Added on screen error banner and FAQ section for connection issues

src/helpers/useSession.js

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ function useSession(
   onPeerDisconnected,
   onPeerData,
   onPeerTrackAdded,
-  onPeerTrackRemoved
+  onPeerTrackRemoved,
+  onPeerError
 ) {
   useEffect(() => {
     socket.emit("join party", partyId);
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@ function useSession(
         onPeerDisconnected && onPeerDisconnected(id);
       });
 
-      peer.on("error", (err) => {
+      peer.on("error", (error) => {
         onPeerDisconnected && onPeerDisconnected(id);
-        console.error("error", err);
+        onPeerError && onPeerError(error);
+        console.error(error);
       });
 
       setPeers((prevPeers) => ({
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ function useSession(
     onPeerData,
     onPeerTrackAdded,
     onPeerTrackRemoved,
+    onPeerError,
   ]);
 
   return { peers, socket };

src/routes/FAQ.js

@@ -61,6 +61,51 @@ function FAQ() {
           </Link>{" "}
           on the Mozilla Developer Network.
         </Text>
+        <Text my={1} variant="heading" as="h2" sx={{ fontSize: 3 }}>
+          Connection Failed
+        </Text>
+        <Text my={1} variant="heading" as="h3">
+          Ice connection failed / Connection failed.
+        </Text>
+        <Text mb={2} variant="body2" as="p">
+          Owlbear Rodeo uses peer to peer connections to send data between the
+          players. Specifically the{" "}
+          <Link href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebRTC_API">
+            WebRTC API
+          </Link>{" "}
+          is used. WebRTC allows the sending of two types of data, the first is
+          media such as a camera or microphone and the second is raw data such
+          as chat messages or in this case the state of the game map. <br /> As
+          at this time we don't support voice or video chat as such we only use
+          the raw data feature of WebRTC. This however can lead to connection
+          issues, specifically with the Safari web browser and connecting
+          between two devices on the same network. This is due a decision made
+          by the Safari team to only allow fully peer to peer connections when
+          the user grants camera permission to the website. Unfortunately that
+          means in order to fully support Safari we would need to ask for camera
+          permission even though we wouldn't be using it. To us that is a bad
+          user experience so we have decided against it at this time. <br />
+          The good news is that Safari will still work if the two devices are
+          connected to a seperate network as we make use of{" "}
+          <Link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traversal_Using_Relays_around_NAT">
+            TURN
+          </Link>{" "}
+          servers which will handle the IP sharing and are not blocked by
+          Safari.{" "}
+          <strong>
+            So if you're seeing errors and are on the same network as the other
+            person if possible switch to seperate networks and try again.
+          </strong>
+          . For more information about Safari's restrictions on WebRTC see this{" "}
+          <Link href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173052">
+            bug report
+          </Link>{" "}
+          on the Webkit site or this{" "}
+          <Link href="https://webkit.org/blog/7763/a-closer-look-into-webrtc/">
+            blog post
+          </Link>
+          .
+        </Text>
       </Flex>
       <Footer />
     </Flex>

src/routes/Game.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
-import { Flex } from "theme-ui";
+import { Flex, Box, Text, Link } from "theme-ui";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import { omit, isStreamStopped } from "../helpers/shared";
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getRandomMonster } from "../helpers/monsters";
 import Party from "../components/Party";
 import Tokens from "../components/Tokens";
 import Map from "../components/Map";
+import Banner from "../components/Banner";
 
 function Game() {
   const { id: gameId } = useParams();
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ function Game() {
     handlePeerDisconnected,
     handlePeerData,
     handlePeerTrackAdded,
-    handlePeerTrackRemoved
+    handlePeerTrackRemoved,
+    handlePeerError
   );
 
   const [mapSource, setMapSource] = useState(null);
@@ -118,6 +120,11 @@ function Game() {
     setPartyNicknames((prevNicknames) => omit(prevNicknames, [disconnectedId]));
   }
 
+  const [peerError, setPeerError] = useState(null);
+  function handlePeerError(error) {
+    setPeerError(error.message || "Unknown Error Occurred.");
+  }
+
   function handlePeerTrackAdded({ id, stream: remoteStream }) {
     setPartyStreams((prevStreams) => ({
       ...prevStreams,
@@ -183,6 +190,7 @@ function Game() {
   }, [stream, peers, handleStreamEnd]);
 
   return (
+    <>
       <Flex sx={{ flexDirection: "column", height: "100%" }}>
         <Flex
           sx={{ justifyContent: "space-between", flexGrow: 1, height: "100%" }}
@@ -208,6 +216,14 @@ function Game() {
           <Tokens onCreateMapToken={handleEditMapToken} />
         </Flex>
       </Flex>
+      <Banner isOpen={!!peerError} onRequestClose={() => setPeerError(null)}>
+        <Box p={1}>
+          <Text as="p" variant="body2">
+            {peerError} See <Link href="#/faq">FAQ</Link> for more information.
+          </Text>
+        </Box>
+      </Banner>
+    </>
   );
 }