Fixed kart id being received as unsigned int (needs to be signed since

the sign indicates the event type).

src/items/item_event_info.cpp

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 ItemEventInfo::ItemEventInfo(BareNetworkString *buffer, int *count)
 {
     m_ticks   = buffer->getTime();
-    m_kart_id = buffer->getUInt8();
+    m_kart_id = buffer->getInt8();
     m_index   = buffer->getUInt16();
-    *count -= 7;
+    *count   -= 7;
 }   // ItemEventInfo(BareNetworkString, int *count)
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/items/item_event_info.hpp

@@ -61,22 +61,26 @@ public:
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Constructor for creating a new item (i.e. a bubble gum is dropped).
+     *  At the moment only bubble gums can be droppes, so there is no
+     *  need to encode the new item type.
      */
     ItemEventInfo(int ticks, ItemState::ItemType type, int index,
-        const Vec3 &xyz)
+                  const Vec3 &xyz)
         : m_ticks(ticks), m_index(index), m_kart_id(-1), m_xyz(xyz)
     {
     }   // ItemEventInfo(new item)
+
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Constructor for switching items. */
     ItemEventInfo(int ticks) : m_ticks(ticks), m_kart_id(-2)
     {
     }   // ItemEventInfo(switch)
+
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------
-    ItemEventInfo(BareNetworkString *buffer, int *count);
-    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+         ItemEventInfo(BareNetworkString *buffer, int *count);
     void saveState(BareNetworkString *buffer);
 
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Returns if this event represents a new item. */
     bool isNewItem() const { return m_kart_id == -1; }
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------

src/network/network_string.hpp

@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ public:
     }   // getUInt8
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Returns an unsigned 8-bit integer. */
-    inline uint8_t getInt8() const
+    inline int8_t getInt8() const
     {
         return m_buffer[m_current_offset++];
-    }   // getUInt8
+    }   // getInt8
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Gets a 4 byte floating point value. */
     float getFloat() const