It turns out, for Windows and Linux having the exact memory allows
for easy tracing of an individual. That is exactly against the idea
of the survey. And honestly, we don't need this precision.
This map is used store socket and address together, and, other than
checking that the address does not already have a socket, the data layout
does not seem particularly important.
However, as address is the key, technically it should not be modified,
and address may self-modify itself during comparisons.
On first start-up, the game will ask if you want to participate
in our automated survey. You have to opt-in, and can easily opt-out
(via the Options) at any time.
When opt-in, whenever you exit a game, a JSON blob will be send
to the survey server hosted by OpenTTD. This JSON blob contains
information that gives a global picture of the game just played:
- What settings were used
- How many humans vs AIs
- How long the game has been played
- Basic information about the OS / CPU
All this information is kept very generic, so there is no
chance we send private information to our survey server.
Nothing in the JSON blob could identify you as a person; it
mostly tells about the game played. At any time you can see
what the JSON blob includes, by pressing the "Preview Survey
Results" button in-game.
This function returns an iterator, either to the selected item or the
container's end.
This makes handling the result more robust as indices are not used.
This to prevent compilation issues between runs with and without precompiled
headers. Also remove the headers from the rest of the code base as they are
not needed there anymore, although they do relatively little harm.
Otherwise this chain of events can happen:
- You already have a (partial) file downloaded
- You start the download, and HTTP fails
- This resets the download progress to the current size of the file
- The TCP download starts at a very large value (UINT32_MAX - filesize)
It now resets to 0% done when any negative value is being given.
As added bonus, we no longer have to query how much was already
downloaded.
With a thread, we can just run curl_easy_perform() and let CURL
and threads handle the blocking part.
With async solution there are too many things to keep track of,
and it makes "when to update the GUI" tricky. By using a thread
that all gets a lot simpler, as the game-thread and download-thread
run side-by-side.
This is similar to how the WinHttp backend already works.
Rubidium