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multiplayer game in openGL [closed]

what is the easiest way how to make network communication in openGL/glut? Does anybody know any good tutorial for beginners? thanks (or is there any simpler way then openGL?)
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How to structure (the code in) a multiplayer game

I'm working on a rather small project where we will be developing a small engine, a client, a server and an editor of some kind. It's a component-based 3D engine with basic systems like Rendering, ...
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Writing a server for a multiplayer game

I've been looking on the internet, but I can't really find any good answers to all my questions.. I started to think about writing a little multiplayer game on my own and after thinking and thinking ...
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Client/Server game even in solo: any big problem?

I'm making a game which have strong basic design based on multiplayer but also should provide a really interesting and self-sufficient solo game. A bit like a real-time strategy game. The events and ...
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Do you need expensive servers and fancy hosting in order to make a multiplayer game?

I've finished working on an RPG and it would seem so much more fun to make it multiplayer. SFML has a networking feature, I figured it's possible but then again, never in my life have I even tried ...
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How to send an int array and struct via ENet?

I've been using the ENet library for networking and so far it's been working ok. I have established a connection between my client and server. On the client side all it does is send all user input to ...
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What are the best ways to serialize and unserialize network messages for C/C++ multiplayer game?

We are using JSON right now and want to move to a binary format for some types of messages between client and server. Should I just read structs into the socket? Use proticol buffers/thrift? How ...
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Networking SFML Berkley Sockets

So I'm starting work on a multi-player space shooter. And I've run into some issues. As I type this, my system is currently: //Main While Loop Gather Input Update Own Sprites Based on Input Send ...