Using Net. function for more than Turing Chat

[Danyo]

I was exploring ways of making my game Network Playable
http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=5087
(a Real-time Scorched Earth)

i've tried using other people's Turing Chat programs, and they worked, if i connected to myself and had 2 windows open on the same computer...

Using that idea, i would've used the Net. to send information of moves and shots... BUT, i was never able to use Net. to actually connect to a different computer.
Can someone help me with that?

[Delta]

Have you searched for any tutorials?
Usually thats a good spot to check if your not sure what to do.

[Danyo]

nothing in the tutorials about this topic..

[Tony]

i don't think that turing's Net. is fast enough for any real time game though I haven't used it for a long while so I can't be sure

[McKenzie]

It could be the firewall at your school. I've done a version of Network connect 4 as an example for the students. It works without any problems at my school. I think a lot of people are turned off by Turing's Net support because they run the chat example and it looks like a mess. Well, the mess is bugs in the example code, not the Net module.

[SuperGenius]

I also did a network version of connect 4 and it works without too much lag, even on our sucky computers in the career center.

[Danyo]

SuperGenius wrote:

I also did a network version of connect 4 and it works without too much lag, even on our sucky computers in the career center.

Heh that wouldn't prove much...
if it was laggy on a fast computer, then that would mean something.


The thing is, Net. function doesn't even work on the network i have at home
... so is there a way to have the Net. function to work over the internet?

[SuperGenius]

apparently turing can only make connections using machine's local addresses, so computers that arent networked can't connect to each other

[Flashkicks]

Heres where I wish I knew Java better..lol.. Yeah; the chat proggy that Holtsoft gives you does look pretty ugly- but with the assistance of GUI Commands and whatnot; you can make one look pretty sporty. Iv seen some of Delta's and they look fantastic. One thing you could try is maybe sending images over the network; Or has this been done already and i just dont know about it?? Maybe convert the images/files into text filse; and then send the text and so on and so forth. i dunno- just ideas.. Long live Turing!

[Selfi]

ive experimented a bit with the turing Net function, but as far as i can tell it really can only be used for basic things like chat, raw connections, etc. I tried to make a server out of ( as to allow more than just one connection at a time) and turing wouldnt have it, sooo it crashed. same when i tried to create a port scanner with it. as far as ive gotten, i havent been able to open multiple connections to the same host, has anyone else had this problem?

[Danyo]

sending small images wouldn't be too hard...
using whatdotcolour, i took a small image of strongbad, and turned him into drawdot values
to make it a little faster, it would skip every time it was white

i use the same thing in http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=4942
all the tank imgs are in a file called tanks.dan, which consists of lots of numbers like 44 26 7, etc etc