starfire_64

I am designing a multi-computer simulator using Game Maker 8.1. You are flying a ship through space. The idea is that me and my friends can man all of the different computers and fly the ship. I have already tried to make it twice and have failed both times.

I originally looked into Faucet Networking but it is so overwhelming that I stopped. I used mplay the second time and loved the pure simplicity of it all, until I realized that it is slow and that there were many compatibility issues, as mplay is very old and outdated.

I was wondering if there was something out there that has no compatibility problems like Faucet Networking, but is more simple and straightforward like mplay. I am willing to start over for the third time.

Thank you all ahead of time,

Ramsay

P.S. I am really looking for something to use in GM8.1 (I know, I've looked into GM:Studio's Networking, but I don't have the full version)

What I am trying to do is draw a looping animation that is over 1000 frames long. Each image is 1366x768. The problem is, GM8.1 stores these images uncompressed, so my computer can't handle it.

I was wondering if I could draw the image directly from the file (therefore, every frame the image would load in and the load out), significantly reducing memory requirements.

• Client and server in the same game (you get a choice at the beginning).
• All on local area network (mplay_init_tcpip("")). Both computers are wirelessly connected to the router.
• Both computers running firewalls

• When running both client and server on the same computer, everything works fine.
• When running one on Windows Vista computer and other on Windows 7 computer, the client replies "No session available to join" (See code). Vice versa, same thing
• One time it replied "Failed to join a session" (can't remeber the circumstances).

if (!mplay_init_tcpip("")) show_message('Failed to initialize TCP/IP connection.')

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  if (mplay_session_create('',2,''))
  {
    global.console_name = "ops";
    room_goto_next();
  }
  else
    show_message('Failed to create a session.')
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  if (mplay_session_find() > 0)
  {
    if (mplay_session_join(0,''))
    {
      global.console_name = "helm";
      room_goto_next();
    }
    else
      show_message('Failed to join a session.')
  }
  else
    show_message('No session available to join.')
}
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