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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / DarkNet - Short freeze on connection to server

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Sph!nx
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 00:37 Edited at: 15th Sep 2013 01:00
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Hey everybody,

I have created a menu, where users can add servers to a list. When hitting refresh, connection is made to each server on the list (one at the time) and certain data, like latency is received... at least I'm in the process of writing that, but I've ran in a snag.

Darknet has a short freeze on connecting with a server, until accepted or rejected. Now this is no problem when connecting to the actual server, but to update a whole list, would give major freezage!

Any ideas on why it freezes like that and how I could fix it?

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I've read something about a 'game tracking' server, where servers and clients share the data I need through a webserver...

I have full web-hosting with a lot of everything but have no experience with databases and such. FTP would be too easy, right?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Regards Sph!nx
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Rudolpho
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 01:16
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Aren't there some non-blocking commands you could use like (pseudo-code)



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Sph!nx
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 01:57 Edited at: 15th Sep 2013 01:58
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I don't really know what you mean.

In my main loop, all functions are separate. Everything is controlled by separate functions (sync function, menu controls, etc.) but when the function for client connection is called, the program simply freezes until the result is in (either connected or not) and then the program will run fine again.

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Chris Tate
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 03:21 Edited at: 15th Sep 2013 14:44
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Yes.

Use mn Poll Connect() to query the connection establishment without pausing the application.



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Rudolpho
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 12:19
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Quote: "I don't really know what you mean."

What Chris said


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Sph!nx
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 15:48 Edited at: 15th Sep 2013 15:49
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Thanks a lot guys!

I basically had to put 'block until connected' to 0 in the 'mn connect' command and then move the detection of the status to a looping function, like Chris provided, instead of single execute, like I had before.

Thanks again, you saved me!

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Chris Tate
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 17:07
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OOps! I forgot to mention that block parameter

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