Hi Everyone,

To create a multiplayer game online, can I create my own server instead of using a copy of gamestudio for it? In otherwords, can I use VB6 to make one very simple? All I want to do is relay player's positions to everyone else. I'm going to do a basic 2D scrolling game but want to support thousands of users. If I only update clients with as little text as possible, then hopefully I can support more users. All graphics, etc. will be already in each client application.

Do they use TCP as the protocol?

Thanks

Warren

i'm not sure about this but if you could write a DLL in c++ then maybe it is possible. You would have to know how to make it compatible with lite-c. Either that or use c++ to load the acknex engine and then you can use your custom server.

engine mp is based on directplay (=udp).
for protocol format read manual
you can use i.e. my GSTSocket to communicate with any udp server/client
i think i have still a vb demo for it