4. State Sync change in objects

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State Sync change in objects


  • Hi! I'm still a bit new to colyseus, so I apologize if this question might sound dumb:

    I'm trying to synchronize my server and client's state with an object

    this.setState({
    key: {}
})

    On the server, I have a piece of logic that handles messages from the client and modify the entire object, key.

    When listening for changes on the client, nothing comes up:

    this.room.listen('key', change => {
    console.log('key state has changed');
});

    unless I do:

    this.room.listen('key/:id', change => {
    console.log('key state has changed');
});

    But, I don't want individual attributes of the object that changed. I want the entire object.

    Unless the whole point of state sync is to synchronize small changes, then would I just broadcast the new Key Object as a work around?

    Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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  • administrator

    Hi @zzmarkzz321, that's correct! The client will receive each single change you've made from the server-side.

    You can catch all the properties by using:

    // client-side
this.room.listen('key/:attribute', change => {
    console.log(change.path.attribute, "has changed to", change.value);
});

    If you'd like to send the whole object directly, you can broadcast it from the server:

    // server-side
this.broadcast(yourNewObject);

    And catch it using onMessage signal:

    this.room.onMessage.add(message => {
  console.log("here's the new object:", message);
});
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  • @endel Wow thanks so much for the quick and helpful response! Looking forward to diving deeper into the framework :)

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