Delphi-Heretic

[Jimmy Valavanis]

I use WinSock.pas unit and tried using UDP. After a lot of of experiments using 2 computers connected in LAN running simultaneously DelphiHeretic(and DelphiDoom) I'm managed to send packets (PacketSend procedure in i_net.pas works) but could not receive none of them (procedure PacketGet in i_net.pas does not work, recvfrom() function returns error = WSAEWOULDBLOCK). I'm tottally unexperienced in network programming, and I don't even know what does that error mean, sorry. Maybe I 'll make a post in Help me! section of forums, but I don't even describe clearly the problem. The only hope is that someone checks the i_net.pas and rewrite it.

To debug a network game you must run DelphiHeretic with theese parameters (in 2 seperate computers):

heretic32.exe -net 1 addr2 -players 2
heretic32.exe -net 2 addr1 -players 2

where addr1/addr2 is the computer name or IP address of the computer you want to comunicate.

[WILL]

You could make a 'Help Me!' post. But why not create a thread in the Networking forum specifically? So many people use the 'Help Me!' forum as a first resort and this often has some who would help normally ignore such requests as it usually comes out pushy.

That aside explaining as best you can the situation and perhaps a copy of i_net.pas too in the network forum might be the best way to initiate good feedback from other developers who know more about networking.

Nothing not mentioned is ever brought to attention.

[Jimmy Valavanis]

Mirrored to FileFront: http://hosted.filefront.com/delphidoom.

Also added hi-resolution texture pack link: http://files.filefront.com/HERETIC+H.../fileinfo.html

To use the high resolution textures download the HERETIC-HIRES.pk3 file from the above link and place it in the same directory as heretic32.exe. Then edit the default.cmd file and add the following line:
-pakfile HERETIC-HIRES.pk3

or run it using the following command line parameters:
heretic32 -pakfile HERETIC-HIRES.pk3

[WILL]

You know what might help bolster interest? Post a couple of videos of your translated game projects on YouTube!

Something with a keyword as popular as 'Doom' or 'Heretic' would definitely bring these older id Software engine translation projects to the attention of a lot of gamers. More bug reports, feedback, etc...

Plus it might bring to the attention to a lot of game developers that Delphi or Object Pascal in general has great compilers to make games with.

[Jimmy Valavanis]

You know what might help bolster interest? Post a couple of videos of your translated game projects on YouTube!

Something with a keyword as popular as 'Doom' or 'Heretic' would definitely bring these older id Software engine translation projects to the attention of a lot of gamers. More bug reports, feedback, etc...

Plus it might bring to the attention to a lot of game developers that Delphi or Object Pascal in general has great compilers to make games with.

That's a good idea, thanks:
I've make some videos, you can watch them here: http://delphidoom.sitesled.com/video...s_heretic.html

I've also uploaded them in Youtube and Veoh:
<embed src="http://www.veoh.com/seriesplayer_embedded2.swf?perma]http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=delphidoom[/url]
http://www.veoh.com/series/DelphiHeretic

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