M.M.O.A.R.P.G. Infinite Worlds

[WithinAmnesia]

I am doing a from scratch build now for the multiplayer chunk system. What should I do for the server and the data and chunk storage?
I have a few leads and some more thoughts and resources can be found here:
#16 <Start fresh thread.
#15 <Previous start thread.
It was suggested I build a from scratch Multiplayer seamless chunk system that eventually be put together where it can handle 2K-16K+ players on the same server. What should be done for a web deployment to also run on a browser? I was suggested to try and do a chunk storage system similar to Minecraft or Terraria where each chunk is stored individually and accessed by the server in communication with the player clients. What should be done to solve this chunk puzzle? All feedback is welcome.

[WithinAmnesia]

Leads and Suggestions:
https://github.com/Zylann/voxelgame
Zylann/voxelgame#101
Zylann/voxelgame#100 Victory! Big games can be made now forever free!
Zylann/voxelgame#85 (comment) (Multiplayer Seamless Chunk Dynamic Data Save System and Solutions)
Zylann/godot_voxel#602 (3D Main Godot Voxel Game with multiplayer options and written in various languages with GDscript and C++ and C#)
https://voxel-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/#storing-voxels
https://voxel-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/VoxelStream/
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https://github.com/SlayHorizon/godot-tiny-mmo-template
SlayHorizon/godot-tiny-mmo#4
SlayHorizon/godot-tiny-mmo#17
SlayHorizon/godot-tiny-mmo#37
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https://github.com/WithinAmnesia/MMOARPG-TinyMMO-VoxelGame-Pre-Alpha-V.0.0.1
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https://github.com/WithinAmnesia/MMOARPG-TinyMMO-VoxelGame
WithinAmnesia/MMOARPG-TinyMMO-VoxelGame#2
WithinAmnesia/MMOARPG-TinyMMO-VoxelGame#1
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loudsmilestudios/TetraForce#352
https://github.com/loudsmilestudios/TetraForce
https://github.com/loudsmilestudios/
https://godotforums.org/d/40613-how-to-do-godot-3-to-godot-4-conversion-with-complex-multiplayer-code-arpg
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https://github.com/TokisanGames/Terrain3D
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https://godotforums.org/d/40502-how-to-teleport-travel-to-another-scene-with-godot-4-multiplayer/10
https://godotforums.org/d/40012-synchronizing-multiplayer-3d-cameras-and-items-fail/6
jonathaneeckhout/jdungeon#261
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https://github.com/don-tnowe/godot-wyvernshield-triggers/tree/main
https://github.com/don-tnowe/godot-wyvernbox-inventory
https://github.com/don-tnowe/godot-worldmap-builder
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https://github.com/godotengine/godot-demo-projects
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XSnipinblazeX/Godot-Ballistics#3
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https://gist.github.com/theraot/31515e28e2d8bfea33f6c6d5bcd852f6 (BinarySerializer for Godot 4.2+ from Alfonso / Theraot)
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KoBeWi/The-Soulhunter#2 (2D Godot 3.XX multiplayer chunk game)
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https://github.com/TriggerCoder/Explosive-Salad (3D Godot 4.XX multiplayer fps game demo)
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sirarandor/lux-terra#1 (2D Multiplayer expanding tile / chunk game with fog of war)
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pvini07BR/mijocraft#2 (2D GDScript Multiplayer Minecraft in Godot 3.XX)
pvini07BR/mijocraft#3
pvini07BR/mijocraft#4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZGrHyWNmQ + https://astruggletosurvivedevblog.blogspot.com/ (2D C# software engineer seamless large tile / chunk map that can possibly do multiplayer and browser support game)
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fanherbaty/crustycraft#1 (2D Minecraft with cave levels in Godot 4.2.1.NET+)
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Solicey/minecraft-made-with-godot#1 (3D Multiplayer Minecraft clone written in C# with Godot 4.2.1.NET)
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xellu/xelcraft#6 (3D Multiplayer Planned Minecraft clone written in C# with Godot 4.2.1.NET)
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hakanero/minecraft-clone#1 (3D Minecraft clone written in C# and GDscript with Godot 4.2.1.NET)
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danilwhale/mc2d#1 (2D sidescrolling Minecraft with inventory and crafting)
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Jimmy106-e/2D_Minecraft#1 (2D Minecraft in Godot that is a work in progress.)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/y955vs/i_made_an_opensource_minecraft_classiccompatible/ (3D Minecraft classic running on Godot written in Rust and 3.XX)
https://gitlab.com/tpart/classy
https://gitlab.com/tpart/godotcraft-classic
https://gitlab.com/nokoe/classicl-server
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godotengine/godot#79644 (Prototype high level multiplayer save API for Godot)
godotengine/godot-proposals#7041
godotengine/godot-demo-projects#935
KoBeWi/The-Soulhunter#2 (comment) (Referenced from KoBeWi)
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Bioblaze/godot_mmo_client#1 (Potential server expertise)
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hieutransrb/3D-mixed-2D-isometric#1
https://github.com/hieutransrb/3D-mixed-2D-isometric
https://forum.godotengine.org/t/isometric-2-5d-mixed-3d-and-2d-pre-renderred-background-game-and-2-cameras/66363/3
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RachelfTech/procedural-terrain-generation#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqPQ0sFo6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtUSqDuHq98&ab_channel=RachelfTech
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Archive and Notes:
Start Fresh For M.M.O.A.R.P.G. Godot 4.2.1.NET+ Seamless Chunk System :
https://gist.github.com/WithinAmnesia/51511cbc329ebf41d4321e79b954679f
" @jlkennedy
So, if I wanted to make a large open world 2D minecraft game that could handle 2k + players... my process would probably be something like this:

