I whant to use one of these two in a network game. Only i don''t know wich one to use. Can anybody tell my the pro''s and con''s between those two methods ?

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Oh thanks for you''re information but i couldn''t find any information on you''re site :s.

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winsock2

pros:
- portable
- low level API = freedom

cons:
- takes longer to get network library up and running
- if done wrong, can become a bottleneck

DirectPlay

pros:
- supports many protocols and connection methods (although most are useless)
- supposedly easy to learn (???)
- supposedly efficient (???)

cons:
- not portable
- no low level access

Also with direct play you get voice support, and the masochistic fun that is thrown in for free when using anything related to COM (this applies to all of directx really)