From ab01c8a033a60c69011e05f52701b7d67ab46528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serkyo <serkyo-dev@proton.me>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 19:04:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(server): implement authoritative chunk tracking

---
 crates/server/Cargo.toml          |  2 ++
 crates/server/src/main.rs         | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 crates/server/src/world_server.rs | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 crates/server/src/world_server.rs

diff --git a/crates/server/Cargo.toml b/crates/server/Cargo.toml
index 65ae803..843a82d 100644
--- a/crates/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0.149"
+shared = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../shared" }
 tracing = "0.1.44"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.23", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/crates/server/src/main.rs b/crates/server/src/main.rs
index f4b23f9..ac61c9f 100644
--- a/crates/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/server/src/main.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,44 @@
 //! The server handles the authoritative game simulation, including world
 //! management, physics, and combat.
 
-use tracing::info;
+/// Authoritative chunk storage and generation logic for the server.
+pub mod world_server;
+
+use std::fs;
+
+use shared::{generator::{VoxelGenerator, WorldGenConfig}, world::ChunkPos};
+use tracing::{debug, info};
 
 fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_env_filter(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .with_env_filter(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new("debug"))
+        )
         .init();
 
     info!("Starting Project Catalyst server");
-}
+
+    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+    let config_str = fs::read_to_string("assets/data/worldgen/default.json").expect("Failed to read worldgen config");
+
+    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+    let worldgen_config: WorldGenConfig = serde_json::from_str(&config_str).expect("Failed to parse worldgen config");
+
+    info!("Successfully loaded world configuration");
+    debug!("Base height: {}", worldgen_config.base_height);
+    debug!("Noise scale: {}", worldgen_config.noise_scale);
+    debug!("Surface block: {}", worldgen_config.surface_block.0);
+    debug!("Subsurface block: {}", worldgen_config.subsurface_block.0);
+    debug!("Stone block: {}", worldgen_config.stone_block.0);
+
+    let seed = 4_813_530;
+
+    let generator = VoxelGenerator::new(worldgen_config, seed);
+
+    let mut world = world_server::ServerWorld::new(generator);
+
+    let spawn_chunk = world.get_chunk(ChunkPos::new(0, 0, 0));
+
+    tracing::info!("Spawn chunk generated. Block at (0,0,0) is {}", spawn_chunk.get(0, 0, 0).0);
+}
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diff --git a/crates/server/src/world_server.rs b/crates/server/src/world_server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d7d8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/server/src/world_server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//! Authoritative chunk storage and generation logic for the server.
+
+use shared::{generator::VoxelGenerator, world::{Chunk, ChunkPos}};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+/// The server's authoritative representation of the world.
+pub struct ServerWorld {
+    generator: VoxelGenerator,
+    chunks: HashMap<ChunkPos, Chunk>,
+}
+
+impl ServerWorld {
+    /// Initializes a new authoritative server world with the provided generator.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(generator: VoxelGenerator) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            generator,
+            chunks: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves a reference to the chunk at the given position, generating it if necessary.
+    pub fn get_chunk(&mut self, pos: ChunkPos) -> &Chunk {
+        self.chunks.entry(pos).or_insert_with(|| {
+            self.generator.generate_chunk(pos)
+        })   
+    }
+}
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