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In article <Bx2su8.DoD@rahul.net>, wilsont@rahul.net (Timothy Wilson) writes...
>At any rate, i'm trying to figure out what types of data i should be
>sending across to the other players ( internet connection sockets and servers
>with 2400bps modems to home computers)
> 
>any other ideas on other aspects of modem gaming are greatly appreciated.
>Timothy Wilson <wilsont@rahul.net>

The key to networked games is to keep the information passed small.
Expecially for modem games.  Computations are normally cheap compared to
passing information across a network.  Information over a network is not
necessarily reliable either, and if it is, it just adds a further speed
slowdown. 

Obviously, one of the best ways to handle network traffic is to encode the
data before sending it:
first byte - constant describing the information packet.
further bytes - specifics of that packet.
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