fix (Network): Reduced payload by changing movement from float to sbyte

Author: atrakeur

Assets/Scenes/TestMap.unity

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public void Parse(int inputState)
         {
             currentInput.inputState = inputState;
 
-            currentInput.inputHorizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
-            currentInput.inputVertical   = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
+            currentInput.setInputHorizontal(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"));
+            currentInput.setInputVertical(Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
             currentInput.inputJump       = Input.GetButton("Jump");
             currentInput.inputAim        = cameraAim.aimPoint;           //Get the aim from the camera
         }
@@ -49,10 +49,30 @@ public struct InputState
     {
         public int inputState;
 
-        public float inputHorizontal;
-        public float inputVertical;
+        public sbyte inputHorizontal;
+        public sbyte inputVertical;
         public bool inputJump;
         public Vector3 inputAim;
+
+        public void setInputHorizontal(float value)
+        {
+            inputHorizontal = (sbyte)(value * 127);
+        }
+
+        public void setInputVertical(float value)
+        {
+            inputVertical = (sbyte)(value * 127);
+        }
+
+        public float getInputHorizontal()
+        {
+            return (float)inputHorizontal / 127;
+        }
+
+        public float getInputVertical()
+        {
+            return (float)inputVertical / 127;
+        }
     }
 
 }

Assets/Scripts/Character/CharacterInput.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void RunUpdate(float delta)
     {
         if (IsGrounded())
         {
-            moveDirection = new Vector3(input.currentInput.inputHorizontal, 0, input.currentInput.inputVertical);
+            moveDirection = new Vector3(input.currentInput.getInputHorizontal(), 0, input.currentInput.getInputVertical());
             moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
             moveDirection *= speed;
 

Assets/Scripts/Character/CharacterMovement.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void FixedUpdate () {
             if (inputStates.Count > MAX_CLIENT_WAITING_STATES) {
                 Debug.LogError("Too many waiting states, starting to drop frames"); 
             }
-            while (inputStates.Count > MAX_CLIENT_WAITING_STATES) { inputStates.Dequeue(); }
+            //while (inputStates.Count > MAX_CLIENT_WAITING_STATES) { inputStates.Dequeue(); }
             if (nextSendTime < Time.time)
             {
                 CmdSetServerInput(inputStates.ToArray(), transform.position);