Began reworking the network code

This commit devides SerialPacket into a series of different structures,
all decended from a common base class.

Using a union was not a good idea.

common/network/packet/serial_packet_base.hpp

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+/* Copyright: (c) Kayne Ruse 2013, 2014
+ * 
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+ * warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+ * arising from the use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ * 
+ * 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ * claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+ * in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ * appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ * misrepresented as being the original software.
+ * 
+ * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+ * distribution.
+*/
+#ifndef SERIALPACKETBASE_HPP_
+#define SERIALPACKETBASE_HPP_
+
+#ifndef SERIALPACKET_HPP_
+ #error Cannot include this file without 'serial_packet.hpp'
+#endif
+
+#include "serial_packet_type.hpp"
+
+#include "SDL/SDL_net.h"
+
+#define PACKET_STRING_SIZE 100
+
+struct SerialPacketBase {
+	//members
+	SerialPacketType type;
+	IPaddress srcAddress;
+
+	typedef SerialPacketType Type;
+};
+
+typedef SerialPacketBase* SerialPacket;
+typedef SerialPacketType PacketType;
+
+#endif