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Started by Z_of_Thule November 30, 2008 02:24 PM

2 comments, last by Gaiiden 15 years, 4 months ago

Z_of_Thule

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November 30, 2008 02:24 PM

what would be best for networking? i'm using windows so would it be winsock?

Treb

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November 30, 2008 02:32 PM

Yep DirectPlay has been deprecated so WinSock is the way to go.

Cornstalks

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December 01, 2008 12:06 AM

Quote:Original post by Treb
Yep DirectPlay has been deprecated so WinSock is the way to go.

What about boost::asio?

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Gaiiden

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December 01, 2008 07:32 PM

TheTroll suggested RakNet and I would agree with him. I used it several years ago with SDL and it was a breeze - it's only gotten better since then. Unless you want to deal with low-level networking like Winsock, which would be a learning experience in its own right I can tell you...

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