Different servers

[Midgardo]

Hi, is there a way to make a window where you can select or create a server just like in previous versions?

Thanks

[Shina]

is that Multi Server?
like

Select Server:
Gold
Yellow
Blue

and you won't see the players on different server?

If that's what you are talking about, it require a little bit modification regarding with the account login setup on server side, since you need to have a main server that connect all sub server together or you can just make the server connect with each other but that's really not a decent idea, so having a main server is a good idea, and let main server handle the account loading and saving, so you can switch between server.. but if you don't need the account to be able to switch between server..

Just open another server, change port.. then add a option on client side that change the port and ip and match the server it will login to

[SolidLink]

try adding Optionboxes. Lets say we added 2 optionboxes. One is blue and one is red
double click on blue and add a code like
```
Options.IP = "Blue's IP"
Options.Port="Blue's Port"
```
Double click on Red and do the same thing but with Red's server. Then create a copy of your server but this time it loads the red's server and then keep both of those server open. No idea how to sync with other servers though.

[Shina]

@solidlink said in [Different servers](/post/699836):
> try adding Optionboxes. Lets say we added 2 optionboxes. One is blue and one is red
> double click on blue and add a code like
> ```
> Options.IP = "Blue's IP"
> Options.Port="Blue's Port"
> ```
> Double click on Red and do the same thing but with Red's server. Then create a copy of your server but this time it loads the red's server and then keep both of those server open. No idea how to sync with other servers though.


Changing those while the client already opened won't change it
the moment you pass the TCPInit or whatever it called on the engine where you setup the remotehostip and remotehostport of the winsocket, even if you change those, the socket destination won't change.. it must be reinit again or just change the winsocket destination

[Coyote]

@shina said in [Different servers](/post/699837):
> @solidlink said in [Different servers](/post/699836):
> > try adding Optionboxes. Lets say we added 2 optionboxes. One is blue and one is red
> > double click on blue and add a code like
> > ```
> > Options.IP = "Blue's IP"
> > Options.Port="Blue's Port"
> > ```
> > Double click on Red and do the same thing but with Red's server. Then create a copy of your server but this time it loads the red's server and then keep both of those server open. No idea how to sync with other servers though.
>
>
> Changing those while the client already opened won't change it
> the moment you pass the TCPInit or whatever it called on the engine where you setup the remotehostip and remotehostport of the winsocket, even if you change those, the socket destination won't change.. it must be reinit again or just change the winsocket destination

Then simply make another form with Server selection or make login form work offline before tcpinit is called.It should be pretty simple.

[Shina]

@coyote said in [Different servers](/post/699838):
> @shina said in [Different servers](/post/699837):
> > @solidlink said in [Different servers](/post/699836):
> > > try adding Optionboxes. Lets say we added 2 optionboxes. One is blue and one is red
> > > double click on blue and add a code like
> > > ```
> > > Options.IP = "Blue's IP"
> > > Options.Port="Blue's Port"
> > > ```
> > > Double click on Red and do the same thing but with Red's server. Then create a copy of your server but this time it loads the red's server and then keep both of those server open. No idea how to sync with other servers though.
> >
> >
> > Changing those while the client already opened won't change it
> > the moment you pass the TCPInit or whatever it called on the engine where you setup the remotehostip and remotehostport of the winsocket, even if you change those, the socket destination won't change.. it must be reinit again or just change the winsocket destination
>
> Then simply make another form with Server selection or make login form work offline before tcpinit is called.It should be pretty simple.


as long as

Socket.RemoteHost = "ip"
Socket.RemotePort = Port

are being changed
it's possible to connect to different server without restarting the client
but of course you should disconnect the socket first, before reconnecting..

But it is possible to add another socket, but it just waste additional line of codes rather than changing those

[Midgardo]

I thought It could be done just as easy as previous options, with no coding, just with note pad files, for example, the other versions at config.ini you just has:

[Servers]
ServerCount= 2
[Server1]
Game_Name=XXXXXX
IP=localhost
Port= 8000

[Server2]
Game_Name=XXXXXX2
IP=localhost
Port= 8000

[alextoti99]

You can make the client to start at the server selector, where you can make it to open the same client but with different ip
make 2 new variables:
ServerIp As String and ServerPort As Integer and change the
Options.IP = "Blue's IP"
Options.Port="Blue's Port" to the variables (delete from the option file too)
and if the player choose blue server the ServerIp = "blue" and port else to yellow etc etc

[Coyote]

Gonna end this:


In client make a new form and call it frmServers.

Next add new OptionButton and leave its name Option1.

Now copy that OptionButton and when it asks you to duplicate it (Make an array of controls) click **YES**.
When you do that add a command button.

Should look like this:

Now next thing that you wanna do is really important , go to Project (At the top bar) and then to last
option (Its EO Properties to me) and then change Startup Object from Sub Main to frmServers.

After you've done that go to modGlobals and add this at the end of module:



Public ServerSelected As Boolean

After u've done that go to frmServers again and double click command button you made to view its code.
Now paste this into its code:



If Option1(0).Value = True Then
Options.IP = "RED SERVER IP" 'IP as a string
Options.Port = 7001 'port in number
ServerSelected = True
End If

If Option1(1).Value = True Then
Options.IP = "GREEN SERVER IP" 'IP as a string
Options.Port = 7001 'port in number
ServerSelected = True
End If

If Option1(2).Value = True Then
Options.IP = "BLUE SERVER IP" 'IP as a string
Options.Port = 7001 'port in number
ServerSelected = True
End If

If ServerSelected = False Then
MsgBox ("Please select a server!")
Exit Sub
End If

Call Main
Unload Me

Change "RED/GREEN/BLUE SERVER IP" string with IPs you want client to connect to when server is selected. Same with the port

Now final thing is to look for Sub LoadOptions in modDatabase and replace few lines of code:

Replace:


Options.IP = "127.0.0.1"
Options.Port = 7001

With:

If ServerSelected = False Then
Options.IP = "127.0.0.1"
Options.Port = 7001
End If

And

Replace:

Options.IP = GetVar(fileName, "Options", "IP")
Options.Port = Val(GetVar(fileName, "Options", "Port"))

With:

If ServerSelected = False Then
Options.IP = GetVar(fileName, "Options", "IP")
Options.Port = Val(GetVar(fileName, "Options", "Port"))
End If

Thats it you are ready to run!