Hello everyone.
I would like to know, what's the actual multiplayer library for C#?
Does SlimDX already support multiplayer, or do I have to use something else? If so, what?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Bye, Ivano.
DirectX (SlimDX) multiplayer library
There is no multiplayer API in SlimDX, you'll need to find one yourself based on your needs.
Take a look at http://genericgamedev.com/tutorials/lidgren-network-an-introduction-to-networking-in-csharp-games/ for a relatively straightforward but lower level library. For a powerful high level option, you can look at RakNet: http://www.jenkinssoftware.com/features.html
I struggled with Raknet for a few hours just trying to get it building. At the suggestion of a friend I ditched it in favour of Lidgren. It was easy to use and I was up and running with simple client/server comms in no time, so I'd definitely recommend Lidgren over Raknet. I recently discovered that Lidgren has a nuget package which makes getting access to it even easier than the github way if you don't need the source code.
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