Thread: If I wanted to make a c++ program that is "multiplayer" what do I need?

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    If I wanted to make a c++ program that is "multiplayer" what do I need?

    Lets just say the olny thing I have is basic Dev-C++. What do I need to download and/or get to make internet games programs. (REALLY BASIC PROGRAMS AT LEAST)

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    First you need a clear idea of what you want to do.
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    For example. Two people download a program. The first person sends a message to the second person. The second person can now see the msg sent by person #1 even though they are onother computers.

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    You only need the PlatformSDK for that.
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    1) Uninstall Dev-C++. It's outdated. Try Code::Blocks or Visual C++ Express.

    2) Use Google. There answers are out there. Keywords for you: networking, sockets, tutorial, article, library, framework.

    You communicate between two different computers with sockets.

    I assume you're on Windows. The platform SDK would be Windows SDK. Which you don't necessarily need since win32.h etc. come with your IDE (#include <win32.h>).

    There are networking frameworks which wrap many platform SDK procedures into an easy to use cross-platform library. You might try one of those. If not, one win32 networking tutorial is Beej's. There's dozens of topics simply listing tutorials and resources.

    You'd probably want to start with SDL (graphics/input/audio etc framework) and SDL net (networking framework). Just a guess.
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    Perhaps you might try Boost Asio. Boost is generally high quality code and portable.
    http://beta.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_...oost_asio.html
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

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