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directPlay vs Sockets

Started by brann Mar 22, 2004 at 2:06 PM 2 replies 750+ views

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Mar 22, 2004 at 2:06 PM

hi all i''m starting a project using c#/managed directx, and i''m now starting to programm the network part What''s the easiest ? (DirectPlay looks pretty complicated, but maybe i''m just wrong) What are the advantaged of DirectPlay over sockets? do u have links to some managed directplay tutorials? microsoft''s samples sucks thx

krad7

Mar 22, 2004 at 6:02 PM

personally i like to use sockets because i have been coding hardcore networking stuff for the last 5 years

. if i am not wrong directplay is more of a wrapper of the sockets and provides more options/methods instead of u coding them all using sockets.. hence you''ll save time during the initial coding process and later its almost the same.
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article764.asp
checkout this article on dplay..

DukeAtreides076

Mar 22, 2004 at 6:20 PM

Actually since you are using C#, you might consider using the .NET sockets interface. .NET sockets are alot more friendly than winsock in native C++.

Sockets do give you more control over what gets sent, but you do have to have more knowledge about networking/protocols to use them over DirectPlay.

krad7 is right though, you will probably save some time if you go with DirectPlay and aren''t experienced with sockets.

brann

Mar 22, 2004 at 6:27 PM

i am very experienced with sockets, and not at all with directplay
but some features seems interesting, such as directvoice, or host migration

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