Teeworlds - development

is there a reason, that messages have a targetID?

whispers?

ah, from client to server

16:37

from server to client, there is no reason

whisper source

16:38

ah, wait

no

16:38

if a client sends to a targetID, the message shouldnt contain that target ID

16:38

any other client shouldn't recieve a whisper anyways

well you have to differentiate outgoing and ingoing whispers

?

but yeah you can more or less ignore it

sendID is usefull, but if you recieve a whisper it is always for you, all informations are provided

16:40

I think the targetID field is useless

if you send a whisper, it is sent back by the server afaik, so you know it was sent properly

16:40

            if(Line.m_ClientID == LocalCID && Line.m_TargetID >= 0)
                Graphics()->QuadsSetSubset(1, 0, 0, 1); // To
            else if(Line.m_TargetID == LocalCID)
                Graphics()->QuadsSetSubset(0, 0, 1, 1); // From

so its only purpose is to divide ingoing and outgoing whispers

it could be compressed, yes

can't you do it by sourceID?

16:42

sendID? Since if you recieve a whisper with your own ID it must be outgoing

what is sourceid

sendID

16:42

FromID

16:42

From?

yeah, you can probably compress that stuff

okay, just wondering ^^ so TargetID is useless

it's a bit more complicated than that. you can self-whisper actually

oO

but yeah it could be removed/compressed

why should I ever selfwhisper?

no reason

16:44

it's just not restricted (edited)

okay

but servers and clients use that protocol now so there is little benefit to try to break it to get some benefits

"never touch a running system"

Love that phrase