don't serialize JSON every tick LMAO

Author: evolutionleo

Client/objects/oEntityManager/Step_0.gml

@@ -118,10 +118,9 @@ for(i = 0; i < l; i++) {
 	// the reason I'm not using a with() statement here is because for some reason it is not equivallent to this, and produces weird errors (due to this being called in an Async event)
 	inst.image_xscale = entity.xs
 	inst.image_yscale = entity.ys
+	inst.image_angle = entity.a
 	inst.x = entity.x
 	inst.y = entity.y
-	inst.image_angle = entity.a
-	inst.a = entity.a // set for interpolation
 
 	inst.state = state
 

TypescriptServer/package.json

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
         "development": "node . --env=dev",
         "prod": "node . --env=prod",
         "production": "node . --env=prod",
-        "profile": "node --prof --env=dev",
-        "postprofile": "node --profile",
+        "profile": "node out/server.js --prof --env=dev",
         "build": "npx tsc"
     },
     "dependencies": {

TypescriptServer/src/concepts/entity.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Client from "#concepts/client";
 import Room from "#concepts/room";
 
 import PlayerEntity from "#entities/player";
+import { isDeepStrictEqual } from 'util';
 
 
 export type ColliderType = 'polygon' | 'circle' | 'box';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export type SerializedEntity = {
     y: number,
     xs: number,
     ys: number,
+    a: number,
     spd?: Point,
     st: number, // state
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
     angle:number = 0;
 
     prev_pos:Point;
-    prev_serialized:string; // json of serialized entity
+    serialized:SerializedEntity; // save the last serialized version of this entity (to compare changes)
 
     base_size:Point = { x: 64, y: 64 };
     scale:Point = { x: 1, y: 1 };
@@ -153,10 +155,10 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
         this.emit('update');
 
         // if something changed - send again (add to the room's bundle)
-        const serialized = JSON.stringify(this.serialize());
-        if (serialized != this.prev_serialized || this.sendEveryTick) {
-            this.prev_serialized = serialized;
-            this.send(); // add to the bundle
+        const new_serialized = this.serialize();
+        if (this.sendEveryTick || !isDeepStrictEqual(new_serialized, this.serialized)) {
+            this.serialized = new_serialized;
+            this.send(true); // add to the bundle
         }
     }
 
@@ -228,10 +230,6 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
             this.regenerateCollider(x, y);
         }
 
-        // if (this.size.x != this.prev_size.x || this.size.y != this.prev_size.y) {
-        //     // change the collider scale by the same ratio as the entity scale
-        //     this.collider.setScale(this.collider.scaleX * this.size.x / this.prev_size.x, this.collider.scaleY * this.size.y / this.prev_size.y);
-        // }
         this.collider.setAngle(this.angle);
         this.collider.setPosition(x, y);
         this.tree.updateBody(this.collider);
@@ -319,6 +317,7 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
             y: this.roundedPos(this.y),
             xs: this.xscale,
             ys: this.yscale,
+            a: this.angle,
             spd: this.spd,
             p: this.props, // uses a getter for props
             st: this.state
@@ -329,8 +328,14 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
         return this.serialize();
     }
 
-    public send() {
-        const data = this.bundle();
+    public send(cached = false) {
+        let data: SerializedEntity;
+
+        if (!cached)
+            data = this.bundle();
+        else
+            data = this.serialized;
+
         this.room.bundle.push(data);
     }
 
@@ -340,11 +345,6 @@ class Entity extends EventEmitter {
         let w:number = this.width, h:number = this.height;
 
         return {
-            // left: x - w/2,
-            // top: y - h/2,
-            // right: x + w/2,
-            // bottom: y + h/2,
-            
             left: x,
             top: y,
             right: x + w,