VERY buggy, unusable, but progress is being made...

client/CMT.cpp

@@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		("oneGoodAI", "puts one default AI and the rest will be EmptyAI")
 		("autoSkip", "automatically skip turns in GUI")
 		("disable-video", "disable video player")
-		("nointro,i", "skips intro movies");
+		("nointro,i", "skips intro movies")
+        ("loadserver","specifies we are the multiplayer server for loaded games")
+        ("loadnumplayers",po::value<int>(),"specifies the number of players connecting to a multiplayer game")
+        ("loadhumanplayerindices",po::value<std::vector<int>>(),"Indexes of human players (0=Red, etc.)")
+        ("loadplayer", po::value<int>(),"specifies which player we are in multiplayer loaded games (0=Red, etc.)")
+        ("loadserverip",po::value<std::string>(),"IP for loaded game server")
+        ("loadserverport",po::value<std::string>(),"port for loaded game server");
 
 	if(argc > 1)
 	{
@@ -1222,7 +1228,10 @@ void startGame(StartInfo * options, CConnection *serv/* = nullptr*/)
 	case StartInfo::LOAD_GAME:
 		std::string fname = options->mapname;
 		boost::algorithm::erase_last(fname,".vlgm1");
-		client->loadGame(fname);
+        if(!vm.count("loadplayer"))
+            client->loadGame(fname);
+        else
+            client->loadGame(fname,vm.count("loadserver"),vm.count("loadhumanplayerindices") ? vm["loadhumanplayerindices"].as<std::vector<int>>() : std::vector<int>(),vm.count("loadnumplayers") ? vm["loadnumplayers"].as<int>() : 1,vm["loadplayer"].as<int>(),vm.count("loadserverip") ? vm["loadserverip"].as<std::string>() : "", vm.count("loadserverport") ? vm["loadserverport"].as<std::string>() : "3030");
 		break;
 	}
 

client/Client.cpp

@@ -236,12 +236,15 @@ void CClient::endGame( bool closeConnection /*= true*/ )
     logNetwork->infoStream() << "Client stopped.";
 }
 
-void CClient::loadGame( const std::string & fname )
+void CClient::loadGame(const std::string & fname, const bool server, const std::vector<int>& humanplayerindices, const int loadNumPlayers, int player_, const std::string & ipaddr, const std::string & port)
 {
     logNetwork->infoStream() <<"Loading procedure started!";
 
 	CServerHandler sh;
-	sh.startServer();
+    if(server)
+         sh.startServer();
+    else
+         serv = sh.justConnectToServer(ipaddr,port=="" ? "3030" : port);
 
 	CStopWatch tmh;
 	try
@@ -286,30 +289,65 @@ void CClient::loadGame( const std::string & fname )
 		throw; //obviously we cannot continue here
 	}
 
-	serv = sh.connectToServer();
-	serv->addStdVecItems(gs);
+    if(server)
+         serv = sh.connectToServer();
 
-	tmh.update();
-	ui8 pom8;
-	*serv << ui8(3) << ui8(1); //load game; one client
-	*serv << fname;
-	*serv >> pom8;
-	if(pom8) 
-		throw std::runtime_error("Server cannot open the savegame!");
-	else
-        logNetwork->infoStream() << "Server opened savegame properly.";
+    if(player_==-1)
+        player_ = player->getNum();
+    else
+        player = PlayerColor(player_);
+
+    serv->addStdVecItems(gs); /*why is this here?*/
+
+    std::cout << player << std::endl;
+    if(server)
+    {
+         tmh.update();
+         ui8 pom8;
+         *serv << ui8(3) << ui8(loadNumPlayers); //load game; one client if single-player
+         *serv << fname;
+         *serv >> pom8;
+         if(pom8) 
+              throw std::runtime_error("Server cannot open the savegame!");
+         else
+              logNetwork->infoStream() << "Server opened savegame properly.";
+    }
+
+    if(server)
+    {
+         *serv << ui32(gs->scenarioOps->playerInfos.size()+2-loadNumPlayers); //number of players + neutral
+         for(auto & elem : gs->scenarioOps->playerInfos)
+              if(!std::count(humanplayerindices.begin(),humanplayerindices.end(),elem.first.getNum()) || elem.first==player)
+              {
+                  *serv << ui8(elem.first.getNum()); //players
+                  if(elem.first!=player)
+                  {
+                      auto AiToGive = aiNameForPlayer(elem.second, false);
+                      logNetwork->infoStream() << boost::format("Player %s will be lead by %s") % elem.first % AiToGive;
+                      installNewPlayerInterface(CDynLibHandler::getNewAI(AiToGive), elem.first);
+                  }
+                  else
+                  {
+                      installNewPlayerInterface(make_shared<CPlayerInterface>(*player),*player);
+                  }
+              }
+         *serv << ui8(PlayerColor::NEUTRAL.getNum());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+         *serv << ui32(1);
+         *serv << ui8(player->getNum());
+         installNewPlayerInterface(make_shared<CPlayerInterface>(*player),*player);
+    }
 
-	*serv << ui32(gs->scenarioOps->playerInfos.size()+1); //number of players + neutral
-	for(auto & elem : gs->scenarioOps->playerInfos)
-	{
-		*serv << ui8(elem.first.getNum()); //players
-	}
-	*serv << ui8(PlayerColor::NEUTRAL.getNum());
     logNetwork->infoStream() <<"Sent info to server: "<<tmh.getDiff();
 
+    serv->addStdVecItems(gs);
 	serv->enableStackSendingByID();
 	serv->disableSmartPointerSerialization();
 
+    loadNeutralBattleAI();
+
 // 	logGlobal->traceStream() << "Objects:";
 // 	for(int i = 0; i < gs->map->objects.size(); i++)
 // 	{
@@ -833,6 +871,7 @@ CConnection * CServerHandler::connectToServer()
 #endif
 
 	th.update(); //put breakpoint here to attach to server before it does something stupid
+    
 	CConnection *ret = justConnectToServer(settings["server"]["server"].String(), port);
 
 	if(verbose)

client/Client.h

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public:
 	void endGame(bool closeConnection = true);
 	void stopConnection();
 	void save(const std::string & fname);
-	void loadGame(const std::string & fname);
+	void loadGame(const std::string & fname, const bool server = true, const std::vector<int>& humanplayerindices = std::vector<int>(), const int loadnumplayers = 1, int player_ = -1, const std::string & ipaddr = "", const std::string & port = "");
 	void run();
 	void campaignMapFinished( shared_ptr<CCampaignState> camp );
 	void finishCampaign( shared_ptr<CCampaignState> camp );

lib/CCreatureSet.cpp

@@ -387,11 +387,12 @@ CStackInstance * CCreatureSet::detachStack(SlotID slot)
 	CStackInstance *ret = stacks[slot];
 
 	//if(CArmedInstance *armedObj = castToArmyObj())
+    if(ret)
 	{
 		ret->setArmyObj(nullptr); //detaches from current armyobj
+        assert(!ret->armyObj); //we failed detaching?
 	}
 
-	assert(!ret->armyObj); //we failed detaching?
 	stacks.erase(slot);
 	armyChanged();
 	return ret;

server/CVCMIServer.cpp

@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void CVCMIServer::loadGame()
 	boost::system::error_code error;
 	ui8 clients;
 
-	c >> clients >> fname; //how many clients should be connected - TODO: support more than one
+	c >> clients >> fname; //how many clients should be connected
 
 // 	{
 // 		char sig[8];