[ENet-discuss] A little help needed :)

[Alexaroth]

Hey!

Hope this is the right place to put this question...

I just want some little guidance on a small hobby game I am making atm...

Well first off I want to know if I am doing it right :) 

Example: I have some test programs: client.exe and server.exe
I was quite clueless on how to make for ex: send a message from client to server and display on server...
I played around a bit and managed to make it work...

I did it like this (and here is where I want to know if I did it well and got things right)

Client.exe:

client = enet_host_create (....)                                                     //I create the client

enet_address_set_host (& address, "xx.xx.xx.xx.xx");
address.port = 1234;  
peer = enet_host_connect (client, & address, 2, 0);                                  //connect
if (enet_host_service (client, & event, 5000) > 0 &&  event.type == ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT)  {cout>>bla bla}   //if connected display a message

and now small confusion: 

while (enet_host_service (client, & event, 100) > 0)
    {    switch (event.type)
        {
        case A
        case B etc...

I kinda know what this does... I think I must call enet_host_service("what the current exe is(client or server)", & event,100) just to make the transfer between client and server ?
I mean without having this code in the client too, sending is not possible so I guess I must have it anyway. 
moving on,

ENetPacket * packet = enet_packet_create (bla bla,strlen (bla bla) + 1, ENET_PACKET_FLAG_RELIABLE);  //make packet 
 enet_peer_send (peer, 0, packet); //send it
call enet_host_service again so that the transfer is made.


And the Server.exe is: 

 enet_address_set_host (& address, "xx.xxx.xx.xx");     //set address of host
address.port = 1234;
    server = enet_host_create (& address ,32,2,0,0);     //create server

for(;;)
        {update(); Sleep(10);}
where update() contains the whole:
"while (enet_host_service (client, & event, 100) > 0)
    {    switch (event.type)
        {
        case A
        case B etc..."

thing... So I make it listen for the client...
Anyway just wanted to know if this is the right principle for this library.
And also a small problem... given these 2 programs, when it should write the IP that connected to the client, it shows up numbers like "A new client connected from  15157e56:61514"  where the last part after the : is the port, which I guess is displayed correctly... but the IP is not. What could be the problem ? The case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT: is like in the tutorial. 


Thanks for your attention,
Alex


      
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