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[Xer0botXer0]

Hi guys,

so im wondering what happens when the client requests data from the server, then the server sends it, so in the client networking event the client uses buffer_read to get the information right.

so what if I do an if statement or a case statement, where the one case says okay read the data, and the other case says ignore it. or I read some of the data and leave the rest, will this cause issues ? what happens to that unread data ?

Im receiving player property information, but I only want to save that data if it doesnt already exist.

 

[odd17]

You can read and store them in variables, then do your logic if you want to use them or not.

var v = buffer_read(buff, buffer_f32);

 

[Xer0botXer0]

Sure I could, if it will indeed cause problems, thank you.

But will it cause problems ? Im hoping that if I dont read the data when received that it'll just get chucked or what ever.

 

[ThunkGames]

Unused buffer data is discarded. It won't trigger the networking event the next step or "clog up" the buffer the next time a packet is received. I think this is what you were asking, correct?