resolving = blocking?
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gethostbyname()
I don''t see anything in MSDN about this function blocking, but logically it has to, right? It has to go out from your computer, access a DNS server, and come back?
I''m just concerned that if someone is runing my game and their connection is down, and they try to connect to a server using a "server.whatever.com" kinda address, it will freeze their program for X seconds?
Yeah it blocks and there''s not really anything you can do about it in standard sockets. On Windows you can use WSAAsyncGetHostByName.
The alternatives:
- queue a user APC to a separate thread and when the APC is executed, perform the blocking call there.
- queue a work item to the process'' thread pool (under Windows 2000+)
- queue a user APC to a separate thread and when the APC is executed, perform the blocking call there.
- queue a work item to the process'' thread pool (under Windows 2000+)
The other way is to create your own DNS query procedure... 
"I''ll be Bach!" (c) Johann Sebastian Schwarzenegger
"I''ll be Bach!" (c) Johann Sebastian Schwarzenegger
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Thanks for the answers. Since I don''t particularly care for the methods suggested, I''ve decided that you''ll just have to enter direct IP addresses in my game
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