Re: sending objects over sockets?

From: Roedy Green (roedy_at_seewebsite.com)
Date: 10/26/03 

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 02:18:59 GMT

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:21:36 -0700, Joe <sfjoe@spamcop.net> wrote or
quoted :

>UDP isn't guaranteed to arrive (or am I thinking of something else?). It
>might be tricky to reassemble an opbject with missing parts.

Correct. You could use the same strategies that TCP/IP does with acks,
or you could simply not worry about missing packets because an update
with the same information but fresher will be along soon, e.g. the
state of some other player's game. 

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