Server creates game for clients

[Xyle]

I've been spending alot of time on the underlying base for my game architecture and wanted to post something that I was looking at for fellow users to judge, point at and laugh or to give a nod in affirmation.

When a hosting client first starts up
they tell server who they are
the server starts a new game thread, which in essence is nothing more than a client with game code
the server gives this new game thread the hosting clients playerID for message passing
the server gives the hosting client the new game thread playerID for message passing
with the hosting client and the new game thread each having each others playerID they can communicate directly without the server having to parse messages or be involved at all.

This is the kind of Multiplayer architecture I've been wanting to create for a few months now and I believe JGN is very capable of doing this. My main holdup right now is how to make the server create a game instance and give it a playerID so that connecting clients can communicate directly with the game without any middlemen.

I will definitely keep poking around and hopefully something here will click, unless someone says this is backwoods, hill billy, campfire jig dancing technique! 

[darkfrog]

That sounds fine.

What are you stuck on specifically figuring out how to make the server create a game instance?

[Xyle]

Yes, thats were I'm at now. Last night I looked at just using the client code and expanding on that because in reality the Game will be just another client for a group of clients to talk to.

I ran a few tests last night and the server started doing some weird things like repeating a hosting client login and stuff, but I'm sure I'll be able to get it figured out.

Thanks for the go forward stamp, this 1 little uncertainty on the whole network architecture has left me stumped and wondering for a long time.

Thanks.

[Xyle]

Ok, that didnt work.

I basically took the client code, changed a few things like adding parameters to the constructor, but some strange things happen.

What happens though is that once client is connected and passing messages to server, I send "-05MyGame" to the server which tells it to launch a game with the following code...

hGame[gameCount] = new HeartsGame(playerName,playerId,tStr);

Which basically launches a new game with PlayerName as the host and playerID is stored in the instance so that the hGame can send messages to the client.

The problem is that the server is having some troubles, saying message failed alot and keeps trying, but it starts new instances of the actual game, so in the end I have 6 game gui's connected.

I'll keep stabbing it, til it either succumbs or I get too tired.