[Newbies] Network Game - Server Client Approach

[Derek O'Connell]

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Martin Bleichner wrote:
> Hi Derek,
> 
> I have to confess I just want the application. I assembled a small program
> with squeak and was happy that I could do everything I wanted within
> minutes.
> (Drag and drop of morphs and some scripting).
> 
> Then I wanted to do that as a collaborative game and hoped that that would
> also be possible quite quickly. However, it turned out to be more difficult.
> So now I am stucked with network programing.
> I am simply interested in the result. However, if there is no other way I am
> also willing to learn how to get there.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 2009/6/6 Derek O'Connell <doconnel at gmail.com>
> 
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> is this an exercise to learn Smalltalk or do you just want the 4-way
>> control application?
>>
>> Martin Bleichner wrote:
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> I am making some slow progress. Well, I managed to run an example :)
>>>
>>> I run on one image the OldSocket example remoteTestServerUDP and on a
>> second
>>> the remoteTestClientUDP. I hope that is the right direction so far.
>>> my transcript tells me that server and client endpoints are created, and
>>> some packets are sent.
>>>
>>> I get the following message:
>>> 4000 bytes/packet, 117packets/sec, 2370 packets dropped.
>>>
>>> he shouldn't drop packages, shouldn't he?
>>>
>>> Further, the image running the server is not responsive any more (does
>> not
>>> react to anything). Is that how it is supposed to work?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/6/6 Markus Gaelli <gaelli at emergent.de>
>>>
>>>> Am 05.06.2009 um 21:26 schrieb Martin Bleichner:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Markus,
>>>>>
>>>>> when I try out the example i get.
>>>>> MessageNotUnderstood: MIMEDocument >>upToEnd
>>>>> the example should run through, shouldn't it?
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>> right, also examples should be tested first... ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Ok, with the following (replace upToEnd with contents and omit the
>> closing
>>>> of the (non)stream:
>>>>
>>>>   examplePostArgs
>>>>        | args result resultStream |
>>>>        args := Dictionary new.
>>>>        args at: 'arg1' put: #('val1' );
>>>>                 at: 'arg2' put: #('val2' );
>>>>                 yourself.
>>>>        resultStream := HTTPClient httpPostDocument: '
>>>> http://www.squeaklet.com/cgi-bin/thrd.pl' args: args.
>>>>        result := resultStream contents.
>>>>        Transcript show: result;
>>>>                 cr;
>>>>                 cr
>>>>
>>>> it kind of works. Modulo that squeaklet.com is not there anymore so you
>>>> don't get any specific answers.
>>>> If I were you I'd probably go for the udp solution mentioned by others.
>>>>
>>>> It would be great though to have some kind of Etoyish solution for your
>>>> problem (think lightweight open croquet for etoys) with udp or osc or
>>>> anything under the hood) so this is a very interesting question!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Markus
>>>>
>>>>
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