From e7c62edec90c476b54ea7cf7c44354f1609e4575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Hofhansl <larsh@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 00:14:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Retrieve mapblocks from the server in a sphere, not a cube

Use unused range argument in 'isBlockInSight()' to limit mapblock sends
to a sphere of radius 'max block send distance'.
---
 src/clientiface.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/clientiface.cpp b/src/clientiface.cpp
index 4b9efcb49..7e75c69a4 100644
--- a/src/clientiface.cpp
+++ b/src/clientiface.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ void RemoteClient::GetNextBlocks (
 
 	const s16 full_d_max = g_settings->getS16("max_block_send_distance");
 	const s16 d_opt = g_settings->getS16("block_send_optimize_distance");
+	const s16 d_blocks_in_sight = (full_d_max + 1) * BS * MAP_BLOCKSIZE;
 
 	s16 d_max = full_d_max;
 	s16 d_max_gen = g_settings->getS16("max_block_generate_distance");
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ void RemoteClient::GetNextBlocks (
 			*/
 
 			float camera_fov = (72.0*M_PI/180) * 4./3.;
-			if(isBlockInSight(p, camera_pos, camera_dir, camera_fov, 10000*BS) == false)
+			if(isBlockInSight(p, camera_pos, camera_dir, camera_fov, d_blocks_in_sight) == false)
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
-- 
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