What's the best API for multiplayer online game programming?

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by ShanHollen July 24, 2005 07:49 AM

4 comments, last by Endurion 18 years, 8 months ago

ShanHollen

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July 24, 2005 07:49 AM

Since MS has dropped support for DirectPlay.

basement

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July 24, 2005 10:47 AM

there is a heap of libraries for network game programming out there.

RakNet, HawkNL, Torque, SDL_net, ReplicaNet, ...

which library "is best" is hard to anwser. RakNet is probably a good start since it is free and it does almost everything you need for a multiplayer game. SDL_net is a nice wrapper of low-level socket stuff but it's up to you to manage a session, design your protocol etc.

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ShanHollen

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July 24, 2005 11:59 AM

Thanks moocho.

Kris_A

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July 24, 2005 06:56 PM

pure Winsock is easy enough, if you've got the patience to learn it (and maybe make a bit of framework for yourself)

herosm

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July 25, 2005 12:43 AM

who can tell me why MS drop DIRECTPLAY?

Endurion

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July 25, 2005 01:01 AM

AFAIK MS want to provide a new networking library outside of DX. DirectPlay will continue to be available in the last version for COM reasons, it'll just won't be updated anymore.

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