Has anyone ever used OpenPlay from Apple? Or anyone know of a Java binding to it?
Kev
First I’ve heard of it. Looks like APple trying to seduce people awaty from DirectPlay.
I’ve never been convicned that DP actually provides that much useful functionality. Ill need to take a loo kat OpenPlay ind etail before I have an opinion there.
Well my reaction to OpenPlay is much the same as my reaction to DirectPlay.
eh. I dont see much of substance there that cant be done pretty easily right from Java.
I think the fact that Java offers out-of-the-box a cross-platform toolkit for networking is what minimizes the need for something like OpenPlay for Java developers. When you are coding in C, C++, or Objective-C something like OpenPlay probably gives you something more substantial.
Perhapse, although again most of the networking isnt terribly hard to learn, even in C.
Im not clear on whether it provides translation utilities for data to/from network ordering. That is probably the most annoying part to implement yourself, though you only need it if you are going cross-platform.