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Name:	John Vanderbeck
Date Posted:	Mar 29, 2004
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Wrote a custom chat server and client in TorqueScript today.

Mayhem 2090's design calls for a Battlefield Communications system that is basically a lobby type chat system for players, with some bells and whistles.

Originally we had looked at TGELobby and noticed that it used IRC. After looking at the feasability os using a similiar approach it was decided that IRC just wouldn't work.

So we decided to roll our own chat protocol. As an excercise today, mainly to see how feasible this was, I rolled up my sleeves and got my hands dirty by writing a complete, although basic, chat server and client using TorqueScript.

More information is available here.

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Josh Williams (Mar 29, 2004 at 06:45 GMT)

Nice job on the chat client so far. Cool that you opened it to everyone.

John Vanderbeck (Mar 29, 2004 at 14:09 GMT)

Thanks for the words Josh. Always nice to hear good things about your work :)

I've released the server code here.

Gonzo T. Clown (Apr 05, 2004 at 06:11 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

John, after you help me in that thread I posted, I got to looking at your stuff and found this. I gotta say dude, this rocks. And it taught me some things about Torque that I hadn't realized. Great job dude. I rate it a 5.

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