Hey what's up, I'm working on my graduation project it's a multiplayer chess game, and of course, I'm using Irrlicht.
The thing is, my professor is telling me to implement the network gaming via port 80 using XML.
Anyone here has tried that before?
network gaming via port 80
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network gaming via port 80
After reading this sentence you will realize you have wasted 5 seconds of your life
I don't see how it's any different from your average network game.Anyone here has tried that before?
Well port 80 is the html port offcourse. But theres really no other reason why you cannot use general binary sockets on it. I think some low-numbered ports are restricted in most operating systems thanks to system-level processes e.g. messaging, dhcp, etc. But in most cases port 80 is left free to be played with.
Got anymore details? Do you have to use TCP? Can it use the UDP protocol?
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Your professor might want you to implement it using HTTP protocol, e.g. with a webservice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webservice). You could use the CURL lib (http://curl.haxx.se/) for the HTTP protocol stuff instead of re-inventing the wheel.
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