class MessageMgr

The Message Manager class.

class MessageMgr : public Manager<MessageMgr>

MessageMgr::GetServerFlag	Returns a boolean value indicating whether the local machine is the server.
MessageMgr::GetMultiplayerFlag	Returns a boolean value indicating whether the Message Manager is configured for a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::GetSynchronizedFlag	Returns a boolean value indicating whether a new client machine is fully synchronized with the server.
MessageMgr::GetPlayerCount	Returns the current number of players connected to a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::GetMaxPlayerCount	Returns the maximum number of players that the server will allow in a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::SetMaxPlayerCount	Sets the maximum number of players that the server will allow in a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::BeginSinglePlayerGame	Configures the Message Manager for a single player game.
MessageMgr::BeginMultiplayerGame	Configures the Message Manager for a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::EndGame	Tells the Message Manager that a game has ended so it can clean up.
MessageMgr::Connect	Establishes a connection with a server.
MessageMgr::Disconnect	Terminates a connection with a server.
MessageMgr::DisconnectAll	Terminates all current connections.
MessageMgr::SetPlayerCreator	Sets the creator callback function for Player objects.
MessageMgr::GetFirstPlayer	Returns the first player in the map of players maintained by the Message Manager.
MessageMgr::GetLocalPlayer	Returns the player representing the local machine.
MessageMgr::GetPlayer	Returns the player having a specific key.
MessageMgr::GetSnapshotInterval	Returns the time in between snapshots.
MessageMgr::GetSnapshotFrequency	Returns the snapshot frequency.
MessageMgr::SetSnapshotInterval	Sets the time in between snapshots.
MessageMgr::InstallStateSender	Installs a state-sending function.
MessageMgr::AddSnapshotSender	Registers a snapshot-sending object.
MessageMgr::RemoveSnapshotSender	Registers a snapshot-sending object.
MessageMgr::SendMessage	Sends a message to a player in a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::SendMessageAll	Sends a message to all players in a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::SendMessageClients	Sends a message from the server to all clients in a multiplayer game.
MessageMgr::SendMessageJournal	Sends a controller message to all player in a multiplayer game and adds it to the message journal.
MessageMgr::SendConnectionlessMessage	Sends a message to a remote machine for which no connection exists.
MessageMgr::BroadcastServerQuery	Locates servers on a LAN.
MessageMgr::AddressToString	Generates a text string corresponding to a network address.
MessageMgr::StringToAddress	Reads a network address from a text string.

The MessageMgr class encapsulates the high-level networking and multiplayer features of the engine. Low-level networking functionality is exposed by the NetworkMgr class. The single instance of the Message Manager is constructed during an application's initialization and destroyed at termination.

The Message Manager's member functions are accessed through the global pointer TheMessageMgr.

Message

Player