Created MAX_PACKET_SIZE

common/network/packet/serial_packet.hpp

@@ -31,4 +31,14 @@
 
 //NOTE: SerialPacket is defined in serial_packet_base.hpp
 
+union MaxPacket {
+	CharacterPacket a;
+	ClientPacket b;
+	CombatPacket c;
+	EnemyPacket d;
+	RegionPacket e;
+	ServerPacket f;
+};
+constexpr int MAX_PACKET_SIZE = sizeof(MaxPacket);
+
 #endif

server/server_application.cpp

@@ -115,14 +115,29 @@ void ServerApplication::Init(int argc, char** argv) {
 	//-------------------------
 
 	std::cout << "Startup completed successfully" << std::endl;
+
+	//-------------------------
+	//debugging
+	//-------------------------
+
+	std::cout << "Debugging dump:" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tMAX_PACKET_SIZE:\t\t" << MAX_PACKET_SIZE << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(SerialPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(SerialPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(CharacterPacket):\t" << sizeof(CharacterPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\t\tsizeof(Statistics):\t" << sizeof(Statistics) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(ClientPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(ClientPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(CombatPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(CombatPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(EnemyPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(EnemyPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(RegionPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(RegionPacket) << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tsizeof(ServerPacket):\t\t" << sizeof(ServerPacket) << std::endl;
 }
 
 void ServerApplication::Proc() {
-	SerialPacket packet;
+	char packetBuffer[MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
 	while(running) {
 		//suck in the waiting packets & process them
-		while(network.Receive(&packet)) {
+		while(network.Receive(reinterpret_cast<SerialPacket*>(packetBuffer))) {
-			HandlePacket(&packet);
+			HandlePacket(reinterpret_cast<SerialPacket*>(packetBuffer));
 		}
 		//update the internals
 		//TODO: update the internals i.e. player positions