Server/Client Repainting
I am creating a game that has a server, and up to 8 clients.
The server holds the information of the "ships", each having an x and y value. Every time a ship moves on the server, it sends a message to all of its clients saying "ship ID X Y" ex: "ship 24 200 300" which would tell the clients to move Ship 24 to coordinate 200,300
The server's timer ticks 10x per second.
The client's timer also ticks at 10x per second.
Here is a snippet of data from a file that was created while I ran the program:
moveShip = data the client received from the server
painted = a call to the paint method in the client
moveship 0 156 142
moveship 0 158 144
moveship 0 160 147
moveship 0 162 149
moveship 0 164 151
moveship 0 166 153
moveship 0 168 155
painted--
moveship 0 170 158
moveship 0 172 160
moveship 0 174 162
moveship 0 176 164
moveship 0 178 167
moveship 0 180 169
moveship 0 182 171
painted--
moveship 0 184 173
moveship 0 186 175
moveship 0 188 178
moveship 0 190 180
moveship 0 192 182
moveship 0 194 184
moveship 0 196 187
painted--
moveship 0 198 189
moveship 0 200 191
moveship 0 202 193
As you can see, the client is only repainting about once every 7 ticks.
The first thing I did to try and fix it was to turn the client's timer to a very slow speed, and have the client just repaint everytime the server ticked. This just gave the same results.
This is the first game i'm making using multiple computers, so this is all new territory for me.
Additional Info:
The client and server use DataInputStream and DataOutputStream
The computers are connected together so there is virtually no lag
This problem occurs with only one ship and no other graphics, so it is not some sort of memory problem.
Thanks for reading!
