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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Linux Server - Mulitplayer gaming?

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LammaDog
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Posted: 8th Nov 2003 15:34
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Hi,
I'm just getting into DB (the learning curve should be mostly non-existant for me)

Has anyone done any work or have any knowledge about setting up a linux server to handle a multiplayer game developed with DB?

DB multiplayer does use peer-to-peer networking, which is great. I'm thinking along the lines of a linux server that will handle chat rooms and buddy lists, and setup the peer-to-peer games.

There is another related thread with some good info at http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=19548&b=1


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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 8th Nov 2003 15:38
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DarkBASIC Professional doesn't do Peer2Peer, not that it really is needed in this day an age unless you're constructing your engine around a single player rather than multiplayer experience.

as for linux, not unless you create your own network DLL.
DBP utilises DirectX fully, which includes DirectPlay for networking means... this means it won't run on anything save a Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/2003/2004 machine


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Elleomea
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Posted: 8th Nov 2003 16:54 Edited at: 8th Nov 2003 16:55
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There's already a 3rd party TCP/UDP DLL for use with DBPro which you can grab from here: http://mainframe39.mikeasoft.com/junk/tcpudp.zip (includes documentation)
Use that for all the client side communications in DBP and write your server in a different language, like C++ or Java.
I'm currently working on converting one of my projects to using straight TCP instead of DirectPlay and writing a server for it in Java, for the specific purpose of being able to have a multiplatform server, with Linux as the main intended hosting platform.

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Ian T
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I didn't know about that DLL, thanks Ell .

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LammaDog
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Cool, thanks for the info guys.

Elleomea, don't suppose you have anything to show off on that yet?
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Elleomea
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Not particularly, so far it's possible to login to the java server, but that's about it. I've only started learning java recently and am still learning how to pass data between different threads.

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TKF15H
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You know, you could use Dark Basic Classic on the linux server, and DBP as a client in windows. I think the two (DBC & DBP) are compatible...

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Elleomea
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Err, how exactly do you think you'd be able to run Dark Basic Classic on Linux? DBC also uses DirectX.

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ProfessorKill
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@LammaDog

I'm thinking that DLL is the way to go. I'm going to work through the examples today. Read the "readme". "Ariel" seems to be building exactly what we want. If I have any success with the existing DLL, I'll support his effort in whatever way I can.

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waffle
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thats on my todo list too. i thought I was the only one working in that direction

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ProfessorKill
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@LammaDog

I'm think I'll use that DLL Ariel wrote to talk to a web script. The web script will handle game setup. That's it. User's waiting to play and their various game prefs will be stored in a database. I'll add some code to my DBP game to talk to the web site and get a list of players waiting. Get their info and prefs as well as their IP. Then the game comms will be handled by the clients. Make sense?

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