GetPacket() [2/2]

ModPacket Terraria.ModLoader.Mod.GetPacket ( int capacity = 256 )

inlineinherited

Creates a ModPacket object that you can write to and then send between servers and clients.

Parameters

capacity

The capacity.

Returns

Exceptions

T:System.Exception

Cannot get packet for " + Name + " because it does not exist on the other side

Definition at line 366 of file Mod.cs.

    {
        if (netID < 0)
        {
            throw new Exception("Cannot get packet for " + Name + " because it does not exist on the other side");
        }
        ModPacket p = new ModPacket(250, capacity + 5);
        if (ModNet.NetModCount < 256)
        {
            p.Write((byte)netID);
        }
        else
        {
            p.Write(netID);
        }
        p.netID = netID;
        return p;
    }

References Terraria.ModLoader.Mod.Name, Terraria.ModLoader.Mod.netID, and Terraria.ModLoader.ModNet.NetModCount.