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How do I learn Multiplayer Programming?
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I would like to learn sockets. Are there any good books or online resources? DirectPlay also interests me, but I am trying to remain platform independent. Thanks for any suggestion.
BSD (Berkerly Socket Descriptor)
That is as about as platform independant as you are going to get without 3rd party libraries.
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That is as about as platform independant as you are going to get without 3rd party libraries.
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Well Todd Barron (the moderator of this forum I believe), wrote a book called Multiplayer Game Programming. I enjoyed it alot. Even though it used DirectX for most of the book, it tought a lot of theory. Even if you are achieving platform indipendence, it''s still a good read.
[Edited by - kmsixpence on October 17, 2005 6:22:10 PM]
[Edited by - kmsixpence on October 17, 2005 6:22:10 PM]
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How do you setup sockets programming for windows? i did the stuff the author suggested in the article, but i am getting an unresolved external symbol called _WinMain@16. Do I have to include an entry point and and a wndproc? thx
Create a Win32 Console Application instead of a Win32 Application and you can use the normal main() approach. If you write a Win32 Application, the RTL expects a WinMain functions. This doesn''t mean you have to create a window, but you won''t have a console to output stuff using printf().
So go for the Console Application, it''s a lot simpler if you just want to play around with socket functions.
cu,
Prefect
So go for the Console Application, it''s a lot simpler if you just want to play around with socket functions.
cu,
Prefect
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