Voxelius devlog (0.0.1.2451)
Bug fixes
- Fixed single-player sessions failing to generate new chunks after pressing “cancel” while connecting to an unreachable remote server (thanks PQCraft);
- General fixes and improvements related to the source code tree and shared game code;
Networking
- Protocol version number has been bumped to 10; all servers currently running on an older version of the game are recommended to be updated to 0.0.1.2451;
- Added a new network packet sent by clients to request a chunk to be transmitted to them; subsequently the entire visibility check system has been implemented to support this specific packet;
Rendering
- Both client and server now load worlds much faster because there is no longer a period of time at which the game just chews through chunks to generate; now all the chunks are generated on-demand which should drastically improve loading and rendering performance;
World
- Introduced a simple chunk storage format to make player activity persistent throughout server restarts;
- The world chunks are only saved if there has been player activity in them which is any kind of voxel change;
