UM_CATCH_ALL_NO

This UDP mode is called ‘catch all, no out of order’.

The number for this UDP mode (to be used with mnStartServer and mnGetUDPMode) is 4. C++ users can use the constant UM_CATCH_ALL_NO instead.

UDP mode UM_CATCH_ALL_NO is used in exactly the same way as UM_CATCH_ALL. The difference is that when using this UDP mode, out of order packets are discarded.

When receiving normally (mnRecvUDP), UDP packets are put into a queue and mnRecvUDP deals with each one individually returning the number of packets in waiting. The client and operation parameters of this command can be ignored.

There is a prefix of one unsigned integer added silently (you do not need to deal with it) to all outgoing UDP packets which is used to determine the age of a packet. The integer is a packet count that increases by 1 every time a sender sends to us. You can use mnGetUDPClock to retrieve this integer, and can use it to calculate packet loss; if 2 packets are received with clock values of: 1 and 3, then one packet was lost and never received in between the two successful sends.

You do not need to add any extra data to your packets as you did with the other two UDP modes.




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