Function MultiDoServerFrame

Descent3/multi_server.cpp:2546–2737

Does whatever the server needs to do for this frame

#define MT_DATA_UPDATE_INTERVAL 300 // 300 seconds
// Does whatever the server needs to do for this frame
void MultiDoServerFrame() {
  int i;

  if (Netgame.flags & NF_EXIT_NOW) {
    // DLL says we should bail!
    Netgame.flags &= ~NF_EXIT_NOW;
    MultiLeaveGame();
    SetFunctionMode(MENU_MODE);
    return;
  }

  if (NetPlayers[Player_num].sequence == NETSEQ_PREGAME) {
    MultiFlushAllIncomingBuffers();
    NetPlayers[Player_num].sequence = NETSEQ_PLAYING;

    Players[Player_num].time_in_game = timer_GetTime();

    // Pick a start slot for me
    Players[Player_num].start_index = PlayerGetRandomStartPosition(Player_num);
    PlayerMoveToStartPos(Player_num, Players[Player_num].start_index);

    // Update the tracker if it's a master tracker game
    CallMultiDLL(MT_EVT_FIRST_FRAME);
    if (Game_is_master_tracker_game) {
      NetPlayers[Player_num].flags |= NPF_MT_READING_PILOT;
      strcpy(MTPilotinfo[Player_num].tracker_id, Players[Player_num].tracker_id);
      strcpy(MTPilotinfo[Player_num].pilot_name, Players[Player_num].callsign);
      NetPlayers[Player_num].flags &= ~NPF_WROTE_RANK;
    }

    if (Dedicated_server) // Make this player an observer
      PlayerSwitchToObserver(Player_num, OBSERVER_MODE_ROAM);

    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_PLAYERS; i++)
      Multi_visible_players[i] = 0xFFFFFFFF;
  }

  if (Game_is_master_tracker_game) {
    CallMultiDLL(MT_EVT_FRAME);
  }

  // Check for new connections
  MultiCheckListen();
  MultiDisconnectDeadPlayers();
  MultiCheckToRespawnPowerups();
  MultiCheckToRepositionPowerups();

  // get the other net players data
  MultiProcessIncoming();

  // Find destination room if they fired
  MultiGetDestFireRooms();

  Player_count = 1;

  // Send out data
  for (i = 0; i < MAX_NET_PLAYERS; i++) {