Manual

Purpose of this manual

The purpose of this manual is to provide a tutorial-like introduction to all major features of Zoidcom and providing a big picture of how everything works together. It is not meant to be a complete reference to all and every single function in existence, the API docs are better suited to fulfill this task.

The examples will mostly build up on each other, so reading from front to back is recommended.

Chapter overview

• About
• Project Setup
• Concept Introduction
  • Basics
  • Zoidcom Design
  • Application Design
• Layer 1: Base Initialization
• Layer 2: Server and Client
  • The Server
  • The Client
  • Test Run
  • Communication
  • Test Run With Communication
  • Walkthrough
• Layer 3: Object Replication
  • Introduction
  • Classes And Class IDs
  • Adding The Nodes
  • Entering Zoidmode
  • The Announcement
  • Handling Node Events
  • Deleting The Server Nodes
  • Extended Object Information
  • Replication Summary
• Layer 3: Object Communication
  • Introduction
  • Node Events
  • Event Interception
• Layer 4: Object Synchronization
  • Introduction
  • Replicator Usage
  • Replication Interceptors
  • Custom Replicators
• Advanced Topics
  • Optimizing Network Data
  • Sharing UDP Sockets
  • LAN Broadcasting
  • Replicating Player Movement
  • Replicating Non-Player Movement
  • Cheat Prevention
  • File Transfer
• Troubleshooting

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