[Newbies] Network Game - Server Client Approach

[Markus Gaelli]

Hi Martin

>
> I am still looking for a way to program my network game (four  
> players on four different computers collaboratively control the  
> direction of one object, each is responsible to move the object in  
> one of four directions.)
> I guess one solution would be a server-client approach.
> Each client sends a value to the server, the server collects the  
> input of the four clients and returns the input of all four to each  
> client.
>
> I figured that using the Komhttpserver package I can easily run a  
> server.
>
> My problem is now is the communication between clients and server.
> How can I send a value from each client to the server and get back  
> the inputs from all clients?

Have a look at
HTTPClient examplePostArgs
and
HTTPClient httpGet: url

As an alternative you might want to have a look at some remote  
messaging tools like soap opera
http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~umejava/smalltalk/soapOpera/soapCore.html
or rST
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2288
or maybe even osc
http://map.squeak.org/package/61f807be-83a3-4944-bfa1-686ddac7153c

Cheers

Markus

>
>
> Thanks a lot
> Martin
>
> This is how I run my server.
>
> | ma |
> ma := ModuleAssembly core.
> ma serverRoot: FileDirectory default fullName.
> ma documentRoot: FileDirectory default fullName.
> ma directoryIndex: 'index.html index.htm'.
> ma serveFiles.
> (HttpService startOn: 8080 named: 'httpd') plug: ma rootModule  
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