GameConnection Class Reference

Inherits NetConnection.

Public Member Functions
void	activateGhosting ()
void	delete ([reason]?)
void	resetGhosting ()
void	setConnectArgs (name, [arg1,..., arg15]?)
void	setJoinPassword (password)
Public Member Functions inherited from NetConnection
void	checkMaxRate ()
void	connect (remoteAddress)
String	connectLocal ()
String	getAddress ()
Integer	getGhostID (S32 realID)
S32	getGhostsActive ()
Integer	getPacketLoss ()
Integer	getPing ()
Integer	resolveGhostID (S32 ghostID)
Integer	resolveObjectFromGhostIndex (S32 ghostIdx)
void	setSimulatedNetParams (packetLoss, delay)

Static Public Member Functions
static Integer	getServerConnection ()

Member Function Documentation

void activateGhosting

(

)

Use the activateGhosting method to GameConnection instance to start ghosting objects to the client. This is called on each client connection by the server.

Returns

No return value.

See also

resetGhosting

void delete

(

[ reason ] ?

)

Use the delete method to destroy and disconnect the current connection, giving an optional reason. If reason is specified, it will be transmitted to the client/server on the other end of the connection.

Parameters

reason

A string explaining while the connection is being severed.

Returns

No return value

static Integer getServerConnection ( )

static

Get the server connection if any.

void resetGhosting

(

)

Use the resetGhosting method to reset ghosting. This in effect tells the server to resend each ghost to insure that all objects which should be ghosts and are in fact ghosted.

Returns

No return value.

See also

activateGhosting

void setConnectArgs	(	name	,
		[arg1, ..., arg15 ] ?
	)

Use the setConnectArgs method to set the connection arguments for this client-side GameConnection. These values will be passed to the server upon establishing a connection.

Parameters

name	Generally, the first argument is the name of the player.
arg1	... , arg15 - 15 additional arguments may be passed.

Returns

No return value.

See also

setJoinPassword

void setJoinPassword

(

password

)

Use the setJoinPassword method to set the password required to connect to this server-side GameConnection. Pass a NULL string to clear the password.

Parameters

password

A string representing the case insensitive password to use for this server-side GameConnection.

Returns

No return value.

See also

setConnectArgs