GSTNet, Crude Shooter Code

Here is a crude demo of a Deathmatch shooter.

http://www.wasteland.at/xspire_online.zip

Its targeted for 8 Players Max.

These things should work:

chat,
client list,
movement,
shooting (the shots dont harm the players yet, this will be added later)
animation (simple jump and run animations)

All Aliens are in the level, but stand still until a player takes over one.
The "moving platform" is not synced on the clients, so it
is probably seen on the wrong position.

the default port is 2300 it is running on.

When connecting to the server, you need to enter the name and
the Server-IP adress.
Only the clients can play. You have to start a seperate client on the server-machine
to play.

Would be nice to hear some feedback, and maybe someone can start an online session.

I started a server on the IP:

217.88.162.115

But I am not good in configuring my router, you might try to join tonight.
(you can also edit the ip text in the folder, so you dont need to enter the IP
everytime per hand)

nice to see you're still in
server up and running on 84.159.34.138

Not perfect, but runs basically

Did your server crash?
Maybe I send to many updates

neue ip: 84.159.25.59

einfach in der ip.txt als erste zeile eingeben

Couldn't connect to your servers...

Played locally. The movement was quite behind my input. This should not happen because both the server and the client were on the same computer.
Other than that, no lag was noticeable, which is great! I would love to try this online. I would advise you to display the current ping somewhere. This helps debugging.

P.S.: Currently working on a small shooter using native 3DGS multiplayer. We could compare which system works better online .

To reduce the bandwith usage, I limided the updates to 16 per second.
Also, the camera is smoothed, and thus reacts slower than the actual player.
This can be left out on a local machine, but makes the movement smoother
on an internet game. (it should in the end, adapt itself to the ping/latency
to work best in all situations)
I joined a game with nfs, and it was running well, given the functionality
that is implemented to this state.

I use GSTNet, especially to not have to tangle with
the 3dgs multiplayer shortcomings, and its system, that dictates the multiplayer
in an unnessesary way.
With GSTNet I have full controll about the data send,
not with 3dgs-multiplayer.

sorry I've had to restart my router.
now you can connect via: gstools.servegame.com

I will add a functional weapon, so the testing will be more fun

nice

After trying the IP and the dns (neighter worked) I tryed localy , and after 5 mins of waiting for it to connect I gave up...

PS.: I tryed also setting -port 2331 to a shortcut , but didnt worked also (btw , you should put a black picture or something...without a camera active (and a level loaded) the screen started flickering after an ALT+TAB changing...)

server is still up and running on gstools.servegame.com.
4 users had succesfull connected.
try gstools.servegame.com

I will add a server list to client login

i have made a "functional" weapon,
a bit dirty work, but it serves its purpose.

When hit once (instagib) you get set to the starting position

same link:

http://www.wasteland.at/xspire_online.zip

die slotvergabe ist noch nicht ganz korrekt.

Es gibt probleme bei mehr als 2 clients, sollte ien c-skript problem sein

I am uploading a new version, that should handle the slotproblem
(I hope), wait some minutes

ok, new version online

There are still problems with more than 2 clients...
Updates come some other day.

I still cant connect I tryed again (this time only to gstools.servegame.com) but failed. It stays on "connecting.."

Server is not running currently, we have to fix some bugs, when connection more than 3 clients.

I was very interested in this, but now I'm (more) 'jaded'. I thought, just for kicks, I might try it on LAN with another machine running Win98, just to the left of this one. Of course, I discovered what others might have known, 3DGS 6.60 executables just seem to crash on Win98.

what is the error message ? Crash in GSTNet_ServerPoll()?
i have no win98 system anymore, so please try running with -diag and post me your acklog.txt

the original code from damocles produces real HIGH network traffic (a lot of packages were sent every frame). with some small changes I've got 8 clients running on one machine.

On the site (great site by the way), it is stated that the GSTNet plugin works with A6.xx. That might suggest that the plugin works with all versions of A6, but from experience with Conitec SDK changes, I assume it does not.

The issue with Win98 compatibility probably isn't related to the GSTNet plugin directly. It seems all engine versions after A6.40.5 may be incompatible with Win98 Systems.
No Win98 for 6.60, WHY? Thread

you are right, GSTNet is based on sdk for A6.50 and up.
i'll change this on the plugins info page. the manual is clear on this point.

@Damocles

You think there is any open source portion of this crude shooter? I mean I would hate to just steal your resources and put them into my own level to get an online shooter. But maybe just even if you can describe a way (if you would like) where we can make our own personal game levels with this?

Thanks!

you can use the scripts if you wish

Thanks. How do I do this? In the exactly same folder I created a simple level and applied the script to the level (xspire_online.WDL). Opening up the WED file next time I get 3 WDL errors

"Invalid Name: function_predefinitions.wdl"
"Invalid Name: client_server_communication.wdl"
"Invalid Name: client_server_weapon.wdl"

When I run the level, it opens the the main menu correctly. When I select to be the server I get these DLL errors:

"GSTNet_ServerInit not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_ServerPoll not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_Events not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_SendArray not found in DLL"

Then when I choose to be the client instead of the server from the Main Menu I get these DLL errors:

"GSTNet_ClientInit not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_ClientID not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_ClientPoll not found in DLL"
"GSTNet_Events not found in DLL"

Maybe my setup is wrong or something I should have done that I simply overlooked. Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks!

copy the GSTNet.dll in the acknex_plugins folder of your 3DGS installation

No change.

please post your acklog.txt

Sorry to bring up a MEGA dead topic, I would message Damocles but he is over his message limit. I was wondering if anyone had xspire_online.zip still? I was going to look at it for some reference while I am building my own online solution, and I feel some of material in here could be of use.

xspire_online (c-script)

Thank you, and sorry again for the mega necro post. I'll be sure to pay it forward once my site goes up.