i would skip dplay though i have no qualms about directinput or sound. directplay in the past has been terrible ( Q how many games out there use directplay? A bugger all ) dplay8 apparently is a lot better but dplay only runs on windoze machines and a lot of servers out there aint windoze

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Dplay8 seems to have matured into a solid API. The last version of DPlay packaged in Dx7 was DirectPlay4!!!. Jumped from 4->8.The point about servers not being windoze is quite valid as i think of it now....
However Ive got a deadline soon and dont think i can make my project reliable if i code using winsok. also i'd like to take a shot at dx. ( damn, why dint they make it like OGL! COM is givin me nightmares)

Edited by - RealityMonster on December 25, 2000 11:05:55 PM