Re: [GD-Windows] Network code

[Brian H. <ho...@bo...>]

> Hello all.  This post was inspired by a recent thread on the
> DirectXDev mailing list, where I learned that Microsoft appears to
> be planning to stop developing DirectPlay by the end of the year.

WHAT?!  That's unpossible, DirectPlay was SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING 
ANY DEVELOPER COULD DO BY THEMSELVES!!!!!!1111  (Sorry, inside joke 
for anyone that remembers that thread from the Tony Cox days).

> I'm wondering what people here use for their network code these
> days.  Does everyone roll their own API based on something low-
> level (like UDP), or are there commercially available APIs (or open
> source APIs) that people have had good experiences with?.

http://enet.cubik.org, all your UDP goodness you'll need or want.  
It's low level and implements reliable-on-UDP, but high level stuff 
such as managing object state is still up to you.

Brian