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Kenny Howell
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01/04/2006
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7th April, 2006 at 21:19:05 -
i just have one simple quesion. is it possible using direct play to make a multiplayer online game setup screen like in Halo2, where when you select "Go", the game will search for every game under the selected game type and when one is found you will be added to the Host's list where you can see everyone else who is playing, then when the host selects "Start" everyone under the list will go to a private game under a map that the host picks? Or, you can Host your own game. I know that this is kinda cryptic, sorry. If it can/has been done, then could someone give me some hints on how to do it? I don't want to be told what to do, I want to learn it but I need a little help.
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axel
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7th April, 2006 at 22:51:07 -
I know Kingson did it with MooClick in Seek & Dread online, always wondered how though. Flava claims it's possible with PHP and MySQL, but that seems a bit awkward to me. Try searching for articles, or ask Kingson himself.
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Assault Andy
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7th April, 2006 at 22:54:48 -
There are a few ways of doing it. The basic idea is that you have a master server, which has a list of all the current servers. Whenever someone creates a server it sends a message to the master server to tell it that a game has been created. When someone clicks "refresh the server list" then the master server sends that player the current list of all the servers.
Now to accomplish it, you can either have a dedicated server running 24/7 that sends these lists. Or if you have a website you can use a script (Php, Asp, etc.) and moosock to communicate with the website.
Creator of Faerie Solitaire:
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792
Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash.
http://www.Jigxor.com
http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
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Kenny Howell
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8th April, 2006 at 15:58:36 -
Hmmm, those are some really good Ideas. Thanks Guys, Ill try them out.
Cake > Pie
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