock);
 		ser_entityid(ser, &e->next_box);
 		ser_entityid(ser, &e->prev_box);
@@ -851,15 +855,31 @@ void ser_server_to_client(SerState* ser, ServerToClient* s)
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < gs->cur_next_entity; i++)
 		{
 			Entity* e = &gs->entities[i];
-			if (e->exists && !e->is_box) // boxes are serialized after their parent entities, their grid. 
+#define SER_ENTITY() SER_VAR(&entities_done); SER_VAR(&i); ser_entity(ser, gs, e)
+			if (e->exists)
 			{
-				SER_VAR(&entities_done);
-				SER_VAR(&i);
-				ser_entity(ser, gs, e);
+				if (!e->is_box && !e->is_grid)
+				{
+					SER_ENTITY();
+				}
 				if (e->is_grid)
 				{
+					bool this_grid_is_visible = false;
 					// serialize boxes always after bodies, so that by the time the boxes
 					// are loaded in the parent body is loaded in and can be referenced.
+					BOXES_ITER(gs, cur, e)
+					{
+						bool this_box_in_range = (ser->for_player == NULL || (ser->for_player != NULL && V2distsqr(entity_pos(ser->for_player), entity_pos(cur)) < VISION_RADIUS*VISION_RADIUS));
+						if (cur->always_visible) this_box_in_range = true;
+						if (!this_grid_is_visible && this_box_in_range)
+						{
+							SER_ENTITY(); // serializes the grid the box is visible in
+							this_grid_is_visible = true;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					if (this_grid_is_visible)
+					{
 						BOXES_ITER(gs, cur, e)
 						{
 							EntityID cur_id = get_id(gs, cur);
@@ -870,7 +890,10 @@ void ser_server_to_client(SerState* ser, ServerToClient* s)
 							ser_entity(ser, gs, cur);
 						}
 					}
+
+				}
 			}
+#undef SER_ENTITY
 		}
 		entities_done = true;
 		SER_VAR(&entities_done);
@@ -904,7 +927,8 @@ void ser_server_to_client(SerState* ser, ServerToClient* s)
 	}
 }
 
-void into_bytes(struct ServerToClient* msg, char* bytes, size_t* out_len, size_t max_len)
+// for_this_player can be null then the entire world will be sent
+void into_bytes(struct ServerToClient* msg, char* bytes, size_t* out_len, size_t max_len, Entity* for_this_player)
 {
 	assert(msg->cur_gs != NULL);
 	assert(msg != NULL);
@@ -914,6 +938,7 @@ void into_bytes(struct ServerToClient* msg, char* bytes, size_t* out_len, size_t
 		.serializing = true,
 		.cursor = 0,
 		.max_size = max_len,
+		.for_player = for_this_player,
 	};
 
 	ser_server_to_client(&ser, msg);
@@ -1058,7 +1083,7 @@ void entity_ensure_in_orbit(Entity* e)
 
 EntityID create_spacestation(GameState* gs)
 {
-#define BOX_AT_TYPE(grid, pos, type) { Entity* box = new_entity(gs); box_create(gs, box, grid, pos); box->box_type = type; box->indestructible = indestructible; }
+#define BOX_AT_TYPE(grid, pos, type) { Entity* box = new_entity(gs); box_create(gs, box, grid, pos); box->box_type = type; box->indestructible = indestructible; box->always_visible = true; }
 #define BOX_AT(grid, pos) BOX_AT_TYPE(grid, pos, BoxHullpiece)
 
 	bool indestructible = false;
@@ -1125,7 +1150,6 @@ void process(GameState* gs, float dt)
 			p->damage = 0.0f;
 			gs->goldpos = (V2){ .x = hash11((float)gs->time) * 20.0f, .y = hash11((float)gs->time - 13.6f) * 20.0f };
 		}
-
 #if 1
 		V2 world_hand_pos = get_world_hand_pos(gs, &player->input, p);
 		if (player->input.seat_action)

main.c

@@ -398,9 +398,7 @@ static void draw_dots(V2 camera_pos, float gap)
 	for (int x = -num; x < num; x++) {
 		for (int y = -num; y < num; y++) {
 			V2 star = (V2){ (float)x * gap, (float)y * gap };
-			if (fabsf(star.x - camera_pos.x) > VISION_RADIUS)
-				continue;
-			if (fabsf(star.y - camera_pos.y) > VISION_RADIUS)
+			if(V2lengthsqr(V2sub(star, camera_pos)) > VISION_RADIUS*VISION_RADIUS)
 				continue;
 
 			star.x += hash11(star.x * 100.0f + star.y * 67.0f) * gap;
@@ -692,6 +690,7 @@ frame(void)
 				sgp_translate(-camera_pos.x, -camera_pos.y);
 
 				draw_dots(camera_pos, 1.5f); // in plane dots
+
 				// hand reached limit circle
 				if (myentity() != NULL) {
 					static float hand_reach_alpha = 1.0f;
@@ -700,6 +699,13 @@ frame(void)
 					draw_circle(entity_pos(myentity()), MAX_HAND_REACH);
 				}
 
