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- Short: UDP funcs for Blitz- good for Net games
- Author: anton@ww.co.nz (Anton Reinauer)
- Uploader: anton@ww.co.nz (Anton Reinauer)
- Version: 1.9
- Type: dev/basic
- Requires: dev/basic/TCP-to-Blitz.lha, WB 2.0+, min 1.5 meg mem.
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- These are functions to use the UDP protocol for multiplayer internet
- games in Blitz2. Also there is a small IRC-like chat program which is a
- good Net game communications test-bed. It checks wether packets have
- arrived at their destination by using an acknowledgement system, and
- resends packets if necessary. Also it can also act as either a Server
- or Client with log-in routines- each player is informed of the new player
- and starts sending any messages to the new player, as the communication
- is still peer-to-peer.
- There's a few TCP functions as well, like converting a ASCII address to
- numerical (long), and vice-versa, getting your local IP address etc. Some
- of the log-in and message protocols could be used in TCP games as well.
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- UDP is more appropriate for fast action games, like Doom clones,
- Xwing clones, or platformers, maze games etc; anything that needs small
- lags (ping times), to remain playable over a network.
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- 1238 185 85.0% 11-Apr-98 21:53:54 +UDPFuncs.bb2.xtra
- 588 294 50.0% 11-Apr-98 21:54:18 +UDPHeader.bb2
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