I'm curious to see what kind of luck you guys have with this. It'd be really cool if you could email me when you guys test from behind a firewall, just to tell me whether it was successful or not.
Anyway, I actually started out using TCP/IP for this, but found (just like many game programmers before me) that it was way too slow for real-time games. (Although right now I'm still using TCP/IP for sending control info to the server) For animation purposes, a dropped packet just means a skipped frame, and a skipped frame here and there is no big deal. TCP/IP's guarantee that packets will get delivered in order means re-sending packets over and over, which leads to huge latency. It's possible to get UDP data through a firewall, Counterstrike does it, Skype does it, all multiplayer FPSes do it. I just have to figure out how to do it with a standalone projector. Skype's technique here: http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/82481 --- John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > all tests were local, we actually hadn't tried it > with an external server / > firewall situation > > On 7/15/07, Joshua Sera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Did you have problems getting the UDP packets > through > > firewalls? That's what I'm getting stuck on now. > > > > > > --- John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We did use ScreenweaverHX with UDP with Red5 for > a > > > multiplayer game > > > (paperworld3d) and the intial tests worked well > > > (speed-wize) > > > > > > On 7/15/07, Joshua Sera > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Need Mail bonding? > > > > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from > > > Yahoo! Answers users. > > > > > > > > > > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > [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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [ JPG ] > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Got a little couch potato? > > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > > > > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz > > _______________________________________________ > > [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 > > > > > > -- > [ JPG ] > _______________________________________________ > [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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 _______________________________________________ [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
