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Building Multiplayer Capability into Your Game in One Hour

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Want to build multiplayer games but have no idea where to start or no time to develop solid networking code? Read on...
/*
	Author: Gabriyel Wong C.K. (gabriyel@gmail.com)
	Multiplayer networking code (server) for integration into any game engine.
	Code is adopted and modified from Dave Andrew's tutorial on integrating 
	Raknet and Irrlicht

	Copyright (C) 2005 Gabriyel Wong.

	This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
	License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
	version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

	This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
	Lesser General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
	License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/
#include <PacketEnumerations.h>
#include <RakNetworkFactory.h>
#include <NetworkTypes.h>
#include <RakServerInterface.h>

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "MyPlayer.h"

const unsigned char PACKET_ID_LINE = 100;

void updateStateofClients(RakServerInterface * server, PlayerID clientToExclude, Player p)
{
    RakNet::BitStream dataStream;
  
    dataStream.Write(PACKET_ID_LINE);	// Magic number
	dataStream.Write(clientToExclude.binaryAddress);	// This is to notify all about the new player who joined
	dataStream.Write(p.position[0]);					// ToDo: Automatic destruction
	dataStream.Write(p.position[1]);
	dataStream.Write(p.position[2]);
	dataStream.Write(p.orientation[0]);
	dataStream.Write(p.orientation[1]);
	dataStream.Write(p.orientation[2]);
    dataStream.Write(p.missiles);
	dataStream.Write(p.speed);
    dataStream.Write(p.health);
    
    server->Send(&dataStream, HIGH_PRIORITY, RELIABLE_ORDERED, 0, clientToExclude, true);
}

void HandlePacket(RakServerInterface * server, Packet * p)
{
    unsigned char packetID;
    
    RakNet::BitStream dataStream((const char*)p->data, p->length, false);
    
    dataStream.Read(packetID);
    
	Player inPlayer;
    switch(packetID) 
	{
    case PACKET_ID_LINE:
		// Note that the clients don't need to include their own IDs
		// when they send our packets because the server is able to identify them
		// and then attach their address in subsequent packets. Hence the server 
		// doesn't need to read in any client address.
        dataStream.Read(inPlayer.position[0]);
		dataStream.Read(inPlayer.position[1]);
		dataStream.Read(inPlayer.position[2]);
		dataStream.Read(inPlayer.orientation[0]);
		dataStream.Read(inPlayer.orientation[1]);
		dataStream.Read(inPlayer.orientation[2]);
        dataStream.Read(inPlayer.missiles);
        dataStream.Read(inPlayer.speed);
        dataStream.Read(inPlayer.health);
        
        updateStateofClients(server, p->playerId, inPlayer);
    break;
    default:
		std::cout << "Unhandled packet (not a problem): " << int(packetID) << std::endl;
    }
}

int main()
{
    RakServerInterface * server = RakNetworkFactory::GetRakServerInterface();
    Packet * packet = NULL;
    
    int port = 10000;

    if(server->Start(32, 0, 0, port)) // Allows 32 connected players
	{
		std::cout << "Server started successfully. Listening on port " << port << "... " << std::endl;
		std::cout << "Press a key to close server." << std::endl;
    }
    else 
	{
		std::cout << "There was an error starting the server." << std::endl;
        system("pause");
        
        return 0;
    }

    while(kbhit() == false) 
	{
        Sleep(1);
        packet = server->Receive();
        
        if(packet != NULL) 
		{
            HandlePacket(server, packet);
            server->DeallocatePacket(packet);
        }
    }

    server->Disconnect(300);
    RakNetworkFactory::DestroyRakServerInterface(server);

	std::cout << "Server closed successfully." << std::endl;
    system("pause");
}

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