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Re: CF: prev on map update (fwd)

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>>>>[From Preston F. Crow]
    From Preston.F.Crow@Dartmouth.EDU  Tue Sep 30 18:31:16 1997
    Message-id: <47570361@dancer.Dartmouth.EDU>
    Date: 30 Sep 97 21:31:12 EDT
    From: Preston.F.Crow@Dartmouth.EDU (Preston F. Crow)
    Reply-To: preston.crow@dancer.dartmouth.edu
    Subject: Re: CF: prev on map update
    To: philb@csua.berkeley.edu (Philip Brown)
    
    >WHen in the Scorn port, it does not update "everything visible". It
    >updates
    > "The sea, plus all unseen squares"
    
    Would it be possible for the server to send the full animation
    sequence once, and let the client handle the animation?  That would
    cut down on the bandwidth a lot in some cases.
    
    I'm clueless as to the code structure, but I'm thinking something
    along the line:
    
    Server:  square x,y is anim_ocean
    Client:  explain anim_ocean
    Server:  anim_ocean:  ocean_1, ocean_2, ocean_3
    Client:  get_xpm:  ocean_1, ocean_2, ocean_3
    ...
    
    Something like the above would minimize communication after the first
    ocean square has been seen.
    
    Of course, to really minimize bandwidth, we should use a binary
    protocol, but that's another issue.
    
    --PC
    

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