Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++)

Understanding DirectPlay

This section of the Microsoft® DirectPlay® documentation provides the background you need to understand how to use the DirectPlay application programming interface (API) in your application.

Peer-to-Peer Sessions
Client/Server Sessions
DirectPlay Lobbies
Basic Networking
DirectPlay Callback Functions and Multithreading Issues
Understanding DirectPlay Voice

Note Because DirectPlay is based on COM objects, you will need to initialize COM. You should do so by calling CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED). Initializing COM by calling CoInitialize() might create serious race conditions.