Acc is publishing right values

Messages/CustomMsg.cs

@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             this.thingId = thingId;
             this.bytes = bytes;
         }
+        public CustomMsg(byte networkId, Thing thing) : base() {
+            this.networkId = networkId;
+            this.thingId = thing.id;
+        }
 
         public override byte Serialize(ref byte[] buffer) {
+            if (bytes == null)
+                return 0;
             byte ix = 0;
             buffer[ix++] = CustomMsg.Id;
             buffer[ix++] = this.networkId;

Participant.cs

@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             byte[] data = udpClient.EndReceive(result, ref this.endPoint);
             // This does not yet take multi-packet messages into account!
 
+            // We can receive our own publish (broadcast) packages. How do we recognize them????
+            // It is hard to determine our source port
             RemoteParticipant remoteParticipant = this.GetParticipant(endPoint.Address.ToString(), endPoint.Port);
             if (remoteParticipant == null)
                 remoteParticipant = this.AddParticipant(endPoint.Address.ToString(), endPoint.Port);
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             udpClient.BeginReceive(new AsyncCallback(result => ReceiveUDP(result)), null);
         }
 
-        private ulong nextPublishMe = 0;
+        protected ulong nextPublishMe = 0;
 
         public virtual void Update(ulong currentTimeMS = 0) {
             if (currentTimeMS == 0) {
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             }
 
             if (this.publishInterval > 0 && currentTimeMS > this.nextPublishMe) {
-                this.Publish(new ClientMsg(this.networkId));
+                Publish();
                 // Console.WriteLine($"{this.name} Publish ClientMsg {this.networkId}");
                 this.nextPublishMe = currentTimeMS + this.publishInterval;
             }
@@ -137,7 +139,10 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
                 if (thing != null && thing.parent == null) // update only root things
                     thing.Update(currentTimeMS);
             }
+        }
 
+        public virtual void Publish() {
+            this.Publish(new ClientMsg(this.networkId));
         }
 
         #endregion Update
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             this.Send(remoteParticipant, new ThingMsg(this.networkId, thing));
             this.Send(remoteParticipant, new NameMsg(this.networkId, thing));
             this.Send(remoteParticipant, new ModelUrlMsg(this.networkId, thing));
+            this.Send(remoteParticipant, new CustomMsg(this.networkId, thing));
         }
 
         public bool Send(IMessage msg) {
@@ -172,6 +178,14 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
             return true;
         }
 
+        public void PublishThingInfo(Thing thing) {
+            //Console.WriteLine("Publish thing info");
+            this.Publish(new ThingMsg(this.networkId, thing));
+            this.Publish(new NameMsg(this.networkId, thing));
+            this.Publish(new ModelUrlMsg(this.networkId, thing));
+            this.Publish(new CustomMsg(this.networkId, thing));
+        }
+
         public bool Publish(IMessage msg) {
             int bufferSize = msg.Serialize(ref this.buffer);
             if (bufferSize <= 0)
@@ -269,7 +283,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
         }
 
         protected virtual void Process(RemoteParticipant sender, NameMsg msg) {
-            Console.WriteLine($"Participant: Process name [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}] {msg.name}");
+            // Console.WriteLine($"Participant: Process name [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}] {msg.name}");
             Thing thing = sender.Get(msg.networkId, msg.thingId);
             if (thing != null)
                 thing.name = msg.name;
@@ -282,7 +296,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
         protected virtual void Process(PoseMsg msg) { }
 
         protected virtual void Process(RemoteParticipant sender, CustomMsg msg) {
-            Console.WriteLine($"Participant: Process binary [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}]");
+            // Console.WriteLine($"Participant: Process binary [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}]");
             Thing thing = sender.Get(msg.networkId, msg.thingId);
             thing?.ProcessBinary(msg.bytes);
         }

RemoteParticipant.cs

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
 
         public Thing Get(byte networkId, byte thingId) {
             Thing thing = things.Find(aThing => Thing.IsThing(aThing, networkId, thingId));
-            if (thing == null)
+            // if (thing == null)
-            Console.WriteLine($"Could not find thing {ipAddress}:{port}[{networkId}/{thingId}]");
+            //     Console.WriteLine($"Could not find thing {ipAddress}:{port}[{networkId}/{thingId}]");
             return thing;
         }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
 
                 if (invokeEvent)
                     Thing.InvokeNewThing(thing);
-                Console.Write($"Add thing [{thing.networkId}/{thing.id}] {thing.name}");
+                Console.Write($"Add thing {ipAddress}:{port}[{networkId}/{thing.id}]");
             }
         }
 

SiteServer.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
 
         public SiteServer(int port = 7681) {
             this.name = "Site Server";
-            this.publishInterval = 0;
 
             this.ipAddress = "0.0.0.0";
             this.port = port;
@@ -23,6 +22,9 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
                 new Tuple<UdpClient, IPEndPoint>(this.udpClient, new(IPAddress.Any, port)));
         }
 
+        public override void Publish() {            
+        }
+
         protected override void Process(RemoteParticipant sender, ClientMsg msg) {
             if (msg.networkId == 0) {
                 Console.WriteLine($"{this.name} received New Client -> {sender.networkId}");
@@ -33,14 +35,14 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
         protected override void Process(RemoteParticipant sender, NetworkIdMsg msg) { }
 
         protected override void Process(RemoteParticipant sender, ThingMsg msg) {
-            Console.WriteLine($"SiteServer: Process thing [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}]");
+            //Console.WriteLine($"SiteServer: Process thing [{msg.networkId}/{msg.thingId}]");
             Thing thing = sender.Get(msg.networkId, msg.thingId);
             if (thing == null) {
                 Thing newThing;
                 if (thingMsgProcessors.ContainsKey(msg.thingType))
                     newThing = thingMsgProcessors[msg.thingType](msg.networkId, msg.thingId);
                 else
-                    newThing = new Thing(this, msg.networkId, msg.thingId, msg.thingType);
+                    newThing = new Thing(sender, msg.networkId, msg.thingId, msg.thingType);
                 sender.Add(newThing);
             }
         }

Thing.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
 
         #region Properties
 
-        public Participant participant;
+        public RemoteParticipant participant;
 
         public delegate void ChangeHandler();
         public delegate void SphericalHandler(Spherical v);
@@ -138,13 +138,15 @@ namespace Passer.Control.Core {
                 //this.Init();
                 //Thing.Add(this);
             }
+            //OnNewThing?.Invoke(this);
         }
-        public Thing(Participant client, byte networkId, byte thingId, byte thingType = 0) {
+        public Thing(RemoteParticipant sender, byte networkId, byte thingId, byte thingType = 0) {
-            this.participant = client;
+            this.participant = sender;
             this.id = thingId;
             this.type = thingType;
             this.networkId = networkId;
             this.Init();
+            //OnNewThing?.Invoke(this);
             //Thing.Add(this);
         }