From 8a9abcc8e4ccf279a76ac3989b554195b2765ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: austin <austin@austinhoover.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:51:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lore message resend

---
 docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md                 |  1 +
 .../engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index eb491a4d..1b744e2d 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1414,6 +1414,7 @@ Two EXCELLENT rock textures
 Fix rock2 texture
 biome floor elements controlling noise generator's voxel selection
 Plains (rock) biome
+Lore message resend from client on failure
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java
index 157d8bb0..dea0a608 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import electrosphere.entity.EntityUtils;
 import electrosphere.logger.LoggerInterface;
 import electrosphere.net.NetUtils;
 import electrosphere.net.client.ClientNetworking;
+import electrosphere.net.parser.net.message.CharacterMessage;
+import electrosphere.net.parser.net.message.LoreMessage;
 import electrosphere.renderer.actor.Actor;
 import electrosphere.renderer.actor.ActorTextureMask;
 
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ public class ClientLoading {
      */
     static final int DRAW_CELL_EXPECTED_MINIMUM_FRAMES_TO_INIT = 10;
 
+    /**
+     * Number of frames to wait before re-sending query for lore
+     */
+    static final int LORE_RESEND_FRAMES = 1000;
+
 
     /**
      * Loads the race data from the server
@@ -72,10 +79,18 @@ public class ClientLoading {
         }
         //while we don't know what races are playable, wait
         WindowUtils.updateLoadingWindow("Waiting on lore");
+        int framesWaited = 0;
         while(Globals.gameConfigCurrent.getCreatureTypeLoader().getPlayableRaces().size() == 0){
+            if(framesWaited % LORE_RESEND_FRAMES == (LORE_RESEND_FRAMES - 1)){
+                //request playable races
+                Globals.clientConnection.queueOutgoingMessage(LoreMessage.constructRequestRacesMessage());
+                //request characters available to this player
+                Globals.clientConnection.queueOutgoingMessage(CharacterMessage.constructRequestCharacterListMessage());
+            }
             try {
                 TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(5);
             } catch (InterruptedException ex) {}
+            framesWaited++;
         }
         //once we have them, bring up the character creation interface
         //init character creation window