variable speed steps

[dbakewel]

There are times, especially during testing, when setting the server step speed is difficult. Often, what we really want is a server to simply wait for all robots to send one message and then take a step.

The proposal is to add a server switch that allows the server to take a step if all robots have sent at least one message to be processed. It would do this rather than waiting for the step timer to run out. setting the step timer very high with ensure that each robot is having one message process per step, but would also allow the server to run in the fastest speed possible.

[mcstoer]

In the case that there is a robot that sends four messages and all the other bots have sent their messages, will the server only take the first message that robot sends? Also, will there be a maximum time that the server will wait in the case where one robot fails?