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Quote:Original post by graveyard filla
Dont be so quick to label the documentation as "not so good". I would go as far as saying that RakNet has some of the best documentation ...

No it doesn't.

Quote:of ANY open source library...

No it,s not.

why did you leave out the most important part of that quote?

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I would go as far as saying that RakNet has some of the best documentation of ANY open source library I have ever used - not even just networking API's.

"I have ever used"

also, i was being conservative with that. i dare you to show me a free networking API with better documentation. Even OpenTNL, basically the equivalent with RakNet overall, which cost 350$? for a license, has poor documentation compared to RakNet (last I checked, its been awhile). please, show me any free networking API that has better docs then RakNet and i'd be surprised.

... annyway

Puna, I guess I misunderstood your question. It seemed to me like you want to send a struct with a header in front of it.

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Question 1: In all of the examples where I see bitstreams used, the variables are "encoded" seperatley. Could you just write an entire object to a bitstream rather than it's member varaibles?

Question 2: If you just encode an object (by casting it to char*) and send it, how do you set the first byte to be the packet ID thing? I don't see this ANYWHERE in the documentation, only how to read the packet ID on the recieving end.

1) Yes, see number 2
2) Just make a "int packet_id" as the first member of your class. thats it. try to read beejs networking guide, it helps teach you the basics of how networking and memory work for things like this.