networking engine

[wEEp]

Hello,

I want to create a simple MP game. The goal is that you and another person can run in a world around and u see the other.

I tried it with winsock but its not so good for it. Do know a good networking engine?

Cheers

[Sylence]

You know about the Search function?

winsock is absolutly perfect for it
However using a highlevel eingine like RakNet would be simpler.
I never tried myself but IrrNet does already integrate network with irrlicht. Maybe you should give it a try.

[wEEp]

u have a little example for winsock with irrlicht?

In my version it was pretty slow with winsock...

[Nox]

it will be simpler to use ENet or something like this. If you write your own system you have to care about a lot of things.

[wEEp]

i will just make that 2 ppl can round in a world and they see each other. I tried it with winsock but it was 2 slow bcz when the algorithmus is in recv and the other client not sending it lags ...the timing must be perfect or what do u think?

Like i said i would like to get some examples ^_^

[Sylence]

you should know the theory behind networking before implementing it.
recv() is a blocking function. You can either use threads or use non-blocking functions. All this should be covered in tutorials about socket programming.

[wEEp]

can u give me a short example?^_^

[Sylence]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=socket+programming

[vitek]

recv() is a blocking function.

Correction. recv() is a blocking function by default. It is non-blocking if you creat non-blocking sockets.

Travis

[BlindSide]

Check out irrNetLite V2.

Some comments from users:

ya that was what i looking for !!!

the status is irrNetLite2beta but its fn amazing stuff. thanks to BlindSide yet again

I had been trying to compile this for about 15h, what a relief!

[wEEp]

Thanks , but the problem is that i can't use OOP things. It needs to be procedural. Its a school project and it musn't instance classes. This is why i need a simple non-blocking socket.

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Got it ^_^

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u_long iMode = 1;

ioctlsocket(connectedSocket, FIONBIO, &iMode);

	
		rc=recv(connectedSocket,buf,256,0);
		cout << buf << endl;

iMode '0'= blocking mode, '!=' = nonblocking mode

[Nox]

Well here some problems you have to concern with:
-there is no guarantee that you will recieve the complete packet at once
-with blocking your client can block if the other side does not call recv and you try to send a datas whichs fills your sendbuffer up
-with nonblocking the datas can not be sent in this case
-you have a delay with network
-you have to care about concurrence of actions (time and place)

[wEEp]

-you have to care about concurrence of actions (time and place)

Well, thats atm my problem...

I alrdy fixed the other problems.

[Malgodur]

Hello guys, im working on MP game, too.... i wonder whats the best tool (with tutorials) for me, can you recommend something? Any hints, etc?

btw i wonder should server do physx calculations and send it to client, or the calculations should be done on server and client simultaneously?

[wITTus]

Forget Winsock. Why reinvent the wheel (except for learning purposes)?

I used my own socket class for almost 6 years. But this time I used BlindSides IrrNetLite, because it builds the packets for me and handles player (dis-)connects etc. and I can only recommend it.

However, it will remain a very tough task.
Especially interpolation makes me sick!