What are 'sockets' good for?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:30 pm
Sockets are one thing I haven't really learnt about but know from friends in the business that they are used a lot on 'virtual worlds' like Ibiza.com etc.
At the moment I am using Flash to call a PHP file every 10 seconds, and this PHP file sends the Flash movie all of the current variables (positions/actions/speach) etc of other people in the 'virtual world'.
But... will the use of Sockets make this any better or allow real-time updates?
At the moment I am using Flash to call a PHP file every 10 seconds, and this PHP file sends the Flash movie all of the current variables (positions/actions/speach) etc of other people in the 'virtual world'.
But... will the use of Sockets make this any better or allow real-time updates?