Can anyone tell me how to send integers across the net? The send function doesn't support them unless I do (char*)&myInt, and converting them back is a mess that I'd like to get away from. Aren't there any other function I can use? I've tried to look, but send seems to be the only one there is:(

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That's how you do it.

If you think reading and writing raw data is hard, you might want to look into a wrapper such as OpenTNL or RakNet which have classes that can marshal for you.

But hold on... does that mean that I simply cannot send numbers across the net? That's... horrible! I mean... strings are much less fast than ints and floats, right?

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Original post by Afr0m@n But hold on... does that mean that I simply cannot send numbers across the net? That's... horrible! I mean... strings are much less fast than ints and floats, right?

its just a bit man, a bit that represents a char is == to a bit that represents and int. :)

(char*)&theInt,sizeof(theInt) is how you do it. That doesn't mean you're sending it as text. There are links, and even a description of this thing, in the Forum FAQ.

Ok thanks:)

I managed to develop a solution in Blitz Basic that enabled me to pivk up the data:)

I can't believe that I'm actually building my own MMORPG lol! :D

Read item #15 in the FAQ

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Original post by Anon Mike Read item #15 in the FAQ

item #0 might be a good idea too.