I''ve read about DirectPlay & DPlayLobby for the past 2 days or so. The docs and my books all say something about the lobby being a place where players can meet and maybe chat. But I don´t understand why I would need DirectPlayLobby for that. DirectPlay sends messages right ? I should be able to make a simple chat program using only DPlay ?? Maybe I have misunderstood everything and thats where you guys come in..Can you explain it to me in...eh..what is it called...layman''s terms ?? Thank you....

You don''t need a lobby if your server program is always running. A lobby allows an external client to launch the server program for their session. There are alot of examples out there. Worms Armageddon has a really good example of a lobby.

Ben
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