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Pony OS PC (Running Pony Net)

Pony Net

Pony OS

1. Introduction
   
2. App/Window manager
   
3. Keyboard and Mouse
   
4. Network manager
   
5. Multiplayer warnings

Pony Net is the network system behind Pony OS, please check the description here.

Pony OS is the software running on every computer.
It provides system services (dhcp configuration, window/app manager, network manager, keyboard & mouse).
Multiple Apps can run on the same Pony OS. The OS will control when an app can send data to the network, which app is drawn on the screen, and which app receives data from keyboard and mouse.
Every app can read all the data coming from the network, every app must filter the data (depending on the port).

You can create your own app for Pony OS, but it will not be very easy, i can promise. But i hope someone will be able to do it!


In the window/app manager, you can add your app. This will create a button on the desktop with the defined label and color.

The keyboard data and the touchscreen data is sent to the currently open app via a single number (channel 31).
If the keyboard is open, your app will not receive any touchscreen information.

NOTE: The touchscreen data only supports unmodded monitor sizes! if the monitor is higher or wider then 2047 pixels, it will crash)

You can use a provided function to convert that number back into a lua table including all the information you need:

They keyboard will automatically close if someone clicks outside of the keyboard (upper half of the screen).
You can tell the keyboard to hide (send boolean pulse on output composite channel 32) or to show (send boolean pulse on output composite channel 31).

The network manager controls which app is allowed to send data onto the network. If you are allowed to send data, composite input boolean channel 31 will be true.
If you send packets even you are not allowed to, the packets will be droped.

By default, the network manager allows an app to send for 10 ticks, then the next app is allowed, then the next ... until its your turn again.

Every app receives all incoming packets. The only information that is overwritten is number channel 31 (the receiver MAC adress).

No synchronization is guaranteed.
If a player joins a server with an existing computer, he will probably see different things then the other players.
The data they receive via Pony OS is still synchronized.
Rule of thumb: the simpler your app is, the better is the synchronization!




You can create your own apps for Pony OS.
The App "Live Click" is already like an example,
and you can have a look at this example App which uses the keyboard to write text to a variable.


You can always ask me for help on Discord.
CrazyFluffyPony#0587