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Problem

VoiceRouter picks listeners by distance from the talker and nothing else. Replication already partitions players by MafiaNet virtual world, so a server that puts separate maps in separate worlds hides those players from each other. But separate maps have their own coordinate origins: a player in a dungeon can stand on the coordinates of a player on the overland map. They can't see each other, but they can still hear each other.

Change

  • VoiceRouter keeps each player's MafiaNet::VirtualWorldId next to their position (SetPlayerVirtualWorld / GetPlayerVirtualWorld). ComputeRecipients skips a listener unless MafiaNet::VirtualWorldsCanSee(talker, listener) passes, the same test the interest grid and VirtualWorldReplica3 use. That's one integer comparison per listener, and only when a recipient set is rebuilt.
  • The per-tick feed moves from Instance::Update into VoiceServer::SyncAvatars(const ReplicationManager &). It copies each avatar's position and virtual world. When any player's world changes, it drops every cached recipient set, so a map change cuts audio at once instead of up to kRecipientRefreshMs later.
  • A player the router hasn't seen an avatar for yet is in VIRTUAL_WORLD_DEFAULT, matching NetworkEntity. A player in VIRTUAL_WORLD_GLOBAL hears and is heard in every world, within range.

Server-only. Nothing on the wire or in the scripting layer changes, so this should be a PATCH.

Testing

  • voice_router: 5 new cases. A listener 1 unit away in another world is skipped in both directions, while one in the same world is still heard. The global world reaches every world. Range still applies inside a shared world. A player with no world set is in the default world. A reused GUID does not inherit a removed player's world.
  • voice_positions: the server-side test now drives the real VoiceServer::SyncAvatars instead of a copy of the tick loop. It also has a new case where two avatars stand side by side in different worlds, can't hear each other, and hear each other again once they share a world.
  • With the world check removed, exactly the two cross-world cases fail.
  • FrameworkTests: 466/466 on this branch. HogwartsMP builds and its tests pass against the change.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Voice chat now respects virtual-world boundaries, preventing players in separate worlds from hearing one another. Players in the global world can hear across worlds.
    • Voice routing uses players’ synchronized positions and virtual worlds while retaining proximity-based range limits.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for world-based voice filtering, global-world visibility, default worlds, and player removal and rejoining.

VoiceRouter chose listeners by distance alone. A mod that puts
separate maps in separate virtual worlds hid those players from each
other, but a player in a dungeon standing on an overland player's
coordinates could still hear them.

The router now keeps each player's virtual world next to their
position and skips a listener when MafiaNet::VirtualWorldsCanSee
says no, the same gate replication streams behind. The tick feed
moves into VoiceServer::SyncAvatars, which copies each avatar's
world and drops cached recipient sets when one changes, so a map
change cuts audio at once, not a refresh interval later.

Server-only; nothing on the wire changes. The new router and
avatar-feed tests fail with the gate removed.
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Voice routing now considers virtual-world visibility when selecting recipients. The voice server synchronizes avatar positions and virtual worlds from replication, and recipient caches are invalidated when an avatar’s world changes.

Changes

Voice routing by virtual world

Layer / File(s) Summary
Virtual-world recipient filtering
code/framework/src/voice/server/voice_router.*, code/tests/modules/voice_router_ut.h
The router stores player virtual worlds and filters recipients by virtual-world visibility. Tests cover default and global worlds, proximity, both routing directions, and player removal.
Replicated avatar synchronization
code/framework/src/integrations/server/instance.cpp, code/framework/src/voice/server/voice_server.*, code/tests/modules/voice_positions_ut.h
Instance::Update calls VoiceServer::SyncAvatars when replication is available. The server updates router positions and worlds from replicated avatars, and tests cover routing before and after a world change.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Instance
  participant VoiceServer
  participant ReplicationManager
  participant VoiceRouter
  Instance->>VoiceServer: SyncAvatars(replication)
  VoiceServer->>ReplicationManager: Read replicated avatars
  ReplicationManager-->>VoiceServer: Avatar positions and virtual worlds
  VoiceServer->>VoiceRouter: Update positions and virtual worlds
  VoiceServer->>VoiceRouter: Invalidate recipient caches when a world changes
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to bffce

Voice routing currently applies world changes before processing frames, but tests do not protect that ordering. The change is mergeable with this focused regression-test gap noted for follow-up.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to bffce

The new routing rule restricts voice to nearby players in mutually visible worlds, and a detected world change clears cached recipient lists. No new cross-world exposure was established. Voice behavior during a world change inside a packet-processing tick remains unverified end to end.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The affected security boundary is server-relayed voice between nearby players in different virtual worlds, including players assigned to the global world. The available evidence identifies no new service, tenant, credential, or datastore reachability.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Server replication’s avatar viewer mapping supplies the world used for routing; an arbitrary owned entity is not selected as the player’s avatar.
  • observed — The packet pump can dispatch voice frames inline, but relay forwarding still uses the router’s recipient decision and checks the claimed speaker against the packet sender.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A world change occurring inside the packet pump can leave that tick’s voice routing on the pre-pump snapshot until the next synchronization. Whether such a mutation occurs in an inbound plugin path was not established; the supplied former ordering does not show a newly introduced disclosure window for frames already processed in that pump.
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A rabbit hops where avatars roam,
Through worlds that shape each voice’s home.
The router checks who may hear,
While synced positions draw them near.
A changed world refreshes the list,
And quiet paths no voice will miss.

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In `@code/framework/src/integrations/server/instance.cpp`:
- Line 1257: Move avatar synchronization in Instance::Update before
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Voice frames are relayed inline from the packet pump, which ran before
SyncAvatars. A world changed by scripts or PostUpdate was therefore
first seen after one more tick of frames had routed on the old world
and the old cached recipients. Syncing first closes that tick; the
packets' own position updates are picked up next tick either way.

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code/framework/src/integrations/server/instance.cpp (1)

1250-1263: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add an Instance::Update regression test for same-tick world isolation.

The existing virtual-world test changes worlds but calls SyncAvatars directly. It does not run the packet pump, so it can pass even if synchronization moves after _networkingEngine->Update(). That regression would let OnVoiceFrame process a frame with the avatar's previous virtual world and compute recipients across the world boundary. Exercise the world change and voice frame through Instance::Update so the test covers the production ordering.

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In @code/framework/src/integrations/server/instance.cpp around lines 1250 -
1263, Add a regression test that exercises the virtual-world change and voice
frame through Instance::Update, including the packet pump, and verifies voice
recipients respect the new world in the same tick. Do not rely on calling
SyncAvatars directly; use the production update path to ensure synchronization
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In @code/framework/src/integrations/server/instance.cpp:
- Around line 1250-1263: Add a regression test that exercises the virtual-world
change and voice frame through Instance::Update, including the packet pump, and
verifies voice recipients respect the new world in the same tick. Do not rely on
calling SyncAvatars directly; use the production update path to ensure
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