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--- client_server_detection [2019/09/05 20:45] – [How it works] korshun
+++ client_server_detection [2019/09/05 20:54] (current) – [Writing robust multiplayer code] korshun
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 {
     // Draw hud, spawn effects.
+}
+</code>
+You can also make sure that a serverside-only function is not called on the client, and a clientside-only function is not called on the server.
+<code>
+function ServersideOnlyFunction(void)
+{
+    // writing if (IsClient()) would incorrectly display the warning in singleplayer.
+    if (!IsServer())
+        printbold(s:"Error: ServersideOnlyFunction was called clientside");
+    ...
+}
+function ClientsideOnlyFunction(void)
+{
+    // writing if (IsServer()) would incorrectly display the warning in singleplayer.
+    if (!IsClient())
+        printbold(s:"Error: ClientsideOnlyFunction was called serverside");
+    ...
 }
 </code>
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 ''IsClient()'' simply checks if [[zdoom>ConsolePlayerNumber]] is not negative.
-''IsServer()'' is more complicated. It returns true if [[zdoom>ConsolePlayerNumber]] is negative. But if it's not negative, it needs to distinguish between multiplayer emulation and real multiplayer. The function needs to return true in multiplayer emulation but false in real multiplayer.
+''IsServer()'' is more complicated. It returns true if [[zdoom>ConsolePlayerNumber]] is negative. But if it's not negative, it needs to distinguish between multiplayer emulation and real multiplayer. It checks if the multiplayer is real using [[zan>IsNetworkGame]]. But calling this function in ZDoom/GZDoom crashes the engine. Therefore, before calling ''IsNetworkGame'', it checks if the engine is Zandronum using [[source_port_detection|IsZandronum]].
-It checks if the multiplayer is real using [[zan>IsNetworkGame]]. But calling this function in ZDoom/GZDoom crashes the engine. Therefore, before calling ''IsNetworkGame'', it checks if the engine is Zandronum using [[source_port_detection|IsZandronum]].
-If the engine is not Zandronum, the function returns true, because in ZDoom/GZDoom all players run gameplay code.
+If the engine is not Zandronum, the function returns true, because in ZDoom/GZDoom multiplayer all players run gameplay code.
 If the engine is Zandronum, the function returns false if it's real multiplayer, true if it's multiplayer emulation.

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