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Message-Id: <m0yK1i6-000S2qC@inti.gov.ar>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: jaster32 AT hotmail DOT com (Jaster), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:11:59 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: Any help with JonIPX??
In-reply-to: <351f9e74.335713318@news.earthlink.net>

jaster32 AT hotmail DOT com (Jaster) wrote:


> On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 04:39:13 -0600, Roscoe Rush
> <chesterrr AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> wrote:
> 
> 
> >blakesteel AT hotmail DOT com
> 
> Thanks so much.. I was having problem with the strings overlapping
> when I used the Pop_Packet(); .. 
> 
> for instance the first time I popped it it would be "Hello how are
> you?" and if the next message I popped was "Fine" it would turn into
> "Fineo how are you?"  So you can see the problem I'm having.  The only
> other problem I have now is sending ints.  Like the postion of the
> player.  I can see a way to do it if the ints are less than 255, but
> if the players position is like (356,300) it would be a little
> difficult. Have you found a way to do that? I'm sure DOOM must have to
> send player position updates perodically. Sending them as strings
> doesn't make much sense to me.  But I have got the chat section
> working so far.. Thank you =)


Perhaps strings doesn't look good to you, but all the message system in Quake 
is based on strings. Quake doesn't use a code to say "here is a coordinate" but 
an string, it looks slow? yes, but doesn't affect the general performance.

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