Re: [pygame] pygame networking redux

[Phil Hassey <philhassey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Another library worth considering is: http://pyraknet.slowchop.com/ - I haven't used it myself, but I've heard many good things about raknet.  It's a networking library written primarily for games.

Phil

Toni Alatalo <antont@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Simon Wittber kirjoitti:
> > I think that is a matter of one's perspective on what is 'nice'.
>
> sure seems like that.
>
> > Also, I don't really think it is such a big project. I've built this
> > sort of low level system before (using TCP instead of UDP) with higher
> > level stuff to pass dictionaries
>  around in network messages... and
>
> ok.. but,
>
> > they end up being < 10k code, and much less intrusive than the twisted
> > reactor. (http://fibranet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/nanotubes.py)
>
> 'intrusive'? as in .. filesize?
>
> did not look at that code yet, will certainly check out, thanks for 
> mentioning :)
>
> > I also want to use UDP, so I have more opportunities to tweak my
> > protocol to fit the way my games / app want to work.
>
> I was also curious if there are ways to use Twisted with UDP, I actually 
> thought/assumed there are.
>
> Then again, we have not tested yet for the relatively-low-latency 
> networking need we have for a game now, will be interesting to see if 
> TCP cuts it -- if not, there are existing libs that use UDP for these 
> kinds of things too, which we can test, if TCP, and hence some of the 
> existing simple tools, is too slow. I planned to test TCP with Tofu 
> first (the twisted, but
>  not pb?, using thing from the folks who make 
> soya3d (oomadness)), and then perhaps look at Verse and/or VOB from 
> interreality.org .. then again I should first check what game libs there 
> are, do remember that there were some folks use in some SDL games 
> *googles a bit so you dont have to teach me* uh well "game networking 
> library" gives a lot now.
>
> Well, we'll proceed along that plan soon enough - am also interested to 
> here and see how your things work.
>
> ~Toni

---

Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.