Networking is Alive BUT… and Despamming a Wiki

Networking is Alive BUT…

Progress on the networking code in A&A is coming along.  I now have the ability to send packets from Classic A&A v1.02 in DOSBox to a special A&A Server and have it send packets to another instance running Classic A&A v1.02 Windows version.  I am excited with the ability to see the traffic with tools we didn’t have back then.  Not only do I get multiple windows in the Windows version, but I can even dig deeper with Wireshark and look at the raw packets and timing.  This is good stuff.  Except for one thing … it doesn’t play the game.

Sad.  And the problem is more of a devil than I would have expected.

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A Few Words

I’ve been debating on how to tell people about the latest progress.   After two months, you would expect there to be a whole new 3D engine and a dozen more enemies in the game.  Alas, no.  Now for a few words.