Idea for better client/server synchronization

[maksmaisak]

Copied this over from the workflowy:

• Each Entity has a NetworkFlagsComponent with a collection of bit arrays (arrays of boolean flags).
• Each bit array corresponds to a client.
• Flag at index i means that the state of a Component with index i needs to be sent to the client.
• If a client does not need to know about a particular Entity (say it's too far away from the player), then that Entity's NetworkFlagsComponent does not have flags for that client.
• A System cycles through all Entities with network flags and composes different messages for different clients, based on which flags are set.
• When a client connects, set all flags corresponding to Entities around it to true.
• Similar to what we currently have, but:
  • Supports multiple clients with different subsets of the world state.
  • Only sends data when it changes or on client connect.

[VelocityRa]

Might wanna use task lists for this.

[maksmaisak]

But this isn't meant to be a list of tasks. This is a singular monolithic feature. Its description is only arranged as a list because I originally wrote it on the workflowy.

[VelocityRa]

My bad, I skimmed it and mistook it for another list you have in there.