Could irrlicht be used to create multi-player online game?

imagination304 · Post by **imagination304** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:57 am

Hi all,

Could irrlicht be used to create multi-player online game?
(similar to "Left 4 dead")

Thanks in advance

Sylence · Post by **Sylence** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:52 pm

Why not?

Irrlicht just renders the graphics you put into it.
But beside graphics you need networking, sound, etc.

So with irrlicht alone no, but if you want to use Irrlicht for the graphics it can be used for alomst everything.

However if you need to ask if Irrlicht can do that I doubt you are ready for a multiplayer online game.

Eigen · Post by **Eigen** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:21 pm

Indeed. I wouldn't embark on the journey to create a multiplayer game unless you REALLY know what you're doing. Start small, start local.

imagination304 · Post by **imagination304** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:47 pm

Thank you for your comments, Sylence and Eigen.

Is this very difficult to achieve?
I thought that if I could write a single-player game.Then, with the help of networking library (eg. RakNet, etc.), I should write the multiplayer online game. Am I too optimistic or missing something?

sudi · Post by **sudi** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:16 pm

Well did u already write a singleplayer game (like Left4Dead)? If u did then u will probably be ready to make it multiplayer...

Nox · Post by **Nox** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:38 pm

errr.....it is most likely easier to convert a mp-game to a sp-game because converting a sp-game to a mp-game is hard if the class-design is not aligned for a mp-game.

sudi · Post by **sudi** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:43 pm

well u can hack it in some way to work as mp or u recode it entirely..

imagination304 · Post by **imagination304** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:51 am

Thanks, Sudi and Nox.