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+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include "NetSession.h"
+
+namespace vf {
+
+struct ServerConfig {
+    uint32_t maxClients = 8;
+    int viewRadius = 2;
+    uint32_t chunksPerClientPerTick = 2;
+    std::size_t bytesPerClientPerTick = 0;
+    uint32_t keepAliveIntervalTicks = 20;
+    uint32_t keepAliveTimeoutTicks = 100;
+    std::size_t multiBlockThreshold = 4;
+    int32_t protocolVersion = 47;
+    uint64_t seedHash = 0;
+    std::string levelType = "default";
+    TransportConfig transport;
+    LinkQuality link;
+};
+
+struct ServerStats {
+    uint32_t connectedClients = 0;
+    uint64_t bytesSentThisTick = 0;
+    uint64_t totalBytesSent = 0;
+    uint64_t chunksSent = 0;
+    uint64_t blockUpdatesSent = 0;
+    uint64_t queuedPackets = 0;
+    uint64_t queuedBytes = 0;
+    uint64_t acceptedConnections = 0;
+    uint64_t rejectedConnections = 0;
+    uint64_t timeouts = 0;
+    uint64_t editsApplied = 0;
+};
+
+// One connected player: its own link, its own transport, its own session. The
+// slot outlives the connection so the index handed out at accept stays valid
+// until the slot is reused.
+struct ClientSlot {
+    bool active = false;
+    int32_t entityId = 0;
+    uint64_t lastServicedTick = 0;
+    uint64_t lastBytesFlushed = 0;
+    uint64_t lastChunksSent = 0;
+    uint64_t lastBlockUpdates = 0;
+    std::unique_ptr<LoopbackLink> link;
+    std::unique_ptr<Transport> transport;
+    std::unique_ptr<NetSession> session;
+};
+
+// Many clients over one authoritative world. Every block edit is applied once
+// and then offered to each session, which decides on its own whether that
+// client is close enough to care.
+class NetServer {
+public:
+    NetServer(World& world, ServerConfig config = {});
+
+    // The slot index, or -1 when every slot is taken.
+    int acceptClient();
+    void dropClient(int slot);
+
+    LoopbackLink* linkFor(int slot);
+    NetSession* sessionFor(int slot);
+    const ClientSlot& slotAt(int slot) const { return slots[static_cast<std::size_t>(slot)]; }
+    std::size_t slotCount() const { return slots.size(); }
+    uint32_t activeClients() const;
+    bool isActive(int slot) const;
+
+    // Authoritative edit: the world, the dirty feed and every session's work
+    // list move together, so no client can be told about a block the world
+    // does not already have.
+    void setBlock(int gx, int gy, int gz, Block block);
+    void moveEntity(int32_t entityId, const Vec3& position, float yaw, float pitch, bool onGround);
+
+    void update(uint64_t tick);
+
+    World& world() { return *worldRef; }
+    ServerChunkSync& chunkSync() { return sync; }
+    const ServerConfig& settings() const { return config; }
+    const ServerStats& stats() const { return statistics; }
+
+private:
+    void applyEdit(const BlockChange& change);
+    void collectStats();
+    void reap();
+
+    World* worldRef;
+    ServerConfig config;
+    ServerChunkSync sync;
+    std::vector<ClientSlot> slots;
+    ServerStats statistics;
+};
+
+} // namespace vf