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[elirand]

Hello,

I'm trying to me a multiplayer/network game

right now I can comunicate with the other PC's only if I write the specific IP's number (manualy)
is there any way/method which allow me to get a list of all online players ?

lets say like the way a "chat forum" works - which give every member who enter the specific room to see all the online members...
or a master server who gets all the calls...

there must be an easy way..
is anyone know how to do that ? plz ... :crying:

[WingedPanther]

Is this a game you're writing, or someone else's game? Ultimately, you will need a server that will handle passing messages between players, or function to resolve IP addresses based on user names (not recommended).

[elirand]

It's my game, and I don't have a server to hanlde that problem..
I just wonder if you femiliar with a method to do that...

previously (about 2 years ago)I was using a online chat to do that.
it was a free chat service which you were able to create "room". - I decoded the Ips as the names of the users and it's worked just fine realy.( easy manipulation to get the data from the html)
the problem is that it doesn't stayed forever and te service was shotdown...

I just wonder if you know another more sestainable method.??

[WingedPanther]

Somehow, your players are joining a game. Presumably, one of the players is "hosting" the game, and the others "connect". The one who is hosting the game would be the server.