| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic) |
Multiplayer games require efficient and flexible network messaging services for optimal performance. The Microsoft® DirectPlay® protocol is a transport-layer messaging protocol that is used for all DirectPlay messaging. The protocol has been substantially reworked for DirectPlay 8.1. It provides your application with the messaging support it needs to make everything run smoothly. The DirectPlay protocol includes the following messaging support.
Note With previous versions of DirectPlay, the DirectPlay protocol was optional, and had to be specified explicitly. With DirectPlay 8.1, this protocol is used for all DirectPlay messaging.
This document provides a general description of how the DirectX protocol works, and how you can use it in your application.