I''ve a question about something that i''ve no earthly idea if it can be done. If possible and not prohibitive, I''d like to set up a server that allows people with commercially licensed and produced video game software to log in to the server and connect to each other for a multiplayer game. Everyone logged in can ''see'' everyone else that is logged in, kind of like a chat room, i suppose. but like in a Yahoo! game, someone can set up a ''room'' to play in, and when another person joins that ''room'' voila! they can play multiplayer. Is this possible, or would it be impossible as I don''t have source code to the game, and even if I did, couldn''t decipher it? I know I can connect to another individual using IP address info, but that''s not what I want to do. Insight is much appreciated

sounds like wildtangents concept for their game network.

what you need to do is make a common interface for your networking code. send the interface to all the people licensing your server. Then develope a program to run on the server to sync all the games.

each licensed developer will use your protocol to sync the games, make the tables...blah blah..

thanks. this sounds a bit more involved than I like. Does anyone know if there are companies out there that will do this?