Mobile Development

Sebble · Post by **Sebble** » 02 Sep 2007, 12:48

Just a couple of things...

Firstly, I am trying to create a client for themanaworld as a personal project on my mobile phone. I am using python. I am new to both python and C++ but fairly capable I believe. Obviously sending "Hello world!" to the server will not suffice in connecting, although I have a working socket connection.

Could anyone point me in the right direction as to how/what to be sending. I have read the source and notice 0x0036 etc as some sort of Hex packet but I require a little more understanding as to how to build these. I can teach myself, given a little help.

Secondly, I have read on the site, that servers will be moved and accounts will be lost. Will the method data transfer (client<->server) change drastically, should I wait until after conversion to continue my project.

Thank you, Sebble

Post by **Crush** » 02 Sep 2007, 12:50

What operating system is installed on your mobile? It might be possible that you can compile and run the original TMW client on it.

Secondly, I have read on the site, that servers will be moved and accounts will be lost. Will the method data transfer (client<->server) change drastically, should I wait until after conversion to continue my project.

Yes. The new client/server combination uses a completely new netcode based on the enet library. So when you want to create your own TMW client you got to get enet running on your mobile.
http://enet.bespin.org/

The TMW netcode on top of enet is documented in the file net/protocol.hpp of the new client sourcecode or the defines.hpp of the server sourcecode.

Sebble · Post by **Sebble** » 03 Sep 2007, 09:21

My phone uses the Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition operating system. I have read about C++ programming on this which includes OpenGL, I will definately have a look at what would be needed to be changed for a successful compilation.

I guess I need to start by learning C++ properly. Thanks for your quick reply. I'll do some reading up on enet. Do you know when the new code will be available and working?

Finally, I shall let you know how far I get with my project, it may be slow as I'm back to school on Wed.

Thanks again, Sebble.

Post by **Crush** » 03 Sep 2007, 09:49

The code for the new client and server is available and working. It just hasn't got all features yet that are required for a real game.

You can find the sourcecode on our Subversion repository. For more information about how to access it: http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=106790

Post by **Rotonen** » 07 Sep 2007, 20:58

Thumbs and big toes up for your project.

I've been frustrated with Symbian in the past, so please do report back so we all can learn from your experiences.

imachine · Post by **imachine** » 07 Sep 2007, 21:12

perhaphs using Java with MIDP2 extensions would be better? certainly more devices supported that way, if you have skills with java ofcourse.