From b3f780204680bc1786db34c3d80c74c88fd86311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quaternions <krakow20@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:13:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Idle instruction: important concept for marking the end of
 instruction streams, including real time networking

---
 src/body.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/body.rs b/src/body.rs
index a70d37b..005d3a7 100644
--- a/src/body.rs
+++ b/src/body.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ pub enum InputInstruction {
 	Jump(bool),
 	Zoom(bool),
 	Reset,
+	Idle,
+		//Idle: there were no input events, but the simulation is safe to advance to this timestep
+		//for interpolation / networking / playback reasons, most playback heads will always want
+		//to be 1 instruction ahead to generate the next state for interpolation.
 }
 
 pub struct Body {
@@ -1022,6 +1026,7 @@ impl crate::instruction::InstructionConsumer<PhysicsInstruction> for PhysicsStat
 						self.walk.state=WalkEnum::Reached;
 						self.grounded=false;
 					},
+					InputInstruction::Idle => (),//literally idle!
 				}
 				//calculate control dir
 				let camera_mat=self.camera.simulate_move_rotation_y(self.mouse_interpolation.interpolated_position(self.time).x-self.mouse_interpolation.mouse0.x);