packet-size-checking -- Methods for querying packet-size settings. Used for detecting when spells or effects overrun the packet buffer from networked dynamic field usage.

scope-tracking -- changes related to the tracking of AFX constraint objects as they move in and out of scope.

Engine/source/sim/netConnection.cpp

@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ void NetConnection::checkMaxRate()
    {
       packetRateToServer = 128;
       packetRateToClient = 128;
-      packetSize = 1024;
+      // These changes introduced in T3D 1.1 Preview reduce the packet headroom which leads
+      // to some spells and effects running out of room when dynamic variables are used
+      // to send launch-time parameters to clients.
+      packetSize = 512;
    }
 
    gPacketUpdateDelayToServer = 1024 / packetRateToServer;

Engine/source/sim/netConnection.h

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 // IN THE SOFTWARE.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+// Arcane-FX for MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames
+// Copyright (C) 2015 Faust Logic, Inc.
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+
 #ifndef _NETCONNECTION_H_
 #define _NETCONNECTION_H_
 
@@ -1050,6 +1055,9 @@ public:
    virtual bool readDemoStartBlock(BitStream *stream);
    virtual void demoPlaybackComplete();
 /// @}
+public:
+   S32 getCurRatePacketSize() const { return mCurRate.packetSize; }
+   S32 getMaxRatePacketSize() const { return mMaxRate.packetSize; }
 };
 
 

Engine/source/sim/netObject.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 // IN THE SOFTWARE.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+// Arcane-FX for MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames
+// Copyright (C) 2015 Faust Logic, Inc.
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+
 #include "platform/platform.h"
 #include "console/simBase.h"
 #include "core/dnet.h"
@@ -28,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "console/consoleTypes.h"
 #include "console/engineAPI.h"
 
+#include "afx/arcaneFX.h"
+
 IMPLEMENT_CONOBJECT(NetObject);
 
 // More information can be found in the Torque Manual (CHM)
@@ -46,6 +53,9 @@ NetObject::NetObject()
    mPrevDirtyList = NULL;
    mNextDirtyList = NULL;
    mDirtyMaskBits = 0;
+   scope_id = 0;
+   scope_refs = 0;
+   scope_registered = false;
 }
 
 NetObject::~NetObject()
@@ -460,3 +470,26 @@ DefineEngineMethod( NetObject, isServerObject, bool, (),,
 //{
 //   return object->isServerObject();
 //}
+U16 NetObject::addScopeRef() 
+{ 
+   if (scope_refs == 0)
+   {
+      scope_id = arcaneFX::generateScopeId();
+      onScopeIdChange();
+   }
+   scope_refs++;
+   return scope_id; 
+}
+
+void NetObject::removeScopeRef() 
+{ 
+   if (scope_refs == 0)
+      return;
+   scope_refs--;
+   if (scope_refs == 0)
+   {
+      scope_id = 0;
+      onScopeIdChange();
+   }
+}
+

Engine/source/sim/netObject.h

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 // IN THE SOFTWARE.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+// Arcane-FX for MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames
+// Copyright (C) 2015 Faust Logic, Inc.
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
+
 #ifndef _NETOBJECT_H_
 #define _NETOBJECT_H_
 
@@ -405,6 +410,18 @@ public:
    static T* getClientObject( T *netObj ) { return static_cast<T*>( netObj->getClientObject() ); }
 
    /// @}
+protected:
+   U16           scope_id;
+   U16           scope_refs;
+   bool          scope_registered;
+   virtual void  onScopeIdChange() { }
+public:
+   enum { SCOPE_ID_BITS = 14 };
+   U16           getScopeId() const { return scope_id; }
+   U16           addScopeRef();
+   void          removeScopeRef();
+   void          setScopeRegistered(bool flag) { scope_registered = flag; }
+   bool          getScopeRegistered() const { return scope_registered; }
 };
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------