Greetings from afar~ Thanks for all the great thoughts (and to John Wright for the link). Is there a list or collaborative project that's focused on this and is also currently up? It would be nice if it were Java3D as well, but something that's focused on client/server implementation of MMORPGs?
~Verdius --- "Kevin J. Duling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex, > > MMORPGs are still a dark art. There are a lot of > factors that have to be > dealt with and it's a huge undertaking for a "garage > band" programming > group. A simple multiplayer game is a different > story. They can easily be > implemented with either client-server or > peer-to-peer communications. > > There are many books on the subject. None of them > specialize in Java3D, but > the same principles apply. Some of these may be out > of print, but they're > on my bookshelf: > > Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus (Old DOS book) > Multiplayer Game Programming (Purely about DirectX > 8.0) > Networked Virtual Environments (Theory) > Game Programming Gems 1 & 2 (Lots of tips for C++ & > OpenGL/DirectX) > > The project I'm working on right now will eventually > have multiplayer > support. I'd be happy to discuss my half-baked > ideas with you. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Terrazas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:51 AM > Subject: [JAVA3D] Multiplayer games > > > > I want to do a very simple multiplayer game > > (ultimately for the videoCubes demo) but I > > can't really get my head around the problem. > > > > Let's just setup the simplest case--3 > > people are in an environment--all from > > different computers. They are > > moving their view platforms around. Let's > > say each person is represented by a cube. > > If I move, then the other two players > > should see that. If one of them moves, > > I should see it. So, how does one > > make that work. I guess we could have > > the Behavior send out an RMI on Behaviors > > on each player's machine. What are the > > other approaches? Did the MMPORG site > > ever get established? > > > > I do realize that some other postings on > > this topic are on the archive but none > > are simple enough for me. > > > > Thanks-- > > > > Alex > > > > > =========================================================================== > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For > general help, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of > the message "help". > > > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For > general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the > message "help". __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
