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In article <BsHpA5.ELx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cap40944@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher A Parrinello) writes:
>Some of my friends and I are interested in writing a realtime version
>of Star Fleet Battles on the NeXT that would take advantage of its GUI
>and networking capabilities. In order to get it running we are interested in
>investigating the use of the client/server model that such games as netrek
>use to do realtime combat types games. Are there any references or anything 
>we could read that would help us out in dividing tasks between the client and
>server and how the interface works... Any help would be appreciated?

I highly recommend the book:

		Unix Network Programming
		W. Richard Stevens
		Prentice Hall

It has lots of example of client/server programs.


- Tom

>Thanks!
>
>Chris Parrinello                    | One slip, and down the hole we fall
>lcdata@uiuc.edu                     | It seems to take no time at all
>cap40944@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu           | A momentary lapse of reason
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>------------------------------------| A small regret, you won't forget
>"Awake on the Verge of Insanity"    | There'll be no sleep in here tonight
>------------------------------------| "One Slip", _aMLoR_, Pink Floyd     

In article <BsHpA5.ELx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cap40944@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher A Parrinello) writes:
> Some of my friends and I are interested in writing a realtime version
> of Star Fleet Battles on the NeXT that would take advantage of its GUI
> and networking capabilities. In order to get it running we are interested in
> investigating the use of the client/server model that such games as netrek
> use to do realtime combat types games. Are there any references or anything 
> we could read that would help us out in dividing tasks between the client and
> server and how the interface works... Any help would be appreciated?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Chris Parrinello                    | One slip, and down the hole we fall
> lcdata@uiuc.edu                     | It seems to take no time at all
> cap40944@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu           | A momentary lapse of reason
>                                     | That binds a life for life
> ------------------------------------| A small regret, you won't forget
> "Awake on the Verge of Insanity"    | There'll be no sleep in here tonight
> ------------------------------------| "One Slip", _aMLoR_, Pink Floyd     
> 
Chris,

Someone has beaten you to it.  If fact I played this game about 4-5 years
ago.  Unfortunately I don't remember the programmers name.  I know he was
a Bell employee (don't remember whether it was Bell Lab, ITT, or Ohio
Bell).  It could have a maximum of 14 players at a time and was quite fun.

As far as Server-Client relations, try reading both the alt.games.gb and
rec.games.empire FAQ sheet for their source code locations.  These both have
clients and servers.

BTW, the game I played was quite large and needed to be run on a mini with
a couple of Mbytes RAM.  Now it might be able to do it on a PC.

Post when you get finished, I would LOVE to play this.


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