We are using 5.7 Preview to check out the latest MassAI implementation with StateTree and mostly replication support state.
There are some major problems with replication the entities transform and Crowd LOD system. (using MassEnityTest.MassRepicationTrait) Any chance to get some roadmap about MassAI replication? Name “*Test” suggest that maybe it’s not your focus now. We are not sure if we:
a) should implement our own Crowd LOD system with replication using MassAI
b) do the same but without using the MassAI (maybe repplication is something that is long ahead of you guys)
c) wait for you guys
Any info about the MassAI replication state/plans would be nice!
We are investigating using Iris for Mass replication currently. It will not be in 5.7, but there is a chance for something to be in 5.8. There are still some issue to be addressed in using Iris as it requires UObject, but it is something one of our devs is currently working on.
As for the test MassReplication, it was done with limited support in 5.0, but has not seen much since that time. There were issues with using FastArray for replicating Mass that caused us to look at other ways to replicate.
You can wait for us to have a possible solution, but I do not have a firm ETA on when it will be available or the production readiness status of it when it is first released. If it is something needed now for testing and building, I would look at making your own system. If you can wait a release or two, we may have something at that point to at least be a starting point with minor adjustments.
-James
Thanks for the info! Do you have any materials / info about Iris and Mass which we can check out?
I do not have anything for it currently. A member of the team is currently working through everything and I do not know if we have a working prototype for it yet internally. It is a much requested feature, and once we have a working implementation in the engine, we will work on getting some docs and tutorials for Mass replication.
-James