Can anyone help a modder?

[BazTheHat]

Hi,

I recently made the mod Rain Pain, which is single-player only. I want to make it multiplayer compatible, but don't know enough about how Lua and FS 22 work in multiplayer games.

Is there a friendly programmer who could give me a hand in figuring out what I need to do?

[UncleRico]

There’s actually a modders helping modders section here viewforum.php?f=1008
It’s kind of buried but it gets frequented by some prominent fs modders who might be able to help you out

[BazTheHat]

There’s actually a modders helping modders section here viewforum.php?f=1008
It’s kind of buried but it gets frequented by some prominent fs modders who might be able to help you out

That would be ideal, but for some reason I'm not allowed to post topics on that forum.

I've also tried the Giants Development Network forum, which is particularly for modders, but no one replies on there.

[Jason06]

At first I recommend to study other mod scripts, to understand how they synchronize data between server and client.
There are mainly three ways to transport data between server and client:

• By synchronization while a client joins the MP-game (onReadStream, onWriteStream)

• by continuous synchronization while the game is running (onReadUpdateStream, onWriteUpdateStream)

• or by events.

The first way is almost always used because it initializes the client's data. To synchronize the data in the running game, the second or the third way is used, or both, depending on the type of script.

[BazTheHat]

At first I recommend to study other mod scripts, to understand how they synchronize data between server and client.
There are mainly three ways to transport data between server and client:

• By synchronization while a client joins the MP-game (onReadStream, onWriteStream)

• by continuous synchronization while the game is running (onReadUpdateStream, onWriteUpdateStream)

• or by events.

The first way is almost always used because it initializes the client's data. To synchronize the data in the running game, the second or the third way is used, or both, depending on the type of script.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. I fear it's making me have more questions!

Do you know of any resource where I can read more about it? I'm very much a hobbyist programmer - I'd not even heard of Lua until I started making Rain Pain - so it's all very new to me.

[Jason06]

I've also learned it by this way, as I'm a hobby programmer, too. My advantage is that I am old enough to be used to procedural languages as Pascal.
Maybe it makes sense, to have a look into my DashboardLive mod, where I only sync motor temperature, air pressure and fuel consumption between server and client. It's always the same principle.

[BazTheHat]

I've also learned it by this way, as I'm a hobby programmer, too. My advantage is that I am old enough to be used to procedural languages as Pascal.
Maybe it makes sense, to have a look into my DashboardLive mod, where I only sync motor temperature, air pressure and fuel consumption between server and client. It's always the same principle.

Ooh, I've got Dashboard somewhere. Will definitely dig around that, thank you!

[loki_79]

Message me on Discord and I'll help where I can: loki_79

[BazTheHat]

Message me on Discord and I'll help where I can: loki_79

Thanks! Have just sent you a friend request on there.