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Alternatives to DirectPlay?

Engines and Middleware Programming

Started by eedok July 13, 2004 02:29 AM

6 comments, last by coldacid 19 years, 11 months ago

eedok

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July 13, 2004 02:29 AM

What are the options for crossplatform alternatives to DirectPlay other than SDL_net?

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Anonymous

July 13, 2004 04:51 AM

HawkNL

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Squirm

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July 13, 2004 06:54 AM

rakkarnet
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eedok

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July 13, 2004 02:39 PM

By any chance is there any HawkNL tuts just lying around?

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Ainokea

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July 13, 2004 04:51 PM

SDL_net

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Anonymous

July 16, 2004 05:11 PM

ENet: http://enet.cubik.org/

Promit

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July 16, 2004 06:25 PM

Quote: Original post by wannabe 1337
SDL_net

SDL_net does not even count. It providse a very simplistic and close to the metal abstraction of raw sockets. It isn't anything like DirectPlay, which is halfway to being a full network engine.

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coldacid

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July 20, 2004 07:17 PM

I haven't used it, but RakNet looks pretty sweet. Hattan reviewed it, and as of the 12th of this month, it's been free even for shareware and commercial licenses.

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