News handled server side problem :/

[Growlith1223]

Hi i am making a Server sided News system and for some reason….When i try to test it, it doesn't do anything!

I have made all the procedures and everything!

The only problem i have is the packets...

I made the packets fine but it doesn't seem to make a connection(sending it through frmMenu)

so like is there a sub i should cancel out for this to work or something?

Help is greatly appreciated!

PS if you need to see the codes just let me know!

[Joost]

When should the news message be displayed? On the main menu I suppose?

[Stein]

You do realize the client doesn't connect upon loading the game right? It only does it after you log in or register, not before that.

[Joost]

An alternative to pulling it from the server would be pulling it from a .txt on a webserver. This does mean you need to add another control to your project.

http://web.miragesource.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=409&hilit=news+system

(PS, there are also a lot of other tutorials on that website that may not work 100%, especially the packet structure has been changed a lot, but other than that they are still very useful. Another site where you can find old MS tutorials is http://echostorms.net/Mirage/MS%20Tutorials/

(If you really want to pull it from the server, you have to do what the guy before me said and set up a connection at the main menu, which might be a bit of a hassle)