README.md

neet

neet is neet net library for Garry's Mod

It allows easy usage of the network library used in Garry's Mod (net).

This library could compress your messages automatically, so you will never need to think again, "What net.somethingsomething I should use now? And in what order..."

REMEMBER: This library is under heavy W.I.P. It contains many comments and shitcode, and also I probably will change the way you will use it, so be careful with pulling changes ;)

Advantages

It can automatically create Network Strings, so you will not bother yourself with that unneeded stuff.

The message will delay a bit because server should process util.AddNetworkString (as I've been told at Gmod Wiki). You can control this delay via convar (see Configuration section below)

Also it will automatically determine the best way to send numbers (int/uint/float/double).

Other than that, it will automatically compress/decompress strings, if compressed string will be shorter that uncompressed.

Configuration

neet_senddelay (seconds) - Delay of sending a message if network string doesn't exist (1-∞, default: 3)

Usage

Usage of this library is very simple and clean: only three lines is enough.

Sending from server to all clients (broadcast)

local tosend = {} -- Table of your contents
neet.Start( "MyNetworkString", tosend, neet.Broadcast() )

Sending from server to specific client

local tosend = {} -- Table of your contents
neet.Start( "MyNetworkString", tosend, neet.Send( player.GetAll()[1] ) )

Sending from client to server

local tosend = {} -- Table of your contents
neet.Start( "MyNetworkString", tosend, neet.SendToServer() )

Receiving on server

neet.Receive( "MyNetworkString", function( buf, len, ply )
	PrintTable( buf )
end )

Receiving on client

neet.Receive( "MyNetworkString", function( buf, len )
	PrintTable( buf )
end )

TODO

Support for message chunking is also would be cool (65533 bytes, remember, right? You nasty big message fanboy)