The reason you're seeing issues with UDP and your router is that UDP doesn't open a connection to talk to another computer. UDP is connection-less. The datagram is broadcast. You have no way of knowing if the message(s) get to their destination unless you setup handshaking at a higher level (i.e. your own protocol).
If you want to talk to a remote computer through a router/firewall you should use TCP. TCP is connection-oriented. Messages from the remote computer will make their way back to your application. As for an alternative to Zinc, check out SWF Studio. Download the trial: http://www.northcode.com/go?id=swfstudio Check out an UDP example here: http://www.northcode.com/v3/exampleitem.php?link=16 Check out a TCP example here: http://www.northcode.com/v3/exampleitem.php?link=14 Examples require SWF Studio to be installed in order to build the EXEs. Derek Vadneau Northcode Inc. http://www.northcode.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Sera To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Flashcoders] Standalone projectors and UDP Hi, I'm developing a multi-player game in Flash as a personal project, and I'm curious if anyone else knows of any standalone projectors besides MDM Zinc support UDP packets? Zinc seems to be having some issues with memory leaks. (Not my application, but Zinc itself.) Also, it seems like it's having some problems with AS2, and attaching movies. (I don't THINK it's my code, as the parts in question have been in pretty regular use since AS2 came out, but I'm not totally sure.) If I could use a different projector application, I could pin things down more easily, plus the memory leak (600 megs in an hour or so) makes me nervous. _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
