I am creating a network(directplay) FPS.I was wondering if anyuone knows a tutorial for typing messages and having them able to be displayed on all computers. basicly I have this: an update function for the current frame in current state and : if( user presses "t") {( text message system implementation)...so I was wondering how hard it would be to implement that text system. I also see that a lot of people are using winsock for network. what is the difference between that and directplay. thanks

When the Keyboard() detects the chat/teamchat button down, the Keyboard func changes states from "general input" to "buffer input for chat message". Upon hitting return it reverts to the standard game inputs and transmits the text message.

im using directinput
btw, thanks guys