11.1 - Overview of Entity Communication

Entities communicate with each other and with the VR-Forces GUI by sending messages.

All inter-entity messages are packaged inside a DtVrfObjectMessage (vrfObjectMessage.h), and sent using one of the message passing systems in VR-Forces.

There are two ways to send a message between entities: the radio message system and the simulation internal message system. Messages that represent radio communication between two entities should be passed though the radio system. Messages that are for simulation purposes only, are sent though the simulation internal system.

All communication within a particular DtVrfObject is managed by the DtVrfObjectCommunicationInterface class (vrfObjectCommunicationInterface.h). This class has member functions for sending messages and for registering callbacks for message receipt.

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