Colyseus for AIR

bwhiting

Surely you can use the haxe version as is like you said. Just see if you can compile it down to a swc:
https://haxe.org/manual/target-flash-external-libraries.html

Shaun_Max

bwhiting I am sorry I didn't understand ? Are you saying that we can compile the haxe code of colyseus to an swc and then use it in our AIR app ?

TeotiGraphix

Shaun_Max Yes, that is correct.

Shaun_Max

Ok! I was able to compile the haxe project and generate a swc file. the connection to local server is also working but some how there is an error Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor
what should I do now ?

joshtynjala

You need to figure out which line of code is causing that error to be thrown. From the error message, I would guess that somewhere there's a new keyword being used with a value that isn't a constructor.

Shaun_Max

joshtynjala but that's inside the swc, how do I fix it?

joshtynjala

You have the Haxe code used to build the SWC. You can fix it there, just like you would if it had been written in AS3 instead.

Shaun_Max

joshtynjala i think I will have to generate a swf file instead of swc. Then it would be easier to apply the fix.

Shaun_Max

in AS3 can we create a variable for an Interface ?
The reason why I am asking this because, there's a function in the Colyseus swc expecting an interface parameter.

and this is that Interface -

package haxe
{
   public interface IMap
   {
       
      
      function set(param1:Object, param2:Object) : void;
      
      function remove(param1:Object) : Boolean;
      
      function keys() : Object;
      
      function keyValueIterator() : Object;
      
      function get(param1:Object) : Object;
      
      function exists(param1:Object) : Boolean;
      
      function clear() : void;
   }
}

hydroper

Shaun_Max This page lists which classes implement IMap. Can you instantiate haxe.ds.ObjectMap (link) from AS3? Also look at https://api.haxe.org/haxe/ds/Map.html and https://haxe.org/manual/std-Map.html

Shaun_Max

hydroper

hydroper Can you instantiate haxe.ds.ObjectMap

nope!

I am trying to convert Map<String, Dynamic> in haxe files to a dictionary

joshtynjala

Shaun_Max There's a StringMap class too. You should be able to use that for Map<String, Whatever>

Shaun_Max

joshtynjala

thanks for the input, new StringMap() solved the problem for me. I have no idea what I was upto.

client.joinOrCreate("my_room",new StringMap() ,MyRoomState,function (err:MatchMakeError, room:Room):void{
            if(err){
                trace("Err = " + err.message);
            }else{
                trace(room.sessionId);

                room.onMessage("data", function (message){
                    trace(message.status);
                });
            }
        });

Shaun_Max

So, after making a good progression, seems like I have hit some kind of a road block with EventHandler.hx

After doing some research I figured out that there is something called AS3-Signals(an alternate Event system) which should be an equivalent and haxe must handle it accordingly. But in my case thats not happening.

in haxe : -

public var onJoin = new EventHandler<Void->Void>();
public var onStateChange = new EventHandler<Dynamic->Void>();
public var onError = new EventHandler<Int->String->Void>();
public var onLeave = new EventHandler<Void->Void>();

after compilation to swf/swc they all become of Type array

public var onStateChange:Array;
public var onLeave:Array;
public var onJoin:Array;
public var onError:Array;

Also if you check EventHandler.hx, they have used inline functions and operator overloading, which I have never used in AS3, but I know its possible.

I would really appreciate if anyone can help me understand on these things!

Thanks!

hydroper

Each of these Arrays contain multiple functions. You can do, for example:

onJoin.push(function():void {
    // procedure
});

I'm not sure if Haxe's Void->Void is similiar to TypeScript's () => void though. Probably it's.

Shaun_Max

hydroper thanks! it worked!

Shaun_Max

Hello All,

Today, I would like to share the work that I was up to for the past fews days....
that is brining Colyseus multiplayer service in for Adobe AIR apps.

I must tell you it was a daunting task and it wouldn't have been possible without this awesome forum's support & encouragement. So a Big Thanks to everyone.

Things I did so far : -

Compiled swc from Colyseus's haxe code - with absolutely no prior experience in Haxe
Created a simple multiplayer Tic Tac Toe game to test the features -

Thanks to Colyseus team, they have a free tier, supporting upto 35 CCU and the Arena for hosting the server code for FREE.

Finally, a big thanks to @Daniel for the Starling Handbook which I can't stop referring before I can write any code and QuadSectionArc

In order to test the game I have provided two separate apps - Player1.air & Player2.air.
FYI - there could be some bugs as its not thoroughly tested.

I am sharing the link to the github folder here -
https://github.com/Shaunmax/colyseus-haxe-swc/tree/master/example/adobe_air

Please go through and let me know your feedback.

Daniel

Thanks a lot for your work on this, Shaun — and for sharing the results with us! It's great to have Colyseus available for AIR users. 🥳

Shaun_Max

Daniel Hope you liked my QuadSectionArc implementation.

I didn't go with the animation and decided to go with GlowFilter instead. 😛

Daniel

Shaun_Max That looks amazing! I'm loving it! 🤩 Great work!

Shaun_Max

I will be also sharing a video of how I compiled haxe code to swc, so that it would be helpful for others as well.