----------------------------------- mwachna Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:16 pm connect many comps, on many nets ----------------------------------- I am making a game that needs to connect numberous computers on numberous networks. Is this possible. I will be inputing strings of names. Speed is not the biggest issue. I will be hosting a website that will be dedicated to this game aswell. ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:28 pm ----------------------------------- if you're dedicating a website anyways, why not make it webbased rather than writing clients in Turing? ----------------------------------- mwachna Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:01 pm ----------------------------------- well im not really that knowledgeable in anything else other than turing... I need to have a tangeble product to sell to customers. And most of the programming is already done, and its all in turing. ----------------------------------- Flikerator Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:03 pm ----------------------------------- well im not really that knowledgeable in anything else other than turing... I need to have a tangeble product to sell to customers. And most of the programming is already done, and its all in turing. You are going to sell turing? Won't that have a small base of consumers? ----------------------------------- mwachna Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:06 pm ----------------------------------- ya it will...its nothing big really, more for fun, and some extra money on the side... its no business deal here...more just an experiment...theres a good size base of dedicated consumer interest in it already. What would you suggest rather than turing? ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:13 pm ----------------------------------- depends on what you're trying to do really. Do you want to give us a general overview of your project? ----------------------------------- Flikerator Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:17 am ----------------------------------- ya it will...its nothing big really, more for fun, and some extra money on the side... its no business deal here...more just an experiment...theres a good size base of dedicated consumer interest in it already. What would you suggest rather than turing? I would suggest Java Applet but of course you would have to learn that ^^; ----------------------------------- mwachna Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:43 pm ----------------------------------- Well there is an offline and online component. Offline, you take the time to train in breakdancing. You learn new moves, increase your stamina, strength, etc. Then once a week, there will be a breakdancing competition held, say friday at 8pm. Then at this competition, you try to "out do" the other players on the floor. The object is to score "cash" and earn a prominent reputation as a B-boy. does that give you guys a good idea?...im not sure if java would be the best idea, since i would need this game to run offline aswell. I can learn new code, that's not a problem, i just dont want to waste time learning a code, and finding out it wont get the job done. All i really need, is to be able to read and write to a text file on the WWW. Thanks for the help guys...Matt ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:49 pm ----------------------------------- Java can be run offline. ----------------------------------- Tony Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:10 pm ----------------------------------- well you could write to WWW from turing in a form of open : www.yoursite.com/script.choice?text_text_text but that ofcouse would require you to learn something that could process CGI, such as Ruby or PHP ----------------------------------- mwachna Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:56 pm ----------------------------------- would C++ or visual basic have more options for me in terms of net play? ----------------------------------- ssr Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:37 pm ----------------------------------- ooo I heard C++ is really hard but much better than turing u can make much better games with it than in Turing 8) ----------------------------------- mwachna Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:52 pm ----------------------------------- ooo I heard C++ is really hard but much better than turing u can make much better games with it than in Turing 8) yes, but how is it in terms of creating a multi-player based on the web or through data transfers on an internet protocol? -matt -Go T-Cats!- ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:56 pm ----------------------------------- Many people are also saying C# (C Sharp) is the future of the gaming industry. Both C++ and C# are excellent though. ----------------------------------- Tony Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:34 pm ----------------------------------- hmm, yes. If you're going to go for something new -- C# is worth looking into. It is defenatly a better choice over C++