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[playstation3Dood]

Hey guys, first post
I was wondering if, using c#, it is possible to creat a game room from the server side instead of from the client side. something like a creatRoom function on the server?

also, if all players leave a room does it get automatically deleted?

[Oliver]

Hey!

Hey guys, first post

The first of many i hope!

I was wondering if, using c#, it is possible to creat a game room from the server side instead of from the client side. something like a creatRoom function on the server?

It's (currently) not possible, and i'm not sure why you would want to do so. It seems to me that it's sorta of like "if a tree falls in the forest, but nobody is around, does it make a sound".

Can you explain what the use case would be? If it's good, we might put it on the roadmap.

also, if all players leave a room does it get automatically deleted?

Yep.

But the createJoinRoom exists for exactly this reason. It will join the room if it exists, or create it if it doesn't.

- Oliver

[playstation3Dood]

Thanks you for the reply Oliver, and thanks for the info.

what i am trying to do is have some persistant rooms that are retain their properties and also appear in a room list, even when nobody is in them. On top of that I would profer the common "public" connection not to be able to create rooms. Room creating will be given to some higher-level connections.

[Cyclone103]

No need to do this serverside, just set up a static room list on the clientside and pass the information about the room to the server. You can keep information about the rooms in the database system when that comes out, or you can host it in a mysql database.


I can't really think of any reason why you would have to create a room serverside.

[playstation3Dood]

Thank you Cyclone103, you've been a great help on this one.

[Cyclone103]

No problem! If you use the code I posted on the other forum to make the roomlist, it should be a snap to change things around.

[playstation3Dood]

thanks, I'll check it out

[Cyclone103]

actionscript-three/roomlist-t83

That's the thread

[Oliver]

Hey,

On top of that I would profer the common "public" connection not to be able to create rooms. Room creating will be given to some higher-level connections.

We think that most games will want to create rooms from the clientside, so we won't change the default permission for the public ocnnection, but.... You can easily change it for your game under settings in the admin panel.

-Oliver