Hi guys I need help on ANET. I read a the manual but I having a road block. This is my project:
I have a game where I have up to 5 players. It's an educational game for kids. Each player(kid) will select an animal from the option and then they will also select a color from the options. The other players can see each player's selected animal and color and when they point their mouse on the entity, there is a voice recording of the animal and color. (example brown dog). Here is what I did:

1. I initialized the server and client as localhost
2. for the players(kids), they have a different client program
3. When they click the option for the animal, the other players can already see but when they select the color, it doesnt update. only the player can see his color change not the others.
4. I'm using material to change the color of the entity.

I need help up to this point first. thank you

you must create an user event, an example is in the "Simple 3D Chat" on the ANET Homepage.
With an userevent you can send events like "client connected" or "client synchronized" with an string and the id of the user.
I would send an user event with a string of the lenght of 1.
the string contains e.g. "y" for yellow or "r" for red.
Now you can change the color of the animal on all clients.

Thanks. But players can change the color of the animals and they can change their animals anytime during the game. Like what i mentioned, there is no problem when they select or change the animals, its when they change the color. Also I added an event_touch but only the player can do that with their own animal. I also included event_click and same problem. This is some part of my code:

// Panel for color selection
PANEL* color_pan =
{
layer = 2;
pos_x = 500;
pos_y = 0;
button (0, 10, "blue.pcx", "blue.pcx", "blue.pcx", entity_color, NULL, func_over_color_sound);
button (55, 10, "brown.pcx", "brown.pcx", "brown.pcx", entity_color, NULL, func_over_color_sound);
button (110, 10, "black1.pcx", "black1.pcx", "black1.pcx",entity_color, NULL, func_over_color_sound);

// flags = OVERLAY | SHOW;
}

// Panel for animal selection
PANEL* charac_pan =
{
layer = 3;
pos_x = 0;
pos_y = 0;
button (10, 0, "horse1.tga", "horse1.tga", "horse3.tga", create_entity, NULL, func_over_entity_sound);
button (120, 0, "pig1.tga", "pig1.tga", "pig2.tga", create_entity, NULL, func_over_entity_sound);
button (230, 0, "bat1.tga", "bat1.tga", "bat2.tga", create_entity, NULL, func_over_entity_sound);
// flags = OVERLAY | SHOW;
}
// Initiate client-server connection
void start_clientserver()
{
enet_init(); //ENet is initialized

enet_svset_event(EVENT_CONNECTED,_str("client_connected"));
// enet_svset_event(EVENT_DISCONNECTED,_str("client_disconnected"));

enet_server = enet_init_server(2300,5,_str("")); //initializes the server with port 2300,
enet_client = enet_init_client(_str("127.0.0.1"),2300,_str("")); //Initializes a client
}

// character entity 1 event
void char_ent1_event()
{
if (event_type == EVENT_TOUCH)
{
my.ambient = 100;
my.lightrange = 20;
}

else
{
if (event_type == EVENT_RELEASE)
{
my.ambient = 0;
my.lightrange = 0;
}
}

if (event_type == EVENT_CLICK)
{
active_entity = 1;
media_stop(soundhandle1);
str_cpy(sound1,"horse effect1.mp3");
soundhandle1 = media_play(sound1,NULL,50);

move_percentage = 0;
str_cpy(action_str, "gallop");

while (1)
{
ent_animate(my,action_str,move_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
move_percentage += speed * time_step;
move_percentage %= 100;
wait (1);
}
}
}

// character entity 2 event
void char_ent2_event()
{
if (event_type == EVENT_TOUCH)
{
my.ambient = 100;
my.lightrange = 20;
}

else
{
if (event_type == EVENT_RELEASE)
{
my.ambient = 0;
my.lightrange = 0;
}
}

if (event_type == EVENT_CLICK)
{
active_entity = 2;
media_stop(soundhandle1);
str_cpy(sound1,"pig effect1.mp3");
soundhandle1 = media_play(sound1,NULL,50);

move_percentage = 0;
str_cpy(action_str, "kosma");

while (1)
{
ent_animate(my,action_str,move_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
move_percentage += speed * time_step;
move_percentage %= 100;
wait (1);
}
}
}

