Build process (client)

All client source files (code, assets) are in the Client/src folder. Development related files (scripts, metadata such as package.json etc) are outside of this folder, directly in Client.

The build process requires npm and java to be installed, and uses gulp. There is a docker image on Docker hub that has the prerequisites installed so that it can be used in the client update Buddy pipelines (staging and production) to automatically run the build process after each push, before uploading the resulting files to hyperfleet.io ("Terminal" action type). The dockerfile used to create this image can be found in the Client/Buddy folder.

After running the build process, the production ready game files will be in the Client/dist folder, so the index.php needs to be opened from there. (and that folder needs to be copied over to the server in the build pipeline)

The build process differs for staging (development) and production. The production build process does not create source maps for the compiled code and has the debug functions disabled (the GLOBAL_DEBUG variable is set to false through a Closure define). It doesn't include the GUI for the debug functions either.

Gulp tasks

The gulp tasks related to the build process:

gulp build
gulp build-prod

Process all files in the src folder (minifying HTML/CSS, compiling js files with Closure, optimizing images etc), and output the resulting files to the dist folder (within Client) The build task is for staging (development), and the build-prod task is for production.

gulp clean

Deletes the dist folder.

gulp watch

Starts watching for changes in the subfolders of src/ folder, and runs the appropriate part of the staging (development) build process again if a file changes.

Shell scripts

There are two shell scrips in the Client folder to make life easier:

• setup_build.sh installs gulp and all dependencies to run the gulp tasks
• build.sh runs the clean and then the build task
• build-prod.sh runs the clean and then the build-prod task

Testing the client (frontend) locally

Dependencies:

• an HTTP server (e.g. Apache)
• PHP, PHP-curl

Regardless of the method below, the game client will first attempt to connect to the locally running server, then (if that doesn't exist or full) the server running in local Docker, and then (if that doesn't exist or full) the global production server.

Running directly

• install the dependencies
• run the client build process outlined above
• place (or link) the created game client files (Client/dist folder) into the serving folder of your HTTP server (for example for Apache: /var/www/html/ on Linux and /Library/WebServer/Documents on Mac by default)
• redirect your HTTP server from the default port 80 to another (for example 8080), otherwise later it will clash with the game backend if you want to test that too locally, as that needs port 80
• if you placed/linked the game files in the hfio folder within your serving folder, you can access the game at http://localhost:8080/hfio/?r=99x0 (substitute hfio for the folder and 8080 for the port you used)

Using Docker

• install Docker
• run the client build process outlined above
• open the command line and go to the Client folder
• run docker_build_client.sh (you might need sudo on linux)
• run docker_run_client.sh (you might need sudo on linux)
• you can access the game client at http://localhost:8080/hfio/?r=99x0
• every time you make a new client build, you need to run docker_stop_client.sh, docker_build_client.sh and docker_run_client.sh again

Testing the server (backend) locally

Dependencies:

• npm
• forever
• mongodb

Make sure you have both the 80 and 3010 ports free, as the game server uses these. (you might need to redirect your webserver to use another port than the default 80, for example for Apache: in /etc/apache2/ports.conf, change the port as Listen 8080, then go to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and change the first line as <VirtualHost *: 8080>. Now restart: sudo service apache2 restart, to use port 8080 instead.)

Running directly

On linux, you can install the dependencies locally on your machine, go to the Server folder, issue npm install and then sudo sh run.sh. On the first run, you will see an error message like error: Forever cannot find process with id: staging. This is normal, as the script will first try to stop the server if it is already running.

Using Docker

• install Docker
• open the command line and go to the project root folder
• run docker_build_server.sh (you might need sudo on linux)
• make sure your port 80 is free! The game backend needs it, and it cannot be changed!
• run docker_run_server.sh (you might need sudo on linux)
• if the server is running, you will see its logs in the terminal, and you can check by opening http://localhost/pcount, which should display the player count
• every time you make changes to the server code, you need to run docker_stop_server.sh, docker_build_server.sh and docker_run_server.sh again