TFS Architecture

[Fox Rother]

Hey, everybody!

I'm trying to understand TFS' architecture, but as I'm still a n00b in C++ (currently reading the Deitels), I thought someone more experienced would like to share their knowledge on its innerworkings. I'm very interested in contributing.

It doesn't need to be very detailed, also. I'm looking to understand the basics enough to get on my feet.

Thanks!

 

[Infernum]

It's a spiderweb. But I don't think anybody will be able to really provide an explanation for such a broad question, you kinda just learn it by looking at it.
If you really want to figure out how some stuff works, pick something and use Visual Studio to track down its call hierarchy so you can see where it gets called or used, you can also click View Definition / View Declaration to see where specific functions or variables are defined.

 

[Togu]

Use search tools (like searching a string in all files in the src folder) to find anything you want and then use an IDE to ctrl + click classes and methods and navigate through the project.

For example, if you want to change what happens when you level up, search on all project files for "You advanced from"
If you want to change the look string, search for "He is a"

 

[Znote]

Asked Mark where to start looking and understanding the source code back in 2014, he said:

understand the purpose of the different threads, especially dispatcher,
and then understand how the server goes from receiving a packet to processing it and performing something
(connection (asio thread) -> protocol -> (task dispatched to run in dispatcher thread) -> game)

otserv.cpp is a good start, then look at tasks/scheduler/connection/server

 

[Fox Rother]

@Delusion @Togu thank you for your input! I'll keep these strategies in mind

@Znote Great: starting points! I'll check them out asap.