// character entity 3 event
void char_ent3_event()
{
if (event_type == EVENT_TOUCH)
{
my.ambient = 100;
my.lightrange = 20;
}

else
{
if (event_type == EVENT_RELEASE)
{
my.ambient = 0;
my.lightrange = 0;
}
}

if (event_type == EVENT_CLICK)
{
active_entity = 3;
media_stop(soundhandle1);
str_cpy(sound1,"bat2.mp3");
soundhandle1 = media_play(sound1,NULL,100);

move_percentage = 0;
str_cpy(action_str, "fly");

while (1)
{
ent_animate(my,action_str,move_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
move_percentage += speed * time_step;
move_percentage %= 100;
wait (1);
}
}
}


// animal 1 action
void char_ent1_action()
{
//wait until the entity has a global pointer:
while(enet_ent_globpointer(my) == -1) {wait(1);}

my.pan = 280;
ent_setskin(my,NULL,0);
media_stop(soundhandle1);

my.emask |= (ENABLE_TOUCH | ENABLE_RELEASE | ENABLE_CLICK);
my.event = char_ent1_event;
}

// animal 2 action
void char_ent2_action()
{
//wait until the entity has a global pointer:
while(enet_ent_globpointer(my) == -1) {wait(1);}

my.pan = 200;
ent_setskin(my,NULL,0);
media_stop(soundhandle1);

my.emask |= (ENABLE_TOUCH | ENABLE_RELEASE | ENABLE_CLICK);
my.event = char_ent2_event;
}

// animal 3 action
void char_ent3_action()
{
//wait until the entity has a global pointer:
while(enet_ent_globpointer(my) == -1) {wait(1);}

my.pan = 200;
ent_setskin(my,NULL,0);
media_stop(soundhandle1);

my.emask |= (ENABLE_TOUCH | ENABLE_RELEASE | ENABLE_CLICK);
my.event = char_ent3_event;
}

// Function when mouse is over button. Entity sounds
void func_over_entity_sound(var butt)
{
if (butt == 1)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"horse.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}

if (butt == 2)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"pig.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}

if (butt == 3)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"bat.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}
}

// Function when mouse is over button. color sounds
void func_over_color_sound(var butt)
{
if (butt == 1)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"blue.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}

if (butt == 2)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"brown.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}

if (butt == 3)
{
str_cpy(sound2,"black.mp3");
soundhandle2 = media_play(sound2,NULL,100);
}
}

// create first animal
void create_entity(var butt)
{
if (active_entity == 1)
{
enet_ent_remove(enet_ent_globpointer(char_ent1));
//ptr_remove(char_ent1);
}

if (active_entity == 2)
{
enet_ent_remove(enet_ent_globpointer(char_ent2));
// ptr_remove(char_ent2);
}

if (active_entity == 3)
{
enet_ent_remove(enet_ent_globpointer(char_ent3));
// ptr_remove(char_ent3);
}

if (butt == 1)
{
char_ent1 = enet_ent_create(_str("horse.mdl"),vector(200,-50,-50),_str("char_ent1_action"));
str_cpy(action_str, "gallop");
active_entity = 1;
}

if (butt == 2)
{
char_ent2 = enet_ent_create(_str("boar.mdl"),vector(300,50,-75),_str("char_ent2_action"));
str_cpy(action_str, "kosma");
active_entity = 2;
}

if (butt == 3)
{
char_ent3 = enet_ent_create(_str("bat.mdl"),vector(400,50,50),_str("char_ent3_action"));
str_cpy(action_str, "fly");
active_entity = 3;
}
}

// set animal color 1
void entity_color(var butt)
{
if (butt == 1)
{
if (active_entity == 1)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent1, mtlcolor1, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 2)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent2, mtlcolor1, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 3)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent3, mtlcolor1, 0);
}
}

if (butt == 2)
{
if (active_entity == 1)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent1, mtlcolor2, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 2)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent2, mtlcolor2, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 3)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent3, mtlcolor2, 0);
}
}

if (butt == 3)
{
if (active_entity == 1)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent1, mtlcolor3, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 2)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent2, mtlcolor3, 0);
}
if (active_entity == 3)
{
ent_mtlset (char_ent3, mtlcolor3, 0);
}
}
}

you can use the system also to changing the color!

could you please show me how to do that. thanks

Everytime you change the color you send the event function:



Btw. you should read through the ANet HowTos of the manual and the 3d chat example tutorial, it explains everything you need for a multiplayer game with ANet.