Building Lobby-Aware Applications

For a DirectPlay application to be lobby-aware, at a minimum it must support being launched from a lobby. You can add other features to make it integrate better with the lobby. For additional information see the following topics:

• Registering Lobby-Aware Applications
• Supporting External Lobby Launching
• Supporting Ripple Launching
• Supporting Dynamic Lobby Connection
• Staying in Touch with the Lobby

The DirectX samples include a test lobby server (Lserver.exe) and a lobby client (Bellhop.exe). Together they can be used to test the lobby-aware functions of your applications.