[Any version] [SW] Pausing/Resuming game is not ideal

[sinisterseed]

Old but raising the awareness as usual .

In SW pausing the game does not seem to pause all events correctly, and enemies can either be still observed moving or be found in a different position/state after unpausing the game. Very easily noticed on the ninth map (levelwarp 9 and keep the console active while watching the ninjas).

[Graf Zahl]

Not much I can do right now. The way these games loop their game ticker is very, very problematic because those loops cannot be stopped properly. The pause function in particular is the biggest one because unlike pausing for the menu in single player games this needs to be network safe and apparently it isn't.

Ideally it should be done like Doom, i.e. driving the game logic from the outside and running the game ticker only when deemed appropriate. But that's a major refactoring because all those games use the same approach and use local loops everywhere. It's probably unavoidable to change this but be prepated for something that may take multiple weeks.

[sinisterseed]

Not much I can do right now. The way these games loop their game ticker is very, very problematic because those loops cannot be stopped properly. The pause function in particular is the biggest one because unlike pausing for the menu in single player games this needs to be network safe and apparently it isn't.

Ideally it should be done like Doom, i.e. driving the game logic from the outside and running the game ticker only when deemed appropriate. But that's a major refactoring because all those games use the same approach and use local loops everywhere. It's probably unavoidable to change this but be prepated for something that may take multiple weeks.

Oh wow, so we're in for a rough ride then. I really don't understand why these games rely on network code for so many SP-centered things.

And that probably means a swarm of issues along with it. We're gonna have so much fun.

[Graf Zahl]

They don't but since pausing needs to be broadcast it cannot be done by simply halting the play loop. Even in Doom the pause event gets sent across the network.

[Graf Zahl]

This can no longer be reproduced with all the changes to the input code.

[sinisterseed]

In SW pausing the game does not seem to pause all events correctly, and enemies can either be still observed moving or be found in a different position/state after unpausing the game. Very easily noticed on the ninth map (levelwarp 9 and keep the console active while watching the ninjas).

Apparently this is "unfixed" now, I can still randomly see ninjas "moving" while pausing the game sometimes.

[mjr4077au]

Do they just move on the spot or are they actually moving to different positions? It was unfixed until two days ago, so if you're on a slightly older build I'd pull and compile again

[sinisterseed]

Do they just move on the spot or are they actually moving to different positions? It was unfixed until two days ago, so if you're on a slightly older build I'd pull and compile again

It's a build from today's master, cca. 4-5 hours old .

They seem to move on the spot, yes, depending on the state they were in when you paused the game.