re-request incomplete or corrupted chunk transfers

[blank.git] / doc / protocol

diff --git a/doc/protocol b/doc/protocol
index 8e2694970ce596b049b2facb4aa313634214b085..f194d77d3ce28a7bcb17ab676efb87bb705ec860 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/protocol
+++ b/doc/protocol
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ Chunk Begin
 -----------
 
 Sent by the server to inform the client of an upcoming chunk transmission.
+The client may send this packet to the server to re-request a chunk
+transmission.  In that case fields other than the chunk coordinates are
+ignored. Also, the server may choose not to resend the chunk (e.g. if the
+player is too far away from it).
 
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