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Is this bad???!!!
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Ok as of right now my ideas for implementing a networking module to be used in games is use a TCP/IP socket for reliable data, and a UDP/IP socket for unreliable data...is this bad?!
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"People who usualy use the word pedantic usualy are pedantic!"-me
I don''t know if it is good or bad, I will let someone else try to answer that one.
I do know that it is possible to implement your own guaranteed (reliable) packet delivery system for UDP, infact such a question was posted here recently and a good response was given on how to do it. I also know that DirectPlay 8 seems to send all its messages in UDP packets. This would suggest to me that UDP/IP is perhaps the better solution.
I believe that TCP/IP uses smaller protocol headers but the delivery times can be slow. UDP/IP uses much larger protocol headers and there is no guarenteed delivery or order. But it is much faster.
From every thing I have read I would suggest that UDP/IP with your own delivery mechanisems would be a better solution.
Hope this helps.
I do know that it is possible to implement your own guaranteed (reliable) packet delivery system for UDP, infact such a question was posted here recently and a good response was given on how to do it. I also know that DirectPlay 8 seems to send all its messages in UDP packets. This would suggest to me that UDP/IP is perhaps the better solution.
I believe that TCP/IP uses smaller protocol headers but the delivery times can be slow. UDP/IP uses much larger protocol headers and there is no guarenteed delivery or order. But it is much faster.
From every thing I have read I would suggest that UDP/IP with your own delivery mechanisems would be a better solution.
Hope this helps.
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