//Broadcast the game state to all players at fixed rate
private void BroadcastGameStateLoop()
{
float maxFrameRate = (1f / TickRate * 1000f);
string state = "";
while (IsOpen)
{
int startTime = Environment.TickCount;
lock (gameState)
{
if (gameState != "")
{
state += gameState;
gameState = "";
}
}
//Get all the players last positions and angles
foreach (Player player in players)
{
state += player.GetMovementStatus();
}
//Remove the last : and send the data
if (state.Length > 0)
{
state = state.Remove(state.Length - 1);
players.Broadcast(state);
state = "";
}
//Sleep the thread if the frame rate is higher than the max frame rate
int frameTime = Environment.TickCount - startTime;
if (frameTime < maxFrameRate)
{
Thread.Sleep((int)(maxFrameRate - frameTime));
}
}
}
