11 releases (6 breaking)
0.7.0 | Aug 24, 2024 |
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0.6.0 | Nov 21, 2023 |
0.5.3 | Sep 20, 2023 |
0.4.1 | Sep 14, 2023 |
0.1.0 | Sep 2, 2023 |
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Bevy Client Server Events
Simple event-based client-server networking library for Bevy.
Easily send bevy events to/from a client/server without worrying about serialization or network transport details.
Builds off of the renet/bevy_renet library and attempts to simplify the configuration and management of types to be sent through a network.
Goals:
- Simplified network setup and configuration
- Easily send any types to/from a client/server
Requirements:
serde
to deriveSerialize
andDeserialize
on your types
Events
The following events are useful for servers:
EventWriter<StartServer>
- Send this event to start a serverEventWriter<StopServer>
- Send this event to stop a running serverEventReader<ClientConnected>
- Received whenever a new client is connectedEventReader<ClientDisconnected>
- Received whenever a client has disconnectedEventReader<ReceiveFromClient<T>>
- Received whenever a client has sent type T to the serverEventWriter<SendToClient<T>>
- Send this event to have a particular client receive type TEventWriter<SendToClients<T>>
- Send this event to have all connected clients receive type T
The following events are useful for clients:
EventWriter<ConnectToServer>
- Send this event to connect to a serverEventWriter<DisconnectFromServer>
- Send this event to disconnect from the serverEventWriter<SendToServer<T>>
- Send this event to have the server receive type TEventReader<ReceiveFromServer<T>>
- Received whenever the server has sent type T to the client
Both the client and the server can receive the EventReader<NetcodeTransportError>
events to deal with networking errors.
Examples
There are a few examples in the examples/
directory.
Ping
See the examples/ping.rs
file for a simple ping-pong example.
In one terminal session, start the server: cargo run --example ping -- -s
In another terminal session, connect with a client: cargo run --example ping
With the client window in focus, hit ENTER
to send a Ping. The server will respond with a Pong.
In this example, we want to send a Ping
event to the server and receive a Pong
event in return.
#[derive(Event, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Ping;
#[derive(Event, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Pong;
When setting up our App
, we need to pass it to the client_server_events_plugin
macro and provide all the types to be sent over the network.
fn main() {
// ...
let mut app = App::new();
client_server_events_plugin!(
app,
Ping => NetworkConfig::default(),
Pong => NetworkConfig::default()
);
// ...
You can provide type-specific network configuration, such as reliability, resend time, max memory usage, etc.
The macro should be run regardless of whether this instance will be a server or a client.
You can choose to start a server instance or connect to a server as a client using events.
fn start_server(mut start_server: EventWriter<StartServer>) {
start_server.send(StartServer::default()); // Binds to 127.0.0.1:5000 with no encryption by default.
}
fn connect_as_client(mut connect_to_server: EventWriter<ConnectToServer>) {
connect_to_server.send(ConnectToServer::default()); // Connects to 127.0.0.1:5000 with no encryption by default.
}
Then you can send/receive events as desired.
fn update_client(
mut send_ping: EventWriter<SendToServer<Ping>>,
mut receive_pong: EventReader<ReceiveFromServer<Pong>>,
) {
// ...
send_ping.send(SendToServer { content: Ping });
// ...
for ReceiveFromServer { content } in receive_pong.read() {
// Do something with content (Pong).
// ...
}
}
fn update_server(
mut receive_ping: EventReader<ReceiveFromClient<Ping>>,
mut send_pong: EventWriter<SendToClient<Pong>>,
) {
for ReceiveFromClient { client_id, content } in receive_ping.read() {
// Do something with content (Ping).
send_pong.send(SendToClient {
client_id,
content: Pong,
});
}
}
Features Example
See the examples/features.rs
file for examples of more features, such as encryption, broadcasting, networking error handling, and client connect/disconnect events.
In one terminal session, start the server: cargo run --example features -- -s
In another terminal session, connect with a client: cargo run --example features
The server and client will use encryption to communicate.
Every 500 frames the server will broadcast a message of it's frame count.
With focus on the server window:
- Hit
ESC
to stop the server - Hit
ENTER
to start the server
With focus on the client window:
- Hit
ESC
to disconnect from the server - Hit
ENTER
to reconnect to the server - Hit
SPACE
to send a message of typePlayerMovement
The server will respond to the PlayerMovement
message with a ServerResponse
message.
Other Networking Crates
This crate was created because I wanted the quickest and easiest way to send types through a network.
Other solutions seem to have me bogged down in transport/networking/channel details.
This crate is ideal for prototyping and small client-server games.
An alternative with more bells & whistles would be bevy_replicon.
A mature alternative with more customizability would be bevy_renet.
Bevy Compatibility
bevy | bevy_client_server_events |
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0.14 | 0.7 |
0.12 | 0.6 |
0.11 | 0.5 |
Dependencies
~25MB
~465K SLoC