The red inner square is the inner interest area radius (default: size of 1 cell)
The red outer square is the outer interest area radius (default: size of 3 cells)
Mouse input:
Left button drag: Move avatar
Wheel: Increase or decrease interest area
Middle button click: Reset interest area to default
Right click: Toggle interest area avatar attached/detached
Keyboard input:
M: Toggle auto-move on/off
Num-Pad 5: Move avatar to center
WASD and other Num-Pad Keys: Move avatar
+: Open new tab and connect new client
-: Close tab and disconnect client
Insert: Start bot (additional item on same connection that moves like an avatar)
Delete: Stop bot
Space: Go to Settings tab (2nd tab from the left)
Examples
1. Client with bots
Bots as simple way to add items
Bots do not have an interest area.
2. Multiple Clients
Mutliple Clients in huge Interest Area
Other avatars are displayed with interest area.
This information is exchanged via item properties;
other clients will always display the newest chosen interest area size even if they are out of range when this change happens.
Note that detached interest areas are still displayed as if they were attached:
interest areas are not items and cannot be “seen” if moved around freely.
Settings
WinGrid Client Settings
The settings tab is always the second from the far left.
Player Text: A text that is shown as avatar name. It’s an item property.
Player Color: The color of the player’s avatar. This is an item property as well.
Send movement interval: The interval how often manual position updates are sent and/or how often auto movement happens. Note that position updates are only sent if the avatar (the item) moves.
Send reliable: Enable to test reliable sending of position updates.
Auto Move Interval: The time the avatar is moving in one direction.
Auto Move Velocity: The distance an avatar moves per movement interval (“Send movement interval”.
Auto Move: If auto-move is disabled the bots stop moving as well.
Setting changes apply to the tab with the same title only.
‘Space’ is the shortcut to jump between the settings and the game tab.
Radar
The radar shows position changes of all items in the world every few seconds. Radar
This feature has been included with the demo to give the user a better impression about what’s happening in the virtual world.
Global radars a no typical MMO features, that’s why it’s just part of the sample and not of the interest management framework.
Counter
The server counter tab is updated every 5 seconds.
The picture shows the values of one connected client with one moving player.
The received events peek every 5 seconds: They contain just counter data, no other events are received. Counters when players are active
If the player stops moving the operations/sec drop to zero: Counters with less movement
