No packet is being sent indeed. The peer->data is a local pointer that only 'lives' at the computer that defines it. Nothing is send; you need packets for that. It's just to associate computer-local data with the peer (a peer is a computer, not a packet).
Ruud On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Nuno Silva <[email protected]>wrote: > There's no packet size for peer data (at least from what the docs tell me > about the _ENetPeer struct), since he's probably not sending a packet. He's > just setting the peer's data to the name, not a packet's data. > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Jay Sprenkle <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Some quick comments. See below: >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Alexaroth <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Well I kinda understand how things work... the thing is this >>> >>> I have some client code: >>> >>> peer = enet_host_connect (client, & address, 2, 0); >>> name = player.getname(); //this returns a string from inside a class >>> member >>> peer->data = (void*)name.c_str(); I am making the peer data the name of >>> the player >>> >>> >> I assume you set the packet size to the size of the name string ? >> >> >> >> >>> >>> On the server end: >>> >>> ENetPeer *peer2[2]; >>> >>> while (enet_host_service (server, & event, 100) > 0) >>> { switch (event.type) >>> { >>> case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT: >>> >>> peer2[1] = event.peer; >>> textprintf_ex(screen, font, 10, 200, white,-1,"%s is client >>> !",peer2[1]->data); this is allegro, it just outputs the %s is client on >>> screen >>> name=(char*)peer->data; >>> >>> >> You're using a pointer here instead of copying the data from the enet >> packet. Make sure you aren't using deleted data or just losing memory by >> not destroying packets. >> >> Shouldn't this: >> name=(char*)peer->data; >> >> be this: >> name=(char*)peer2[1]->data; >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ENet-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.cubik.org/mailman/listinfo/enet-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ENet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cubik.org/mailman/listinfo/enet-discuss > >
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