src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import org.joml.Vector3i;
 
+import electrosphere.client.terrain.cache.ChunkData;
 import electrosphere.client.terrain.cells.DrawCell.DrawCellFace;
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityUtils;
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
                         ){
                             //client should request chunk data from server for each chunk necessary to create the model
                             LoggerInterface.loggerNetworking.DEBUG("(Client) Send Request for terrain at " + posToCheck);
-                            Globals.clientTerrainManager.requestChunk(posToCheck.x, posToCheck.y, posToCheck.z);
+                            Globals.clientTerrainManager.requestChunk(posToCheck.x, posToCheck.y, posToCheck.z, ChunkData.NO_STRIDE);
                     }
                 }
             }

src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/manager/ClientTerrainManager.java

@@ -106,6 +106,35 @@ public class ClientTerrainManager {
                         data
                     );
                 } break;
+                case SENDREDUCEDCHUNKDATA: {
+                    int[][][] values = new int[ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE][ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE][ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE];
+                    float[][][] weights = new float[ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE][ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE][ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE];
+                    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(message.getchunkData());
+                    FloatBuffer floatBuffer = buffer.asFloatBuffer();
+                    for(int x = 0; x < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; x++){
+                        for(int y = 0; y < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; y++){
+                            for(int z = 0; z < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; z++){
+                                weights[x][y][z] = floatBuffer.get();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    IntBuffer intView = buffer.asIntBuffer();
+                    intView.position(floatBuffer.position());
+                    for(int x = 0; x < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; x++){
+                        for(int y = 0; y < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; y++){
+                            for(int z = 0; z < ChunkData.CHUNK_SIZE; z++){
+                                values[x][y][z] = intView.get();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ChunkData data = new ChunkData(message.getworldX(), message.getworldY(), message.getworldZ());
+                    data.setVoxelType(values);
+                    data.setVoxelWeight(weights);
+                    terrainCache.addChunkDataToCache(
+                        message.getworldX(), message.getworldY(), message.getworldZ(), 
+                        data
+                    );
+                } break;
                 default:
                     LoggerInterface.loggerEngine.WARNING("ClientTerrainManager: unhandled network message of type" + message.getMessageSubtype());
                     break;
@@ -160,13 +189,15 @@ public class ClientTerrainManager {
      * @param worldX the world x coordinate of the chunk
      * @param worldY the world y coordinate of the chunk
      * @param worldZ the world z coordinate of the chunk
+     * @param stride The stride of the data
      */
-    public void requestChunk(int worldX, int worldY, int worldZ){
+    public void requestChunk(int worldX, int worldY, int worldZ, int stride){
         if(!this.terrainCache.hasRequested(worldX, worldY, worldZ)){
-            Globals.clientConnection.queueOutgoingMessage(TerrainMessage.constructRequestChunkDataMessage(
+            Globals.clientConnection.queueOutgoingMessage(TerrainMessage.constructRequestReducedChunkDataMessage(
                 worldX,
                 worldY,
-                worldZ
+                worldZ,
+                stride
             ));
         }
     }

src/main/java/electrosphere/net/server/protocol/TerrainProtocol.java

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class TerrainProtocol implements ServerProtocolTemplate<TerrainMessage> {
 
             // System.out.println("(Server) Send terrain at " + worldX + " " + worldY + " " + worldZ);
             LoggerInterface.loggerNetworking.DEBUG("(Server) Send terrain at " + worldX + " " + worldY + " " + worldZ);
-            connectionHandler.addMessagetoOutgoingQueue(TerrainMessage.constructsendChunkDataMessage(worldX, worldY, worldZ, buffer.array()));
+            connectionHandler.addMessagetoOutgoingQueue(TerrainMessage.constructSendReducedChunkDataMessage(worldX, worldY, worldZ, stride, buffer.array()));
         };
 
         //request chunk