Project AKI (秋): The future of SPT

(source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/81236378)

Hey everyone!

There has been a lot of work has and is being done.

Today, I want to give you a look for what's going on behind the scenes.

Current architecture

The architecture itself is impressive considering the long troublesome past the project has.

Many features such as the extensibility would not have been possible in the previous architecture drafts that came before.
However, the larger the project grows, the more demanding the project gets.

Current problems

While the current server works really well, it's architecture is showing it's age.

– certain functionality is not possible to implement (due to architecture constraints)
– certain features are not available in Javascript
– almost no code is shared across projects
– lack of unification in the developers environment (many tools are used to get a release done)
– prone to work being stolen (no mechanism available to protect your work in Javascript)
– lack of documentation
– too many small files

Because of these issues, I began drafting the specifications for the new architecture.

Introducing Project AKI (秋)

This project is a rewrite of SPTarkov I am personally doing from scratch.

With this, I try to solve all the problems the previous architecture.

Aki (秋) means Autumn, which is the season I was born in. It also has other meanings, such as refined, radiant, bright and hope.

As you can see, the draft show that the system is much more unified, everything shares resources.

Everything will be written in C#, allowing all modders to utilize full protection it offers such as embeding all resources into the package.

In addition, features such as multi-threading are now accessible to developers, which allow us to optimize our work even more.

This architecture's main feature is hot-swapping of packages, which allows you to load and unload framework / launcher / client mods on runtime.

The new work will be licensed under NCSA, granting more protection to modders and developers alike.

Conclusion

The new architecture is a draft and still work in progress.

However, the future looks very promising.