Need help DJLinux (about ur network engine)

[Wayne Rayner]

You see I want the server to hold the game data and the client once it's connected loads the game data from the server. Could this work? The reason why is if I create a little mmo and I want to update it, it would be annoying to tell everyone to download a new client with moddified game.

Yours
Wayne Rayner

[crazynate]

have one program that connects to the server to login and check for updates
on the last line of the login program have "include game.gb"
if there's an update, you could use a file share program to send the new client program to the user as game.gb
since "include game.gb " is on the last line the program, after the login program updates the game the program can continue running without the user having to reset the application

[alovon]

Thats a clever idea. Although wouldn't that make the game "hackable"? Correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe you can open up a .gb file with any text editor, and the code will appear the same. Wouldn't that allow the player to modify values and cheat?

[crazynate]

not if the login is an executable and the game file is embed

[alovon]

Haha my bad. I didn't think of that.

[DJLinux]

do you talk about the TCP plugin ?

Joshy

[Wayne Rayner]

Yea the TCP plugin you created DJLinux. I just want the game to be in the server and the person logs in the server verifies whether the user exists in the server if yes then continues to playing the game. Also if the game is in the server when the player logs out the server knows where that person logged out from.

Crazynate I know where you are coming from but no, it's easier to update it my way trust me.

Yours
Wayne Rayner

[Wayne Rayner]

ok this it'm confused. DJLinux could you help me please?

server code (not quite completed)
' server

' declare constants and variables
const PORT = 1111
dim server = TCPCreateServer (PORT)
dim client

if server > 0 then
printr "Server Online"
endif

now the client code
' client

' declare conststants and variables
const PORT = 1111
const SERVER$ = "128.8.8"
dim connection = TCPCreateClient (SERVER$,PORT)
dim opt_in
dim log_username$, log_password$
dim reg_username$, reg_password$

printr "To login press 1, to register press 2."
input opt_in

if opt_in = 1 then
printr "Login"
print "whats your username: "
input log_username$
TCPWriteString (connection, log_username$)
print "whats your password: "
input log_password$
TCPWriteString (connection, log_password$)
elseif opt_in = 2 then
printr "Register"
printr "What would you like your username to be?:"
input reg_username$
TCPWriteString (connection, reg_username$)
printr "What would you like your password to be?:"
input reg_password$
TCPWriteString (connection, reg_password$)
endif

qustion:
How would I get the server to write the username and the password that the client sent to server into a text file named users.txt

This is the first question there might be another one after this question is answered.

Thanks for helping
Wayne Rayner

[DJLinux]

TCP Server commands

Create and Delete a Server
hServer%=TCPCreateServer(Port%)

Boolean%=TCPDeleteServer()

is any new client connected to server?
hClient%=TCPClientConnected()

is any client disconnected from server?
hClient%=TCPClientDisconnected()

is any client data aviable ?
hClient%=TCPClientData()

TCP Client commands

Create and delete Client (Server$ can be the hostname or IP)
hConnection%=TCPCreateClient(Server$,Port%)
Boolean%=TCPDeleteClient(hClient%)

is any server data aviable ?
Boolean%=TCPServerData(hConnection%)

Server and Clients commands
nChars%=TCPWriteString(hServer% or hClient%, Text$)
nChars%=TCPReadString(hServer% or hClient%, Text$)

this are all simple TCP commands very easy
and File I/O commands are included in Basic4GL.

tip:
hFile = OpenFileWrite ("yourfile.txt")

WriteString(hFile, "what ever")
...
...
CloseFile (hFile)

thats all

Joshy