I was reading fastlanes thread and someone mentioned it was very difficult to set up a lobby system for multiplayer gaming.
Is this the case? and does anyone have or know of either a decent tut to learn from or a working example to build on?

check out AUM http://www.conitec.net/english/gstudio/aum.php

there is a workshop on multiplayer.

and the next release should feature a multiplayer template and tutorial as mentioned in forecast:

http://www.conitec.net/beta/forecast.htm

ya i have read the aum, but i have not found anything about setting up a lobby system so players can meet up online to play each other.

hm, maybe i can try making an example, it seems not very complicated. can you say what exactly do you expect from a lobby system? client connects to a server, watches all connected clients, selects an opponent and starts a game?

well similer to the old msn gaming zone lol, if anyone remembers it
basicly a lobby is a webpage with a bunch of rooms which people would enter to play each other. The main lobby had a chat and you basicly met up with other players. when you went into a room the first guy in was like the host, he would launch the game and the neveryone elses game would launch. I know i`m not being very clear here
but the game should be launched from the server i believe.

That shouldnt be hard if you use a MySQL table to store the 'currently open games'. Every client reads the list of game servers available , and connects to a chosen one.
When a client connects , you can do anything you like , eighter start a game or put him in a 'room' with the others.

is that what you mean?

-someone creates a server
-a client connects the server and sees the list of avalaible rooms and connected clients, besides he can chat with other people
-client can create a room and be a host or enter a room and be a guest
-the host of the room launches the game

thats exactly it shadow, i`ll admit you explain it far better than i did
quick edit, except i`d like the server to be my on my domain so it`s up all the time.

ok, i'll see what i can do

thanks man.