• Make multiple small projects [10+], each which explore part of the over all needs of the project.
• Then start putting them together bit by bit.
• I would likely end up with a separate server code base written in a high performance compiled language (c++, golang, etc) and a client separate from that.
• Given the number of players the server would need to be a mix of multi threaded and likely multisharded to split up the work load across multiple processors - with the easy fall back of doing things like old MMOs did were you have long corridors that you can't see the other side from were you get switched between nodes."

Question: The Very Large (104,857,600+ 16x16 Pixel Tiles) Area Map [Bound2bCoding / A Struggle To Survive]:
https://gist.github.com/WithinAmnesia/51ee5eabbde6c197a03d6a669fb29520

Who Will Rise To Make ~'Grand RPGs' Forever Free?:
https://gist.github.com/WithinAmnesia/958d4c742d49331b5320abd11a3f7482

[WithinAmnesia]

Progress with Godot_Voxel for 2D Multiplayer Dynamic Open-World Chunk System (Godot 4.2.1.NET+ Compatibility Mode for most all devices and web browsers):

I figured out flat world generation with BlockyGame for Godot_Voxel from Zylann.
Here are the flat world generation files:
voxelgame_flat_world_generation.zip

I just got the Godot_Voxel with BlockyGame to generate a flat world for testing in multiplayer: #16 (comment) The code for the flat world generator makes ~3 layers of grass (instead of just 1) and it might be a bit buggy but it works. Although I should have a simpler one like fill all with grass for example but I was not sure how to code that. So I just made iterations and slowly got it to work for multiplayer). Each chunk is 16x16x16 blocks so I have to optimize that into 2D better. It works, it's just now I'm trying to figure out how to make it 2D and not 3D but its progress. I'm not sure how to start the 2D. There are some examples of minecraft in 2D with 2D arrays but I'm not sure how to get the 2D mode going and how to keep the chunk system together. It took a while to get the blocks to be flat and the code was a case of trial and error switching things on and off and adjusting values testing in multiplayer.

