Re: howto mix gtk and network

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

2005/12/9, Alexander Nagel <feuerschwanz76 web de>:
> Hi,
> i plan to program a little game which also should playable over network
> and i need a some ideas for the beginning.
> I know the network basics.
> For example at the start of the game one player act as a server chooses
> the map and the number of max. players and other players can join.
> (Like in C&C Generals or HW2)
> So what i need is a function which polls regularly every 0.5 second or so
> at the given port.
>
> Any ideas are welcome

I use the GNet library and it works fine and integrates easily in the main loop:
http://www.gnetlibrary.org/

Vivien