Yo this is my first post at this forum, I have been working on a 3D Shoot''em up for the last few months I got lots done, Levels, Hud, Characters (still working and the bag guys, its nearly finished) and lots of other stuff, my game is Life Exoectancy. It is time to look into Internet Play, in my programming life I have never used the internet in any of my applictions so can some plx tell me how I would go about adding a WinSock internet play? 1. How do I connect it to the menu 2. How do I connect it to the internet What different files should I have... So go and help, its my first post Life Expectancy (c) copyright 2001 MaD KaTz Interactive (c) copyright 2001

Sockets programming is one of those "it looks easy until you do it" type things. You can learn how to send data over a network in a matter of minutes, but it takes a lot of time to develop a full flegded networking layer.

The best advice I can give you is to read the FAQ in the link below. It's a good introduction and it should give you some hints on where to go for more information.

http://www.cyberport.com:443/~tangent/programming/winsock/

Edited by - I-Shaolin on May 1, 2001 10:38:39 PM

Thx