Hi Dingo, When I refer to the secret key, it will be generated on the server side. In my example, I suggested using PHP although I'm not sure how that would communicate with the server. Anyway, the basic principle is that the key is generated by the server, and handed to the swf client. The same key...

Ah hah!

You learn something new every day!

Thanks

Ok thanks, can you check some of these settings: Log in (localhost) Go to server configurator Where it says "Socket Addresses" make sure you have the localhost 127.... AND the IP address of your server (192.168.1.? and 75.143.94.?) These should be the IP addresses of the server, not your c...

Can I just clarify: I assume you are able to log into the SFS2X Admin via localhost. When you say you are unable to connect remotely, is this using your AS3 client or trying to connect to the admin tool? Are you able to log into the admin remotely? Are you editing the XML file or making changes via ...

So if we put that into context...

In a real-time game, say a player fires an arrow.

In TCP if the packet takes a long route, the game will pause (lag)?

In UDP the packet would be dropped and so other players would not see the arrow being fired.

Correct?

Have you looked at the settings in your SFS2X Admin?

Stupid question here: What are the benefits of using UDP over TCP?

I have been thinking about cheat prevention in multiplayer flash games. To my knowledge there are two problems. Memory hacking - Players can alter the value of gold, for example. Swf decompilation - Allows hackers to edit your game code. To solve the first problem, most of the game logic will be con...

Thanks very much for your input guys. I'm glad I asked this question now rather than later!

I will split the world up into multiple rooms.

What is the ideal number of (active) players in a room for a 100mbps connection, and also a 1000mbps connection?

Thanks Ted, Can you clarify a few things to help me get a better idea? You said that you only transmit position/rotation packages when they're off delta - what do you mean by 'off delta'? Also, with the game in question data is sent when a player clicks where they wish to walk. All actions are dicta...

I'm developing a game that is non-linear, with rooms used to split up different worlds that the players join. There will be up to 5,000 active players in each room. Each player will be sending commands such as 'move to X, Y', attack 'Bob', Pick up 'Plant' etc. In addition there will be a further 5,0...

By default SFS2X encrypts passwords sent at login, so I would be surprised if their own admin panel didn't.

I'm pretty sure it's encrypted.

Thanks for the explanation!

In this forum post: viewtopic.php?t=8952 they implied that it also prevents SQL injection too.

Is that a secondary feature of PreparedStatement? Does it simply escape quotes or does it do more advanced prevention?

Thank you so much! I've been struggling with this all day!

I've seen PreparedStatement used before - but don't know what it does exactly?

Can you enlighten me?

Thanks again, you really helped!