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Offline philfrei

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« on: 2012-01-22 22:59:06 »
What does one need to host a 2-player game? I pay for an inexpensive website where I can post html files containing jars. Is that enough or does one need a site where Servlets are supported?

I have done a bit of Servlet programming on my home computer but home is a dynamic IP, and not anything anyone else can view.
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« Reply #1 on: 2012-01-22 23:00:36 »
Ah, just found the Kryonet resource. I will read up on this.
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« Reply #2 on: 2012-01-22 23:52:27 »
This mostly depends on what technology you want to use. Servlets are HTTP. Those are suitable for small non-real time games. For real time networked games, you will mostly need a dedicated computer/server and use sockets. Kryonet is an excellent choice for this.

If you want to use a computer at your home yet have a dynamic IP, I suggest you get a free subdomain name from DynDNS and check if your router supports DynamicDNS.
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« Reply #3 on: 2012-01-23 05:05:12 »
How about a peer-to-peer solution?

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« Reply #4 on: 2012-01-23 05:51:09 »
Quote from: princec on 2012-01-23 05:05:12
How about a peer-to-peer solution?
Solving NAT-punch-through is a bit more advanced than 'connect to server'. Besides, you'd most likely need a central server anyway for a lobby.
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« Reply #5 on: 2012-01-23 05:55:21 »
For the lobby, a PHP server would suffice.
Its easy to get a free service running it also.
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« Reply #6 on: 2012-01-23 10:48:24 »
you can run a dedicated server for free as well.
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« Reply #7 on: 2012-01-23 11:17:28 »
Wich Site? Would interest me.
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