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Client ai/server communication

The communication between the AI client and the server is carried out via tcp sockets.
The port that is used must be indicated in parameters.

The client sends its requests, without waiting for them to be done.
The server sends back a message confirming the correct execution of the requests.

The client’s connection to the server happens as follows:

  1. the client opens a socket on the server’s port,
  2. the server and the client communicate the following way:
<-- WELCOME\n
--> TEAM-NAME\n
<-- CLIENT-NUM\n
<-- X Y\n

X and Y indicate the world’s dimensions.
CLIENT-NUM indicates the number of slots available on the server for the TEAM-NAME team.
If this number is greater than or equal to 1, a new client can connect.

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The client can send up to 10 requests in a row without any response from the server.
Over 10, the server will no longer take them into account.

The server executes the client’s requests in the order they were received.
The requests are buffered and a command’s execution time only blocks the player in question.