Reptoads

One of the biggest contributions I made to this project is reworking and cleaning up the Client application. This cleanup included restructuring of the architecture, reworking the network code and reconnecting other systems. 

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Architecture

As the previous structure of the engine did not facilitate for much growth, we had to rewrite a couple things. I mainly took ownership over the ClientApplication.cpp file. This class is where all the client side systems come together and where the client receives the packets from the server. I made the architecture more consistent, considering ownership, inheritance and access levels into account. Practically implementing the OOP pillars. 

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Network Code

As a part of the restructuring, I also took a look at the packets that were sent/received. Together with the other engine programmers that took ownership of the server, I implemented different packet and identified when and what data needs to be sent to the server and received by the client.