add method to packet sender to flush queue without sleep

assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ void Agent::run() {
         
         // allow the scripter's call back to setup visual data
         emit preSendCallback();
-        // flush the voxel packet queue
+        // flush the voxel packet queue, don't allow it to sleep us
-        voxelScripter.getVoxelPacketSender()->process();
+        voxelScripter.getVoxelPacketSender()->processWithoutSleep();
         
         while (NodeList::getInstance()->getNodeSocket()->receive((sockaddr*) &senderAddress, receivedData, &receivedBytes)) {
             NodeList::getInstance()->processNodeData((sockaddr*) &senderAddress, receivedData, receivedBytes);

libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.cpp

@@ -68,3 +68,22 @@ bool PacketSender::process() {
     }
     return isStillRunning();  // keep running till they terminate us
 }
+
+void PacketSender::processWithoutSleep() {
+    while (_packets.size() > 0) {
+        NetworkPacket& packet = _packets.front();
+        
+        // send the packet through the NodeList...
+        UDPSocket* nodeSocket = NodeList::getInstance()->getNodeSocket();
+        
+        nodeSocket->send(&packet.getAddress(), packet.getData(), packet.getLength());
+        
+        if (_notify) {
+            _notify->packetSentNotification(packet.getLength());
+        }
+        
+        lock();
+        _packets.erase(_packets.begin());
+        unlock();
+    }
+}

libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
     PacketSenderNotify* getPacketSenderNotify() const { return _notify; }
 
     virtual bool process();
+    virtual void processWithoutSleep();
 
 protected:
     int _packetsPerSecond;