I am trying to not be bound to the special Godot_Voxel engine module / the special Godot Voxel engine so this solution can be used in regular Godot Engine 4.2.1.NET+ editors.

The big thing now is trying to get the 3D chunks into 2D chunks and its is proven to work in Compatibility mode even in 3D so it should work great in 2D. I have some examples that might help for a start but I'm not sure its super amazing at everything but they might help a bit to get a foothold of what to do next:
pvini07BR/mijocraft#2 (2D GDScript Multiplayer Minecraft in Godot 3.XX)
pvini07BR/mijocraft#3
pvini07BR/mijocraft#4
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sirarandor/lux-terra#1 (2D Multiplayer expanding tile / chunk game with fog of war)
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KoBeWi/The-Soulhunter#2 (2D Godot 3.XX multiplayer chunk game)
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fanherbaty/crustycraft#1 (2D Minecraft with cave levels in Godot 4.2.1.NET+)

Where should the next step go? What are your thoughts and suggestions? Should I just keep tinkering away with the 4 2D multiplayer godot game demos and keep trying new things until something works with the 2D port of the multiplayer chunk system with Godot_Voxel? All feedback is welcome.

[WithinAmnesia]

Compatibility mode works in 3D multiplayer!

Excellent! This means most anything can run this even web browsers.

[WithinAmnesia]

Zylann/voxelgame#101 (comment) Big 2D/3D hybrid progress update! It all works!

[WithinAmnesia]

Zylann/voxelgame#103 How can entities and player storage work for this demo? Are there any examples or prototypes?
Goal: Minecraft style entity and player storage system. Bonus account system.

How can entities and storage system like chests stored in chunk data like minecraft? Bonus for account linked storage like M.M.O. player inventory and banks / minecraft player account inventory with shulker boxes.

[WithinAmnesia]

Links to track:
Zylann/voxelgame#103
godotengine/godot-proposals#9156
https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/209098/multiplayer-entities-and-player-storage-systems
https://forum.godotengine.org/t/multiplayer-entities-and-player-storage-systems/49040
https://gitlab.com/AngularAngel/omnicraftgodot
devloglogan/MultiplayerFPSTutorial#13
don-tnowe/godot-wyvernbox-inventory#34

[WithinAmnesia]

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Java_Edition_Indev_0.31 The Blockygame open source forever free demonstration needs this kind of update / patch / addition. This is from the 2000's and it added entities with NPCs and storage with chests and crafting with crafting blocks and materials even. How do we do this but 2 decades later in the 2020's? There must be a way. How can this be done on Godot 4.2.1.NET+ and working with multiplayer? From: Zylann/voxelgame#103 (comment)

[WithinAmnesia]

Update: Version 000.007 Testing Storage And Entities.

Zylann/voxelgame#104 + Zylann/voxelgame#101 (comment)

[WithinAmnesia]

Big Inventory Progress!
I am slowly making progress on the video tutorial rpg inventory from scratch. In stead of trying to make 'the inventory' I am slowly making 'an inventory' that acts with / beside the regular blockygame inventory so the test stand / version is now aiming to have 2 inventories, the original one and an addition inventory on the left side so it is a hybrid of the two inventory systems. Once they are both technically working in multiplayer I can then experiment / test / iterate how to use and fuse both of them together but for now I can get the item drop and pick up and equipment and consumable / simple stat / attribute / rpg systems working as an addition group of features. I have the start of the adjusted and added step by step video tutorial inventory working with the regular blockygame multiplayer inventory and game systems. This is really good progress finding a way forward that so far works. I might have a dev / debug player with both the inventories and the debug info and get that working and a non-dev player that can play in the world and has like block adjusting features and at least the video game tutorial inventory. Build the game world like blockygame and save the world the run a regular-player controller to play the world like a top down ARPG ya lol. This is so wild but hey it works. Form follows function and simplicity is the ultimate from of sophistication!😃 😅 🏞️ 💪🏻 😂 👌🏻💯 ✨ 🎆