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+//  VoxelServer.h
+//  voxel-server
+//
+//  Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 8/21/13
+//  Copyright (c) 2013 High Fidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+//
+
+#ifndef __voxel_server__VoxelServerState__
+#define __voxel_server__VoxelServerState__
+
+#include <SharedUtil.h>
+#include <NodeList.h> // for MAX_PACKET_SIZE
+#include <JurisdictionSender.h>
+#include <VoxelTree.h>
+
+#include "VoxelServerPacketProcessor.h"
+
+
+const int MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 1024;
+const int VOXEL_SIZE_BYTES = 3 + (3 * sizeof(float));
+const int VOXELS_PER_PACKET = (MAX_PACKET_SIZE - 1) / VOXEL_SIZE_BYTES;
+const int MIN_BRIGHTNESS = 64;
+const float DEATH_STAR_RADIUS = 4.0;
+const float MAX_CUBE = 0.05f;
+const int VOXEL_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS = 17 * 1000; // approximately 60fps
+const int SENDING_TIME_TO_SPARE = 5 * 1000; // usec of sending interval to spare for calculating voxels
+const int INTERVALS_PER_SECOND = 1000 * 1000 / VOXEL_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS;
+const int MAX_VOXEL_TREE_DEPTH_LEVELS = 4;
+const int ENVIRONMENT_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS = 1000000;
+
+extern const char* LOCAL_VOXELS_PERSIST_FILE;
+extern const char* VOXELS_PERSIST_FILE;
+extern char voxelPersistFilename[MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH];
+extern int PACKETS_PER_CLIENT_PER_INTERVAL;
+
+extern VoxelTree serverTree; // this IS a reaveraging tree 
+extern bool wantVoxelPersist;
+extern bool wantLocalDomain;
+extern bool debugVoxelSending;
+extern bool shouldShowAnimationDebug;
+extern bool displayVoxelStats;
+extern bool debugVoxelReceiving;
+extern bool sendEnvironments;
+extern bool sendMinimalEnvironment;
+extern bool dumpVoxelsOnMove;
+extern int receivedPacketCount;
+extern JurisdictionMap* jurisdiction;
+extern JurisdictionSender* jurisdictionSender;
+extern VoxelServerPacketProcessor* voxelServerPacketProcessor;
+extern pthread_mutex_t treeLock;
+
+#endif // __voxel_server__VoxelServerState__