Client-side heartbeat is working

client/scenes/in_world.cpp

@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ void InWorld::Update() {
 	//update the camera
 	camera.x = localCharacter->GetOrigin().x - camera.marginX;
 	camera.y = localCharacter->GetOrigin().y - camera.marginY;
+
+	//check the connection
+	if (Clock::now() - lastBeat > std::chrono::seconds(5)) {
+		if (attemptedBeats > 2) {
+			throw(std::runtime_error("Connection lost"));
+		}
+
+		ServerPacket newPacket;
+		newPacket.type = SerialPacketType::PING;
+		network.SendTo(Channels::SERVER, &newPacket);
+
+		attemptedBeats++;
+		lastBeat = Clock::now();
+	}
 }
 
 void InWorld::FrameEnd() {
@@ -305,9 +319,13 @@ void InWorld::HandlePing(ServerPacket* const argPacket) {
 }
 
 void InWorld::HandlePong(ServerPacket* const argPacket) {
-	//TODO: InWorld::HandlePong()
+	if (network.GetIPAddress(Channels::SERVER)->host != argPacket->srcAddress.host) {
+		throw(std::runtime_error("Heartbeat message received from unknown source"));
 	}
 
+	attemptedBeats = 0;
+	lastBeat = Clock::now();
+}
 
 void InWorld::HandleDisconnect(ClientPacket* const argPacket) {
 	//TODO: More needed in the disconnection

client/scenes/in_world.hpp

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 //STL
 #include <map>
 
+#include <chrono>
+
 class InWorld : public BaseScene {
 public:
 	//Public access members
@@ -121,6 +123,11 @@ protected:
 
 	//game
 	Character* localCharacter = nullptr;
+
+	//connections
+	typedef std::chrono::steady_clock Clock;
+	Clock::time_point lastBeat = Clock::now();
+	int attemptedBeats = 0;
 };
 
 #endif

todo.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 TODO: Heartbeat systems
 TODO: Rejection messages
+TODO: The error handling is terrible
 TODO: Move the statistics into their own SQL table, instead of duplicating the structure a dozen times
 TODO: Get the rooms working, even if only via hotkeys
 TODO: Fix shoddy movement