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# CCCB-Tanks
# servicepoint-tanks
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## Service point display
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In CCCB, there is a big pixel matrix hanging on the wall. It is called "Airport Display" or "Service Point Display".
- Resolution: 352x160=56,320 pixels
- Pixels are grouped into 44x20=880 tiles (8x8=64 pixels each)
- Smallest addressable unit: row of pixels inside of a tile (8 pixels = 1 byte)
- The brightness can only be set per tile
- Screen content can be changed using a simple UDP protocol
- Between each row of tiles, there is a gap of around 4 pixels size. This gap changes the aspect ratio of the display.
### Binary format
A UDP package sent to the display has a header size of 10 bytes.
Each header value has a size of two bytes (unsigned 16 bit integer).
Depending on the command, there can be a payload following the header.
The commands are implemented in DisplayCommands.
To change screen contents, these commands are the most relevant:
1. Clear screen
- command: `0x0002`
- (rest does not matter)
2. Send CP437 data: render specified text into rectangular region
- command: `0x0003`
- top left tile x
- top left tile y
- width in tiles
- height in tiles
- payload: (width in tiles * height in tiles) bytes
- 1 byte = 1 character
- each character is rendered into one tile (mono-spaced)
- characters are encoded using code page 437
3. Send bitmap window: set pixel states for a rectangular region
- command: `0x0013`
- top left tile x
- top left _pixel_ y
- width in tiles
- height in _pixels_
- payload: (width in tiles * height in pixels) bytes
- network byte order
- 1 bit = 1 pixel
There are other commands implemented as well, e.g. for changing the brightness.
## Tanks game
- By default, the backend also hosts the frontend
### Backend
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- Uses the C# bindings from the [servicepoint library](https://github.com/cccb/servicepoint/) for communication with the display.
- Stack: .NET / C# / ASP.NET / AOT-compiled
- Both traditional JSON over HTTP APIs and real-time WebSocket communication
- runs all game logic
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- One frame is ~7KB, not including the text and player specific data
- maps can be loaded from png files containing black and white pixels or simple text files
- some values (like tank speed) can be configured but are fixed at run time
- By default, the backend also hosts the frontend
### Frontend