[F8] LAN Game using SharedObject?

[Q__Hybrid]

Don't hurt yourself laughing at me, but is it possible to use a local and remote SharedObject to build the network protocol of a LAN game?

The game would send integers and 32bit color values, small stuff like that. The values passed would be read from the remote SharedObject and all movies connected to that SharedObject would update their game states according to the information.

The remote SharedObject would merely hold small bits of information, while the SWF of the game would use those bits to puppet function calls that would make action in the game happen.

Feasible, or no? I'm only shooting for a max of 8 players, nothing bigger.

[everfornever]

to be honest...... I have very good hosting, and I have a highscore feature, and just getting those to load, using loadVars which Im told is a fast way to do it, it stalls out alot.

So I dont know, from my experience flash seems to have problems some times online....

But like you said LAN any time i run the call locally, it works in a flash, so fast I dont even see my load dots come up, so Id say your good.

[Squize]

Look at localConnection instead, basically what you're planning is saving and loading a cookie every frame.

Squize.

[tidenburg]

I thought it was impossible to create LAN games in flash?

[mr_malee]

no way. Any socket server will allow for LAN games.

i thought shared object and local connection were only local. Meaning the data is only accessible to the computer the swf is on, not to other network users

[tidenburg]

*scurries off to learn about socket servers*

[Djugan]

You can only load data from a SharedObjects files into the same .swf that created/updated that specific SharedObject.

So unless you find a way to created a medium between the multiple .swfs that are running--which I don't think you can do since you don't have access to the SharedObject file outside of the .swf--there will be no way for the multiple .swfs to communicate with each other.

[VENGEANCE MX]

Look at localConnection instead, basically what you're planning is saving and loading a cookie every frame.

Squize.

Wait a minute, are you saying that this localConnection thing lets two .swfs on the same LAN communicate with each other? My understanding of it was that it let two .swfs on the same machine talk to each other. Can anyone elaborate on this?

[lapo73]

*scurries off to learn about socket servers*

this might help -> http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/multiplayerCentral/


Lapo

[Squize]

Yeah I was wrong, sorry ( Working with local connection atm for my profiler app and just got it in my head. Putting it down to a knee jerk reaction against using sharedObjects )

Had it in my head that if there was one "server" swf on a page, and all on the other copies of Flash chatted to it they could share info on different machines. Imagine it'd be possible with a bit of cgi to hold it all together, but not very viable.

Squize.

[mr_malee]

sorry this might be a little off topic. But does anyone know if its fairly easy to initiate a connection between two swfs on two different computers on a network using the new Socket class in AS3. Or am i completly misunderstanding the use of the Socket class. Basically i want to know if you need a socket server + Socket class to establish a connection between two swfs, or can you just use the Socket class

[lapo73]

You need the socket server.
The flash player can exclusively act as a client not as a server, so in other words it is not capable of handling incoming connections. (do not confuse it with incoming traffic, that one can (of course) be handled)

hope it helps

Lapo

[oronll]

Actually I have done a lot of testing using php and flash for multiplayer games . What he wants would be easy .

[tidenburg]

this might help -> http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/multiplayerCentral/


Lapo

Thanks

[jjcorreia]

You can also package your swf with Zinc. You can broadcast UDP packets and create a LAN game with Zincs extended functionality. Or create a server as mentioned. I just wrote a java server myself.

Additionally, the commercial servers available usually allow you to have up to 10 users connect at a time, so thats also an option.