How can I sync WorldSavedData between server and client(s)?

I thought it was automatic, but the Forge doc says:

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Keep in mind the separation between client and server, as they get separate instances of global data, so if data is needed on both sides, manual synchronization will be required.

So I'm figuring out how to sync it. Is there any way to do this easily, or should I send my NBTTagCompound to client using packets?

52 minutes ago, XiNiHa said:

So I'm figuring out how to sync it. Is there any way to do this easily, or should I send my NBTTagCompound to client using packets?

Depends on what you are saving, it might be more efficient to sync the data as primitives. IE ByteBuf#writeInt or ByteBuf#writeShort. You will need to have a packet either way.

Thanks. And then, if I should use packet, can I reuse my own IMessage implementation that I've used to send data to the server? Here's the code:

public class PacketMemo implements IMessage {
    private BlockPos pos;
    private String text;
    private int color;

    public PacketMemo(){}

    public PacketMemo(BlockPos pos, String text, int color) {
        this.pos = pos;
        this.text = text;
        this.color = color;
    }

    @Override
    public void fromBytes(ByteBuf buf) {
        pos = BlockPos.fromLong(buf.readLong());
        int textLength = buf.readInt();
        char[] textArr = new char[textLength];
        for (int i = 0; i < textLength; i++) {
            textArr[i] = buf.readChar();
        }
        text = new String(textArr);
        color = buf.readInt();
    }

    @Override
    public void toBytes(ByteBuf buf) {
        buf.writeLong(pos.toLong());
        buf.writeInt(text.length());
        for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
            buf.writeChar(text.charAt(i));
        }
        buf.writeInt(color);
    }

    public static class Handler implements IMessageHandler<PacketMemo, IMessage> {
        @Override
        public IMessage onMessage(PacketMemo message, MessageContext ctx) {
            FMLCommonHandler.instance().getWorldThread(ctx.netHandler).addScheduledTask(() -> handle(message, ctx));
            return null;
        }

        public void handle(PacketMemo message, MessageContext ctx) {
            WSDMemo wsdMemo = WSDMemo.get(ctx.getServerHandler().player.getServerWorld());
            wsdMemo.addOrEditMemo(message.pos, message.text, message.color);
        }
    }
}

 

Edited September 14, 20187 yr by XiNiHa

Nevermind, I just solved the problem with accessing server world.

Oh, sorry. I just realized that mc.getIntegratedServer() only works on singleplayer mode. ;(

4 minutes ago, XiNiHa said:

Oh, sorry. I just realized that mc.getIntegratedServer() only works on singleplayer mode. ;(

When you send data to the client you must use Minecraft.getMInecraft().addScheduledTask

3 minutes ago, Animefan8888 said:

you must use Minecraft.getMInecraft().addScheduledTask

Where should I call it? On Handler? And, what method should I pass?

1 hour ago, XiNiHa said:

FMLCommonHandler.instance().getWorldThread(ctx.netHandler).addScheduledTask(() -> handle(message, ctx));

Should be Minecraft.getMinecraft().addScheduledTask

 

Thanks!

@Animefan8888 Can you help me one more time? I tried to sync between (logical) server and client using PlayerLoggedInEvent and ServerConnectionFromClientEvent and both are failed with NullPointerException while loading basic classes(like BlockPos, etc.)

I have literally no idea to fix this error.

Is there any solutions? (or reference mods for more information...)

public class PlayerEventHandler {
    @SubscribeEvent
    public void onPlayerLoggedIn(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event) {
        PacketHandler.INSTANCE.sendTo(new PacketMemoClient(true, WSDMemo.get(event.player.world).getMemos()), (EntityPlayerMP) event.player);
    }
}

public MemoItem[] getMemos() {
        Set<String> keySet = memos.getKeySet();
        MemoItem[] items = new MemoItem[keySet.size()];
        for (String key: keySet) {
            BlockPos pos = BlockPos.fromLong(Long.getLong(key)); // Crashed Line
            NBTTagCompound memo = memos.getCompoundTag(key);
            String text = memo.getString("text");
            int color = memo.getInteger("color");
            MemoItem item = new MemoItem(pos, text, color, false);
        }
        return items;
    }

getMemos() is the crashed function.

And another question, the error was also appeared on client thread. In my knowledge, PlayerLoggedInEvent is only fired on server. Am I right?

After reading Actually Additions' world data code, I've decided to completely rewrite my WorldSavedData and packet code. Thanks for help!