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I have my happy little code here:

to join to my server in a program. That number is obviously, my IP. I tested this code by running my program twice at the same time, 1 window as a host 1 as a joiner. And this worked very well, I was able to see the other player by taking positions from a memblock, and sending them with the send message commands.

BUT, I sent this program to many other people. And when they went through the joiner process, instead of just joining my game without any problem it brougt up a "configure net settings" dialouge box. I dont know why it does this, or how to get rid of it, or even what it looks like, because I have never gotten it when testing my program on my own computer. I also have no firewalls.

And to top it off, when they click out of that dialoge, they dont seem to connect to me! Our computers dont recognize each other! If I run the program only on my computer, I can connect to myself, but no one else can.

To further specify, here is the exact code which works fine on my machine with no popups when joining:


how can I get this to work, and avoid all the mumbo jumbo "configure net settings?" Desperately looking for help...

also, does anyone know what internet port db uses when creating a net game? IE port 2600 or port 2800 or a similiar number...

noone?

I dont know what port DBPro/Direct X uses, I'm afraid.

Haven't tried your example yet.

well, I am proud to announce that through extensive study of the help files (a little TOO extensive), and after a very long time, I was finally able to get a working system. And by working I mean a lot of it was copied code, which I will have to interprit later. I really wish I had gotten more help, but those darned help files really do the trick.

The moral is, read the help files.