[GSTNet] 0.7 released

hi folks,
some news from gstools and gstnet

now full lite-c support
new features
- player functions
- swap between reliable/unreliable mode
- serversendfile

more than 60 functions , well tested with c-script

download
manual

ChangeLog
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GSTNet Plugin for 3DGamestudio
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Multiplayer plugin for 3DGS >=6.50
from www.gstools.de made by nfs42
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^: Bugfix
x: changed feature
+: added feature
-: deleted feature
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2008-12-01 Release 0.7 public beta
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x _ClientPoll no parameters anymore
x _ServerPoll no parameters any more
+ _WritePlayer write player values to file
+ _GetPlayerId get clientid from playername
+ _WritePlayer write player values to file
+ _ReadPlayer read player values from file
+ _LoginPlayer log on a server
+ _VerifyPlayer verify a logon
+ _SynchronizePlayerValues
+ _SetSendMode() swap between reliable/unreliable mode
+ _GetSendMode() returns act sendmode
+ _Compability(vMode) needed for c-script events
+ _SetPlayerValue(vClientid, sField, sValue); // set a player value
+ _GetPlayerValue(vClientid, sField, sValue); // set a player value
x _SendPlayerValue(vReceiver, vClientid, sFields ); // send one or more player value(s)
+ _SetGlobal(sField, sValue); // set a server variable
- _ServerSendGlobal(vReceiver, sField); // send one or more server variable(s)
+ _SendGlobals(vReceiver, sField); // send one or more server variable(s)
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2008-11-18 Release 0.6.00 public beta
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+ support for lite-c

nice, wish I had the time to test the new functions
well maybe around christmas.

good thing, that this plugin is free

thanks NFS42

Thanks nfs42ff, it is very useful plugin. I will use in my project

thanks nfs42.

btw i've sent you a PM and i've added you on ICQ (is that icq number in your profile workin?)

Nice! Thanks nfs42, can't wait to try it out

Cheers,
Adoado

very much appreciated. thanks for your effort! we will try our best to make nice game around it.

yes, we will!... hallelulia ... this is great!
already downloaded it. Will try to implement it in our project next week. Well done!!

looks like I am going multi-player after all.

you are welcome
perhaps there will be a super special chrismas release with 256 clients, who knows ?!

It is really great! even the best is that it is fully free, and gets updated

a little question: does it support lobbying?
I hope I use the right word!

it would be a nice feature, so we don't have to know the server adress.
this is useful when a game is played over lan. the game glider uses it as far as
I know...

i'm quite sure that it doesn't support lobbying, yet.

over lan clients can connect with any GSTNet server via broadcast (ip=255.255.255.255, same port). no need for a known server ip.

over internet you can use dynamic ip services or GSTNet_Channel, a service script
that uses GSTNet_httpxx functions and a php/sql server on gstools to provide
existing servers and some other info.

http://www.gstools.de/channels/channels.php?gst=ServerList&gui=1

As far as I know 255.255.255.255 is not always the correct broadcast address. This for example won't work if you're in a subnetted LAN

Edit: Ok I tested it, it should also work in a Subnetted LAN!

nfs42 sorry i replied (wrong) instead of you

hey nfs42,
could you post a small working lite-c demo?
I can't get the server and client running... crashes everywhere. so, just a small demo where that works would be fine

hi samb,
here you find the converted lite-c demo with
GSTNet.dll chrismas release with 512 concurrent clients ;-)

http://www.gstools.de/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=30&&Itemid=2

thanks!
but I just can't get it to work.
It's a very simple script. just something like:



So, the Server press 1. Create_Client is just the GSTNet_ent_create funktion.
The player gets created.
Now, the CLient starts the game, presses 2 and it will stay in the "GSTNet_Connection()==0" while.

some more things:
I get this Crash:
GSTNet: server initialized
GSTNet: ServerPort: 2300 2300
GSTNet: client initialized
Error E1515: Invalid arguments in ý: STRING
Program aborted
GSTNet-Version:(null)

because of this:

GSTNet_Version(sGSTNetTemp);
diag("\nGSTNet-Version:");
diag(sGSTNetTemp);

and the last thing:
the chat demo got an "empty prototype called in event" error. don't know what that means, but maybe you

also: the chat demo is nice, but, I think, the most new guys need just a simple script. just something like "server start, client start, 2 entities can be moved etc.
I would do such a demo, but I can't get it to work

just can't get it to work
nfs42, could you look into this?

http://www.bysamb.de/priv/schneeballschlacht.rar

the only important script-part is the main function. you can ignore everything else (I think).

hi nfs42,

i downloaded the 512clients lite-c demo, but after starting as server and 3-4 frames passes(i see the chatbox, and "server started" on right panel) then it crashes.(Vista 32)

i remember aum demos was working tho.

thanks for testing.

