BoldBandicoot

BoldBandicoot is a multi-purpose server using Lua as scripting engine and ENet as network layer

How to use

make && ./server.out

Usage: server.out [script=<script>] [port=<port>] [tickrate=<tickrate>] [timeout=<timeout>]
  script    Server's Lua script path: Must be the entry point
  port      Server's port
  tickrate  Server's update frequency in seconds
  timeout   Server's network timeout in seconds

Scripting

API

api.Send(peer:lightuserdata, message:string) -> void

Sends a message to a peer

api.SendAll(server:lightuserdata, message:string) -> void

Broadcasts a message:string to all the connected peers

api.StrPacket(packet:lightuserdata) -> string

Retreives the packet's content as a string

api.Disconnect(peer:lightuserdata, reason:number) -> void

Disconnects a peer

api.ForceDisconnect(peer:lightuserdata) -> void

Forces to disconnect a peer

Entry points

onUpdate(server:lightuserdata, dt:number) -> void
onConnect(server:lightuserdata, peer:lightuserdata) -> void
onDisconnect(server:lightuserdata, peer:lightuserdata) -> void
onPacket(server:lightuserdata, peer:lightuserdata, packet:lightuserdata) -> void

Requirements

ENet

$ git clone git@github.com:lsalzman/enet.git
$ cd enet
$ sudo apt-gen install autogen autoconf libtool
$ autoreconf -vfi
$ ./configure && make && sudo make install

Reference

Lua

$ curl -R -O http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.2.4.tar.gz
$ tar -xf lua-5.2.4.tar.gz
$ cd lua-5.2.4
$ make linux && sudo make install

Reference

pthread