commandToClient networking questions

#1 Anyone?

#2 I'm almost certain that the packets are not buffered. I always combine data into logical group for client processing.

commandToClient is asynchronous. IIRC, this function really just builds a network event that will be sent in the next processing loop.

#3 Thanks for the info! You are helping me alot on these forums! :)

Can you give me an example of what you would consider a logical group to send to the client?

Thanks Again!

#4 We have "stat sheets" on each player that you can access by simply hovering over the player's boardgame piece. Simply put, when you hover over the piece, a panel slides onto the screen with the player's occupation, alignment, hit points, and the like.

When the game starts, I send a message to every client using commandToClient that combines all of this information into one message, like

PSEUDO:
foreach( %client )
{
  foreach( %player )
  {
    %message = %player.number TAB %player.name TAB %player.occupation TAB 
               %player.alignment TAB %player.hitPoints;
    commandToClient( %client, 'SetPlayerStatSheetInfo', %message );
  }
}

When any player's information changes, I just send each client the one player's information in the same format.

The logic group here is all of a player's "Stat Sheet" information.

Hope that makes sense!

#5 Hey, you answered my question and another question I haven't even asked with that example! You rock!

Thanks for the help.