@samb:
there is multiplayer8 demo converted from AUM77 to GSTNet on my website as a start.

bug confirmed: you have to call _SetVerifyKey(_str("MUST_NOT_BE_EMPTY")); fixed in 0.7.2
@Quadraxas: i have no vista machine atm, could you try GSTNet-LiteC with

GSTNet_ChannelStart(player_name,_str("TEST"),0);

instead of:

GSTNet_ChannelStart(player_name,_str("TEST"),1);

this means no usage of channel service = http requests.

the gstnet_litec.c didnt compile, i tried to fix the errors,


GSTNet_GetGlobal, seems to be changed. in gstnet_litec.c it always used as
void GSTNet_GetGlobal(str,str)

but in header it's
str GSTNet_GetGlobal(str);

fixed that, not a big problem.

Another one, txtChatInfo doesnt exists used in several parts of code.

And GSTNet_init used in main but no such function in header,so i deleted this line.

Didnt made the change you suggested.

It worked but,

Server starts fine, client starts with a crash but after clicking ok it sees the spraycan and can send/recieve chat messages.

While i was writing this post, they were both running after a 2 min or so (some random time i guess) server crashed with "crash in timestamp_something".

thanks i look into this. this was on vista , right?
started from sed, not a published version?

(the first crashing one was the compiled exe that is included in the zip archieve.)
yeah, started from sed. vista 32.

Hi,

I'm starting with GSTNet and my project uses A6.6 c-script.
I've searched in this forum and conitec forum for examples and tutorials using c-script, but I can't find anything. Can anyone post some examples, or a simple code using c-script and GSTNet?


Can I syncronize a entity created in the WED with GSTNet, or I'll need to recreate every entity in the script?


Thanks,
Legionaryu

c-script demo is updated to GSTNet 0.7.2 and available here

WED entities can be registered as global entities via GSTNet_RegisterEntity(),they can be handled as normal entities with e.g. GSTNet_TrackEntity(), GSTNet_SendEntity, GSTNet_ent_remove()...

Thanks!

There aren't any A7 version?

Thanks

This will be very helpful in my game, because all entities are created with WED.

lite-c is supported. there are several demos (pong, multiplayer code from AUM) on my website under downloads|demos

i prefer lite-c since i've got my A7com. new plugins like GSTScript will support lite-c only.

can you make a simple example (chat and boxes moving or one of the George's mp examples from au) as simple as possbile without usin that channel_esay stuff. since i couldnt run lite-c demo properly A clean and straight-forward example would be nice.

i will do this for you ;-)

thanks!

little update because of an annoying crash in httpget thread

download
manual


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2009-02-04 Release 0.7.3 public beta
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^ crash in HttpGet thread
x some packet optimization
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2009-01-05 Release 0.7.2 public beta
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^ _SetVerifyKey("") crashes client
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2008-12-09 Release 0.7.1 public beta
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+ _SetVerifyKey secure client connection

Every update is very salutary for our project nfs42, keep'em comming

Cheers

Frazzle

thanks nfs42. (any news on pretty simple example? 4-5 posts above.)

a simple example is the next on my todo list after finding this stupid thread based bug.

nice, thanks. waiting for it.

FINALLY I got GSTNet to work
I will post a small example for everyone tomorrow.
it will feature the absolut basics to start a server and move around for games like bomberman, mario,zelda etc. (so arrow keys movement)

Nice work NFS42,your plugin is pretty simple to work.
The only complain is that some parts of your manual has some wrong codes, or lack of some kind of infomation or another. but the overall works very very well!

thanx you nfs42 for gstnet

but i got some problems

the compiled versions dosnt run on vista/xp it runs fine on windows 98
i dont know why this is but it is quit anoying

antohter thx for your reading