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Winsock or Directplay?

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1 comment, last by civguy 23 years, 6 months ago
Should I use Directplay or winsock directly? I''ve heard that DP is slow but it has automatic packet loss checking etc. good stuff. I''ve already programmed a small client/server game using winsock directly (udp) but it suffers much from packet loss now and I was thinking that maybe I shouldn''t invent the whell again.
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So use TCP with Winsock instead
-Tim Elliot (Demitri)
DP8 is a lot better than DP4...
It provides several desirable features for udp communications. Packet throttling, packet prioritizing, cancelation, confirmationm, etc...
- The trade-off between price and quality does not exist in Japan. Rather, the idea that high quality brings on cost reduction is widely accepted.-- Tajima & Matsubara

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