The Quake sources as originally release under the GPL license on December 21, 1999

QW/server/newnet.txt

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+registered clients will auto-kick unregistered clients
+
+central clearingghouse for active servers
+
+server logon messages
+
+problem with reconnect to same server out of order packets
+
+acknowledge all command line parameters
+
+annoying pause on intermission screen
+
+seperate accept/reject list for server packets and client packets
+
+server compile time should be part of connect message and status
+
+allocate new cvars during file parse
+
+remote console should be able to do cvar setting/reading
+
+make punchangle a client side operation
+
+remove sys_printf
+remove host_client
+
+packet filter list
+client move by test final pos and test 1/16 down
+simulate world first, then clients, clients explicitly sim weapon projectiles
+allow remote locations to subscribe to console output
+
+
+
+client zombie state?
+seperate command ques for client and server?
+worry about partial connection during level change
+worry about zombie state for if(!state) constructs
+
+make sound/ and models/ implicit in data types
+
+int		sequence
+int		reliable_sequence;
+bit		reliable_payload;
+
+consumption
+renewable resources
+depletable resources
+rate of extraction
+
+
+how can you influence other characters
+how can you communicate
+
+
+login
+logoff
+disconnection
+
+client to server
+----------------
+last good received server time
+milliseconds since last move frame
+angles
+movement
+buttonstates
+impulse
+
+
+server to client
+----------------
+last movemessage received
+origin
+velocity
+
+
+build movement
+send movement packet to server
+set player position to last known good
+execute all unaknowledged movement packets
+
+
+needs to know all things that can effect movement
+
+movement context
+----------------
+origin
+velocity
+size
+
+run move command (context, move)
+
+
+
+#define	MAX_MOVEMESSAGES	64
+
+typedef struct
+{
+	double	time;		// client time when sent
+	byte	milliseconds;
+} movemessage_t;
+
+int		ack_movemessage;
+int		current_movemessage;
+
+movemessage_t	movemessages[MAX_MOVEMESSAGES];
+
+void CL_Frame (void)
+{
+	get all pending server messages
+	
+	latency = cl.time - movemessage[last].time;
+
+	movetime = cl.time - cl.oldtime;
+	get movemessage
+	
+	send packet to server
+}
+
+
+
+
+does not adress interpolating other object's movement