I''m writing game engine and it has also networking support. Currently it uses the NetConnectWizard that comes with DirectX 8 SDK. But the code is so _messy_ that I''m now rewriting it from the beginning and making it simple. The only thing that I''m considering is lobbying. To implement or not to implement? Does someone of you develop lobbyable app? Any comments and ideas are welcome! Personally I think it''s not worth it, just a waste of time for one man to do. Does anyone use IPX nowadays? I thought to forget it (and few others), just support TCP/IP for simplify.

Same here, lobbies are something I have yet to work on. But the managers seem to want it.

I feel a simple lobby would suffice, basically a method by which people can chat about the level they wish to play.

So a simple chat mechanisem built into the server which can be kicked into action as the game level is being set-up.

We will see what what the future brings.