+				// vision circle, what player can see
+				if (myentity() != NULL)
+				{
+					set_color(colhexcode(0x4685e3));
+					draw_circle(entity_pos(myentity()), VISION_RADIUS);
+				}
+
 				float halfbox = BOX_SIZE / 2.0f;
 
 				// mouse frozen, debugging tool
@@ -725,6 +731,8 @@ frame(void)
 					}
 				}
 
+				static float player_scaling = 1.0f;
+				player_scaling = lerp(player_scaling, zoom < 6.5f ? 100.0f : 1.0f, dt * 7.0f);
 				for (size_t i = 0; i < gs.cur_next_entity; i++) {
 					Entity* e = &gs.entities[i];
 					if (!e->exists)
@@ -826,7 +834,8 @@ frame(void)
 							sgp_rotate_at(entity_rotation(e), entity_pos(e).x, entity_pos(e).y);
 							sgp_set_color(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
 							sgp_set_image(0, image_player);
-							draw_texture_rectangle_centered(entity_pos(e), PLAYER_SIZE);
+							printf("%f\n", zoom);
+							draw_texture_rectangle_centered(entity_pos(e), V2scale(PLAYER_SIZE, player_scaling));
 							sgp_reset_image(0);
 						}
 					}

server.c

@@ -229,16 +229,23 @@ void server(void* data)
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
+				int this_player_index = (int)(int64_t)server->peers[i].data;
+				Entity* this_player_entity = get_entity(&gs, gs.players[this_player_index].entity);
+				if (this_player_entity == NULL) continue;
 				// @Speed don't recreate the packet for every peer, gets expensive copying gamestate over and over again
 				char* bytes_buffer = malloc(sizeof *bytes_buffer * MAX_BYTES_SIZE);
 				char* compressed_buffer = malloc(sizeof * compressed_buffer * MAX_BYTES_SIZE);
 				struct ServerToClient to_send;
 				to_send.cur_gs = &gs;
-				to_send.your_player = (int)(int64_t)server->peers[i].data;
+				to_send.your_player = this_player_index;
 
 				size_t len = 0;
-				into_bytes(&to_send, bytes_buffer, &len, MAX_BYTES_SIZE);
-
+				into_bytes(&to_send, bytes_buffer, &len, MAX_BYTES_SIZE, this_player_entity);
+				if (len > MAX_BYTES_SIZE - 8)
+				{
+					Log("Too much data quitting!\n");
+					exit(-1);
+				}
 
     			size_t compressed_len = 0;
 				lzo1x_1_compress(bytes_buffer, len, compressed_buffer, &compressed_len, (void*)lzo_working_mem);

types.h

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define VISION_RADIUS 16.0f
 #define MAX_BYTES_SIZE 1024 * 128 // maximum size of serialized gamestate buffer
 #define SUN_RADIUS 10.0f
-#define INSTANT_DEATH_DISTANCE_FROM_SUN 500.0f
+#define INSTANT_DEATH_DISTANCE_FROM_SUN 2000.0f
 #define SUN_POS ((V2){50.0f,0.0f})
 #define SUN_GRAVITY_STRENGTH (9.0e2f)
 #define SOLAR_ENERGY_PER_SECOND 0.02f
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ typedef struct Entity
 
 	// boxes
 	bool is_box;
+	bool always_visible; // always serialized to the player
 	enum BoxType box_type;
 	bool is_explosion_unlock;
 	EntityID next_box;
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ void destroy(struct GameState* gs);
 void process(struct GameState* gs, float dt); // does in place
 Entity* closest_to_point_in_radius(struct GameState* gs, V2 point, float radius);
 uint64_t tick(struct GameState* gs);
-void into_bytes(struct ServerToClient* gs, char* out_bytes, size_t* out_len, size_t max_len);
+void into_bytes(struct ServerToClient* msg, char* bytes, size_t* out_len, size_t max_len, Entity* for_this_player);
 void from_bytes(struct ServerToClient* gs, char* bytes, size_t max_len);
 
 // entities
@@ -336,9 +337,14 @@ static V2 V2scale(V2 a, float f)
 	};
 }
 
+static float V2lengthsqr(V2 v)
+{
+	return v.x * v.x + v.y * v.y;
+}
+
 static float V2length(V2 v)
 {
-	return sqrtf(v.x * v.x + v.y * v.y);
+	return sqrtf(V2lengthsqr(v));
 }
 
 static V2 V2normalize(V2 v)
@@ -346,6 +352,7 @@ static V2 V2normalize(V2 v)
 	return V2scale(v, 1.0f / V2length(v));
 }
 
+
 static float V2dot(V2 a, V2 b)
 {
 	return a.x * b.x + a.y * b.y;
@@ -394,6 +401,11 @@ static inline float clamp01(float f)
 	return fmaxf(0.0f, fminf(f, 1.0f));
 }
 
+static float V2distsqr(V2 from, V2 to)
+{
+	return V2lengthsqr(V2sub(to, from));
+}
+
 static inline float clamp(float f, float minimum, float maximum)
 {
 	if (f < minimum)