fix non local host networking

examples/chess/main.js

@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ function startServer() {
   $_.portal(e => {
     console.log("Portal received contact message");
     // Reply with this actor to establish connection
+    console.log (json.encode($_))
     $_.send(e, $_);
     console.log("Portal replied with server actor");
   }, 5678);

scripts/core/engine.js

@@ -630,15 +630,20 @@ function print_actor() {
 
 function create_actor(data = {}) {
   var newactor = Object.create($actor)
+  
+  // Store actual address/port values on the data object
+  data._address = data._address || local_address
+  data._port = data._port || local_port
+  
   Object.defineProperty(data, 'address', {
-    get: function() { return local_address },
-    set: function(x) {},
+    get: function() { return this._address || local_address },
+    set: function(x) { this._address = x },
     enumerable: true
   })
 
   Object.defineProperty(data, 'port', {
-    get: function() { return local_port },
-    set: function(x) {},
+    get: function() { return this._port || local_port },
+    set: function(x) { this._port = x },
     enumerable: true
   })
 
@@ -745,9 +750,14 @@ function handle_host(e) {
       break
     case "receive":
       var data = nota.decode(e.data)
-      if (data.replycc && !data.replycc.address) {
+      if (data.replycc && !data.replycc.__ACTORDATA__.address) {
         data.replycc.__ACTORDATA__.address = e.peer.address
         data.replycc.__ACTORDATA__.port = e.peer.port
+        // Store in global lookup for future routing
+        id_address[data.replycc.__ACTORDATA__.id] = {
+          address: e.peer.address,
+          port: e.peer.port
+        }
       }
       // Also populate address/port for any actor objects in the message data
       function populate_actor_addresses(obj) {
@@ -755,6 +765,11 @@ function handle_host(e) {
         if (obj.__ACTORDATA__ && !obj.__ACTORDATA__.address) {
           obj.__ACTORDATA__.address = e.peer.address
           obj.__ACTORDATA__.port = e.peer.port
+          // Store in global lookup for future routing
+          id_address[obj.__ACTORDATA__.id] = {
+            address: e.peer.address,
+            port: e.peer.port
+          }
         }
         for (var key in obj) {
           if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
@@ -848,6 +863,12 @@ function actor_send(actor, message) {
     os.mailbox_push(actor.__ACTORDATA__.id, message)
     return
   }
+  
+  // Use fallback address lookup if actor doesn't have address info
+  if (!actor.__ACTORDATA__.address && id_address[actor.__ACTORDATA__.id]) {
+    Object.assign(actor.__ACTORDATA__, id_address[actor.__ACTORDATA__.id])
+  }
+  
   if (actor.__ACTORDATA__.address) {
     if (actor.__ACTORDATA__.id) message.target = actor.__ACTORDATA__.id
     else message.type = "contact"
@@ -1018,6 +1039,9 @@ function handle_message(msg) {
       var greeter = greeters[msg.id]
       if (greeter) greeter({type: "actor_started", actor: create_actor(msg)})
       break;
+    case "ping":
+      // Keep-alive ping, no action needed
+      break;
     default:
       if (receive_fn) receive_fn(msg)
       break;
@@ -1028,6 +1052,19 @@ function enet_check()
 {
   if (portal) portal.service(handle_host)
   if (contactor) contactor.service(handle_host)
+  send_messages();
+  
+  // Send keep-alive ping to all active peers to prevent timeout
+  for (var peerKey in peers) {
+    var peer = peers[peerKey]
+    if (peer && peer.state === 1) { // ENET_PEER_STATE_CONNECTED
+      try {
+        peer.send(nota.encode({type: 'ping'}))
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.debug(`Failed to send ping to ${peerKey}:`, e)
+      }
+    }
+  }
   
   $_.delay(enet_check, service_delay);
 }